Sri Lanka suffered their second successive defeat yesterday in the 2024 T20 World Cup at the hands of Bangladesh by two wickets following another pathetic batting display by the frontline bar Pathum Nissanka 47 and 21 from Dhananjaya de Silva at Texas’ Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. Bangladesh reached the target by the 19th over with No.3 Litton Das and No. …
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The U.S. Embassy in Colombo will proudly welcome the U.S. Sports Envoys to Sri Lanka, former National Basketball Association (NBA) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players Stephen Howard and Astou Ndiaye, from June 8 through 14. The Public Diplomacy section of the U.S. Embassy will launch the weeklong basketball program intended to harness the unifying power of sports, made …
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In a more or less Now or Never face off against Bangladesh in their second Group D fixture at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas tomorrow Saturday morning, Sri Lanka’s top order batsmen face the major challenge of coming smoking to overcoming a long nagging problem of lack of depth in the mechanism in recent years which was badly exposed …
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Sequoia Consultants, Inc., a leading civil engineering consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California, has come forward to take over the future of the LPL team, Dambulla. The team will be operated under DeSilva Holdings, specifically setup for this purpose. The majority stake in Sequoia Consultants is owned by Mr. Priyanga De Silva, a Chartered Civil Engineer, who is the …
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will launch specialized Fast and Spin Bowling Academies at the High Performance Center (HPC), with the aim of developing a talent pool that will serve as a feeder system for the national team. Under the guidance of the Cricket Selection Committee, the High Performance Coaching Staff screened 105 first-class players from Tier A and B clubs …
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South Africa humbled Sri Lanka by a 6-wicket thrashing completing the demolition in just 16.2 overs for 80 for 4 having bundled out out the islanders for 77 with Anrich Nortje claiming an impeccable 4 for 7 in the fourth fixture of the ICC 2024 T20 World Cup yesterday on a surface unhelpful to batsmen with the boundaries difficult to …
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The sky is the limit as former 2014 world champions Sri Lanka led by the imaginative attacking captain, Wanindu Hasaranga as his largely youthful side blended in the sole experience of long timer Angelo Mathews will necessarily need to exhibit that ultimate defining firepower in cricket’s most spellbindingly compelling short format 2024 ICC T20 World Cup flyer in a tilt …
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