Sri Lanka survive Afghanistan scare
Title-holders Sri Lanka outlasted a rampaging Afghanistan by just two runs in a dramatic finish to reach the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Tuesday.
Title-holders Sri Lanka outlasted a rampaging Afghanistan by just two runs in a dramatic finish to reach the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Tuesday.
Fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana took 4-32 to help Sri Lanka to a comprehensive five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Thursday.
Injuries have forced Sri Lanka to drop two key players – Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera – from their 15-man squad for the Asia Cup.
Corruption has plagued Sri Lanka’s cricket administration since the country’s 1996 World Cup win, then-captain Arjuna Ranatunga’s younger brother told parliament on Thursday.
Noman Ali took seven wickets to lead Pakistan’s rout of Sri Lanka by an innings and 222 runs to clinch the second Test inside four days.
Opener Abdullah Shafique’s maiden double century and an unbeaten 132 by Agha Salman put Pakistan in the box seat on day three of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Abdullah Shafique and captain Babar Azam steered Pakistan to a 12-run lead before rain halted their charge early on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq hit an unbeaten 50 to steer Pakistan home in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Pakistan lost three wickets in a tricky 131-run chase on day four of the rain-hit opening Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Saud Shakeel hit his maiden Test double century as Pakistan stretched their lead to a dominant 149 against Sri Lanka on day three of the rain-hit opening match.
An unbeaten century stand between Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman rescued Pakistan from a precarious 101-5 on the second day of the rain-hit opening Test in Galle on Monday.
Dhananjaya de Silva hit an unbeaten 94 as Sri Lanka reached 242-6 at stumps on a rain-hit day one of the first Test against Pakistan.
Pakistan strike bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will seek to take his 100th Test wicket in the first Test against Sri Lanka starting in Galle on Sunday.
Sri Lanka won the duel between the two World Cup qualifiers on Sunday thrashing the Netherlands by 128 runs in the final of the tournament in Harare.
Sri Lanka maintained their unbeaten record at the World Cup Qualifier as Pathum Nissanka’s hundred helped secure an eight-wicket victory over the West Indies.