With this win, New Zealand, who earlier had earned one point after a washout against Pakistan, are now in second spot with three points and have a chance to move to the semifinals, with their final Super Eight clash against semifinalists England being important. NZ's closest competitor is Pa
The blonde-haired all-rounder continued to be a constant ray of hope and a symbol of consistency in an English line-up that has delivered mixed bag performances so far. First with a 14-ball 21, with four boundaries, he pushed Three Lions to a modest 146/9 and later, with his spell of 3/22 in
Chasing a challenging target of 179 runs, the Sikandar Raza-led side started with a blazing start when the openers added 69 runs for the first wicket. The wicketkeeper-batter Tadiwanashe Marumani made 34 off 26 balls including five fours and a six.
Half-centuries from Kusal Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake and skipper Dasun Shanaka and fine spells from spinners Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage and pacer Dushmantha Chameera helped Sri Lanka defend the 226 runs against Oman on Thursday.
Sri Lanka on Wednesday unveiled a 17-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against England, set to begin on January 22 at the RPICS Stadium in Colombo.
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is expected to be one of the most expensive picks, given that several teams will be looking for a hard-hitting all-rounder and will feature in the first set. South Africa's Quinton de Kock, George Linde and Sri Lanka's Dunith Wellalage, who were initially
"We played really good cricket over there. We have set a benchmark on how we want to play our cricket and we have been trying to follow that pattern. It was a good learning for us and we will try to repeat the same," he added.
Left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Dunith Wellalage will captain Sri Lanka A in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Rising Stars T20 tournament, in Doha, scheduled to begin on November 14.
Bangladesh captain Litton Das won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the first Super Fours clash at the ongoing Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday.
Sri Lanka Cricket issued an update about young left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage, who returned home to pay his last respects to his late father, will rejoin the team on Saturday morning in Dubai ahead of their Super Four clash against Bangladesh at the ongoing Asia Cup.
Wellalage, 22, learnt of his father's demise following the match, which SL won by six wickets to advance to Super Four stage undefeated. Soon after the conclusion of the match, he left for home, as per ESPNCricinfo.
Sri Lanka has completed a whitewash series win by 2-0 and an inexperienced Aussie line-up in absence of skipper Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Marsh, their frontline and secondary pacers, have been served a trailer of how ugly things could get for th