“Growing up in the 1990s, cricket was the one thing we could be proud of as a country and the only thing that united people,” he told Al Jazeera, hours after Sri Lanka’s embarrassing defeat ...

Sri Lanka has burst into spontaneous celebrations as it won the Asia Cup tournament for the sixth time in the shortest form of cricket in Dubai. Skipper Dasun Shanaka called Sunday’s Asia Cup ...

The men’s cricket team won the Asia Cup in the T20 format, hours after Sri Lanka won the equivalent championship in women’s netball. Both teams were feted with a parade on Tuesday. By Skandha ...

As fate would have it, the very same set of circumstances that have played a role in keeping this women's side, and women's cricket in Sri Lanka in general, from flourishing, might have in fact ...

Cricket-Vandersay heroics help Sri Lanka sink India in second ODI After winning the toss and electing to bat, Sri Lanka struggled against seamer Mohammed Siraj, who dismissed opener Pathum ...

Cricket began to develop in Sri Lanka once the process of British colonisation was completed in the early 1800s. The earliest reference to the game in Sri Lanka was reported in the "Colombo Journal" ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has "approved significant changes" to its constitution to reaffirm its commitment to "fostering good governance, transparency, inclusivity, and efficiency in its management ...

He was an integral part of cricket in Sri Lanka and played a vital role from the stands to motivate the Sri Lankan players for nearly three decades. “Sri Lanka players will wear black armbands ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the schedule for the upcoming bilateral series against Australia at home. Australia were going to play two Tests as part of the ongoing ICC World Test ...

Sanath Jayasuriya will coach Sri Lanka's men's team until the end of the 2026 T20 World Cup / Facebook. By Ian Oloo Sanath Jayasuriya has been named by the Sri Lankan cricket board as the head ...

The forecast is for rain on the opening day before giving way to fair weather, and Sri Lanka will have a chance to make inroads into a fragile South African batting line-up after captain ...