Tag: Sri Lanka

After Phillips made 104 off 64 balls, laced with 10 fours and four sixes, and shared an 84-run stand with Daryl Mitchell to lift New Zealand from 15/3 to 163/7

Namibia caused a massive upset on the opening day of the T20 World Cup with a 55-run win over 2014 champions and reigning Asia Cup winners Sri Lanka in a group A match, here on Sunday.

Shikongo broke the back of Sri Lanka's innings with his back-to-back double strikes in a maiden fourth over.

Spinners and Renuka Thakur gave a stellar show in restricting Sri Lanka to 65/9, before Smriti Mandhana smashed an unbeaten 25-ball fifty to help India clinch their seventh Women's Asia Cup title,

Sri Lanka on Thursday edged Pakistan by one run in a last-ball thriller of the second semifinal of Women's Asia Cup at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) on Thursday to set up a meeting with India in the final of the multi-nation event on Saturday.

They were taken to Rameswaram police station and after necessary medical checkups and proper verification of identities, all 12 were shifted to Mandapam refugee camp.

Once deemed unfit and dropped on fitness grounds, Rajapaksa gave a befitting reply with his bat

Sri Lanka and Pakistan had met in three Asia Cup finals -- the former won in 1986 and 2014 while the latter emerged victorious in 2000.

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bowl first against Pakistan in a Super Four match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 at Dubai

The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a chance of making it to the final.

The Men in Blue will take on Sri Lanka in the third match of the Super 4 stage.

Chasing a challenging total, openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis set the tone set for Sri Lanka by putting on a 62-run stand. The powerplay was utilised well by the duo with the latter also going after Rashid Khan, sweeping him for two sixes and taking 17 off his first over.

The ex-president returned to Sri Lanka on a Singapore Airlines flight. He travelled from Thailand to Singapore to take the flight as there are no direct flights between Bangkok and Colombo, sources said.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's former President who fled the country after anti-government protesters stormed his official residence on July 13, will return to the crisis-hit island nation on Saturday.

As per Shanaka, chasing will be important on an already-used wicket. The same pitch was used for India versus Hong Kong clash on Wednesday.