Sri Lanka Cricket ratifies Moody signing
Tom Moody has agreed to make himself available for 100 days during his three-year contract period as a consultant to restructure every facet of the game in Sri Lanka. Moody, who is no stranger to Sri Lanka having coached the national team between 2005-2007, is expected to review and analyse the current cricket structure to [...]
SSC and Lankan CC battle for Under-23 supremacy today
The curtains of the postponed Under-23 Major Club Youth limited over cricket tournament will come down today with the clash for supremacy between SSC and Lankan CC scheduled to be worked off at the SSC. The tournament came to a standstill in March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resumed only on February [...]
Mathews favourite to lead T20 side in Shanaka’s absence
As captain-designate Dasun Shanaka is likely to miss the T20 leg of the West Indies series due to a visa issue, Sri Lanka could bring in one of the three seniors to lead the side. The names of former skippers Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and Thisara Perera have all been discussed but the scale is [...]
Vibuda upsets top seed Sankha
Vibuda Wijebandara recorded a stunning win over top seed Sankha Athukorala in the Men’s Open singles semi final at the SSC Open Tennis Championship by two sets to one in tense clash at the SSC tennis courts in Maitland Place yesterday. In the other semi final, Luca Knese, champion of the 105th Colombo Tennis Championship [...]
West Indies recall Chris Gayle, Fidel Edwards for Sri Lanka T20Is
West Indies announced their squads for the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, keeping this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup preparations in mind. The 14-member T20I side features the experienced hard-hitting batsman Chris Gayle, while fast bowler Fidel Edwards, who last played a T20I for West Indies in September 2012, also earned a recall. Left-arm [...]
Trinity on first innings
Trinity College recorded a first innings win over St Servatius’ College, Matara in their Inter-School Under-19 cricket encounter concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy. SCORES: Trinity 334 for 3 (overnight) 406 for 7 in 85.3 overs (Pawan Pathiraja 134, Umair Raizan 129, Ranuda Somaratne 56; D Sankalpa 3/132) and 83 for 5 in 19 [...]
Antonians win
St Anthony’s, Katugastota scored a first innings win over Isipathana College in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Katugastota yesterday. SCORES: Isipathana 191 in 83 overs (Tharusha Nethsara 82, Thinula Liyanage 65; Yasiru Gamarachchi 2/20, Divyesh Ramaiya 2/ 33, Asitha Wanninayake 2/35) St. Anthony’s 423 for 5 in 106 overs (Mohamed Kamil 157, Chandimal [...]
Santhul claims 4 in 4
Santhul Wijeyarathne of Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Academy took 4 wickets in 4 balls against CCC Silver in an U-13 friendly cricket match played at St. Thomas’ College ground in Kotte. His performance of 4 for 7 helped Sanath Jayasuriya Cricket Academy record a convincing 105 run win. He was well supported by Sandul Abeywardane claiming [...]
‘Never stop dreaming’ Imran Khan tells young people
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reminisced his life as a cricketer and politician in a speech he delivered at a lunch hosted by Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Namal Rajapaksa in Colombo. The lunch was attended by several former Sri Lanka cricketers including World Cup winning [...]
SLC condemns another legend into a ‘traitor’
Chaminda Vaas isn’t the type to give up. His non-controversial career defines his character. Committed, self-disciplined and patriotic — they are the hallmarks of Vaas who has taken 761 international wickets in over 15 years. But, suddenly, he is “not disciplined, not committed and not even patriotic”. Such is the public vilification he is facing [...]
Paralympian Amara Indumathi eyes swansong in Tokyo
As the countdown begins for the Tokyo Paralympics this year, Sri Lanka will be buoyed by the performance of its athletes during the World Para Grand Prix that was held in Dubai. Six Sri Lankan athletes participated and won six medals (three silver and three bronze). Among the medal winners, Amara Indumathi the first female [...]
NSSF Trap Open Championship from March 11
The National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF) will conduct the NSSF Trap Open Championship at the Clay Target Shooting Club of Colombo’s Shotgun Range in Payagala, Kalutara from March 11 to 14. Under the leadership of Shirantha Peiris and purview of experts Mohan Gilbert as Match Director and Dinesh Lionel as Range Master, [...]
Osaka and Djokovic win Australian Open 2021
The players’ pre-event preparation, of last year’s US Open and the French Open in the late autumn of 2020, though restricted, was liberal compared to Australian precautions. In 2021 Australian Open [AO], except for the semi-finals and the finals, any trained eye would have noticed the lack of good playing form in players in the [...]
Making of an extraordinary shuttle talent
The saying some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them is a famous line from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Most legends in the sporting arena such as Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Diego Maradona to name a few icons displayed considerable talent in their childhood itself. Sri Lanka could [...]
‘All good things must come to an end’
What Warusavithana Upul Tharanga, who turned 36 on February 2, had is an all-inclusive package for an international cricketer, or rather, was. Exactly 21 days after his birthday Tharanga, fondly called as ‘Upula’ by his fellow cricketers, threw in the towel on his 15-year long international career, probably a timely decision with the present circumstances [...]
Stephan Fernando, an aspiring rider with international touch
Stephan Fernando, a 16-year-old student of Wesley College is going great guns as an emerging rider. The Grade 11 student of Wesley bagged three wins at the Challenge Trophy Championship 2021, defeating well known champion riders to earn the cynosure as a potential rider who could bring glory to Sri Lanka. At the Challenge Trophy [...]
Anika, Chathurya bag third and fourth major titles
The 105th Colombo Tennis Championship which concluded last week turned out to be another successful one for Anika Seneviratne and Chathurya Nilaweera. The two players, having tasted success in the 105th National Tennis Championship, continued their form and maintained their consistency. Anika, having clinched the Women’s Singles National title, was in top form as she [...]
Sanudula takes lead after halfway mark
Sanudula Dahamdi of Musaeus College took the lead with 5 points out of 6 games after she beat Naduni Abeywardena in the sixth round at the halfway mark of the 2nd Sri Lanka Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2021 being held at the Chess Federation headquarters in Nugegoda. Sanudula beat Gaveshi Wickramarathne in the fifth round [...]