Tons from Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal helped Sri Lanka to extend their lead to 212 runs after the end of play on Day 2 of a one-off Test against Afghanistan at Sinhalese Sports Club on Saturday
Hasaranga's captaincy skills have also impressed his teammates, who believe the Lanka Premier League 2023 has been helping the player as well as Sri Lanka to groom their upcoming leaders.
The Desert Vipers are thrilled to announce a list of retained players for the second edition of the UAE's ILT20 tournament. Captain Colin Munro leads the roster of returning players with Wanindu Hasaranga, Alex Hales, Tom Curran, Sherfane Rutherford, Luke Wood, Matheesha Pathirana, Sheldon C
Unbeaten centuries from Dinesh Chandimal and Sadeera Samarawickrama after Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis' good knocks had given Sri Lanka a big total on day two
Ireland showed a good display in Test cricket after spending four years away from the format and the team will be keen to replicate their display against Bangladesh in the Test series against Sri Lanka
The triumph helped New Zealand jump from eighth to sixth on the World Test Championship standings, with Pakistan (7th) and West Indies (8th) each dropping a place following the final Test of the period
At 28/1 at the close of play, New Zealand, if they make the required runs, would complete the highest successful run chase in Test cricket at Hagley Oval, beating Australia's 201/3 in February 2016
Mathews scored a valuable 47 on the opening day at Basin Reserve, with Sri Lanka reaching 305/6 at stumps to keep their slim hopes alive of reaching June's ICC World Test Championship final against Australia.
Under the leadership of Mickey Arthur and then Chris Silverwood as head coach, the national side saw mixed success. They won the ODI series at home against South Africa and Australia and clinched their sixth Asia Cup title. But an underwhelming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 followed by heavy white-