Nissanka gives Sri Lanka hope after Shamsi stars for Proteas
Pathum Nissanka hit 72 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 142 by the Proteas in Sharjah on Saturday.
Pathum Nissanka hit 72 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 142 by the Proteas in Sharjah on Saturday.
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The Proteas and Sri Lanka will both be looking for their second win of the Super 12 stage when they meet at the T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Saturday.
Opener David Warner hit 65 as Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets at the T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Bowlers Wanindu Hasaranga and Lahiru Kumara set up a crushing eight-wicket win for Sri Lanka at the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka thrashed Ireland by 70 runs to register their second successive win in the Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday and qualify for the Super 12 stage.
Sri Lankan legend Aravinda de Silva admits there have been “issues with discipline” but says the country that won the T20 World Cup seven years ago is on the way back.
Sri Lankan police “botched” an investigation into the 2011 Cricket World Cup final, which the country lost to India, a senior minister told parliament on Tuesday, reviving an explosive match-fixing controversy.
Inspired bowling and unbeaten fifties from Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks helped South Africa sweep the T20I series 3-0 against Sri Lanka with a crushing 10-wicket win on Tuesday.
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who led Sri Lanka to victory at the 2014 T20 World Cup, on Tuesday quit T20 internationals to complete his retirement as a player.
Spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Aiden Markram set up a crushing nine-wicket win for South Africa in the second T20I against Sri Lanka on Sunday to clinch the series.
Maheesh Theekshana has been included in Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup.
A quickfire 48 by Aiden Markram and disciplined bowling helped South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs in the first T2oI in Colombo on Friday.
Debutant spinner Maheesh Theekshana claimed four wickets as Sri Lanka hammered South Africa by 78 runs in the third ODI to clinch the series 2-1 on Tuesday.
Janneman Malan hit 121 and Tabraiz Shamsi claimed five wickets as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 67 runs in a rain-hit second ODI on Saturday to level the three-match series 1-1.