India's left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed will play for the Essex Club until the conclusion of the 2025 season. He will be available for both the Rothesay County Championship and the Metro Bank One Day Cup.
After resigning from the position of Sri Lanka's head coach, Chris Silverwood landed a job in English cricket as assistant coach with defending champions the Oval Invincibles in the Hundred.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the resignation of Chris Silverwood from the post of head coach of the national teams at various levels citing personal reasons on Thursday.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has revealed that he asked for a flat surface and was glad that the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board had taken his suggestion
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood feels that their heavy defeat to India in the Asia Cup final will give them motivation to fight in their upcoming World Cup clash at the Wankhede Stadium
South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in their opening match of the World Cup in Delhi on Saturday. Theekshana missed out on Asia Cup final due to hamstring injury.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood said on Sunday that the team's performance in the Asia Cup final against India was below par and the way batters got dismissed "is very disappointing"
Dhananjaya de Silva is currently batting at No. 6 with an average of 26.04 and a strike rate of 74.93. Captain Dasun Shanaka batting at No. 7 averages 25.43 and strikes at 86.59. Both fall far short of the best finishers in international cricket.
This comes after the head coaches of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka voiced their misgivings over the decision of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to add a reserve day for the India-Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup Super Four stage.