Three-wicket haul by Karunaratne, which was followed by two wickets each by Dushmantha Chameera, Dhananjaya de Silva, and Dunith Wellalage, helped Sri Lanka to restrict Australia at 189 while chasing a DLS revised target of 216, in the second ODI, here at Pallekele International Cricket Stad
A powerful 80-run knock by Maxwell, backed by Steven Smith's half-century guided Australia to a two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the five-match series, here at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], January 17 (ANI): Dinesh Chandimal and Pathum Nissanka smashed fifties respectively as Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by five wickets in the first ODI of the series here at the Pallekele International Stadium.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], January 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Thursday announced the squad for the upcoming ODI series against Zimbabwe which gets underway from Sunday in Pallekele.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], May 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has been impressed by the accuracy of spinner Praveen Jayawickrama in the second Test against Bangladesh.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], May 3 (ANI): Ramesh Mendis and Praveen Jayawickrama made light work of Bangladesh's middle and lower-order as Sri Lanka won the second Test by 209 runs on the fifth morning here at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], May 2 (ANI): Ramesh Mendis scalped three while Praveen Jayawickrama picked two wickets as Sri Lanka dismantled Bangladesh's top-order to sniff victory on day four of the second Test on Sunday.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], May 1 (ANI): Praveen Jayawickrama took a six-wicket haul on the third day of the ongoing second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to put the hosts on top on Saturday here at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], April 30 (ANI): Taskin Ahmed picked three wickets before Niroshan Dickwella smashed a fifty as Sri Lanka maintained the driver's seat on day two of the second Test against Bangladesh here on Friday.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (118) and Lahiru Thirimanne (131*) both scored centuries as the hosts dominated all three sessions on day one of the second Test against Bangladesh here on Thursday.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], April 29 (ANI): Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne on Friday became the 10th Lankan batsman to score 5,000 runs in the longest format of the game.
Pallekele [Sri Lanka], April 28 (ANI): While Bangladesh is set to play the second test from tomorrow, their head Russell Domingo said that there is a need for a change in mindset to push towards winning the Test matches rather than be satisfied withdraws.