Sri Lanka pocket Hong Kong Sixes title in style by 3-wicket thrashing of Pakistan

Sri Lanka crowned themselves the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes Champions defeating Pakistan by 3 wickets in a nerve tingling final on Sunday at the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground for their second title since 2007 when Tharindu Rathnayake smashed the first ball he faced for six and went on to dispatch the next for four as the game dangled with the …

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Lanka T10 Super League Team Names

Lanka T10 Super League wishes to announce the six franchise teams which will compete in the inaugural edition of the competition, which is going to be the newest addition to Sri Lanka’s cricketing calendar. The Player Draft for the inaugural Lanka T10 Super League will take place on November 10, 2024, in Colombo. The tournament is scheduled from December 12 …

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New Zealand beat SA to win first T20 World Cup

New Zealand were crowned surprise champions of the Women’s T20 World Cup with a comprehensive 32-run win over South Africa in Dubai. The White Ferns had lost 10 successive matches coming into the tournament, and this is their first T20 title, after losing successive finals in 2009 and 2010. They were on top at the halfway point, but the Proteas …

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Asalanka and Madushka lead Sri Lanka to 5-wicket win in ODI series opener vs. West Indies

Opening batter Nishan Madushka scored a half-century on debut and shared a 137-run partnership for the fourth wicket with captain Charith Asalanka to guide Sri Lanka to a five-wicket win over West Indies in their rain-hit ODI cricket opener on Sunday. West Indies captain Shai Hope won the toss and elected to bat first. His team scored 185-4 in 38.3 …

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Chandika Hathurusingha sacked by BCB from his role of head coach

Chandika Hathurusingha has returned to Bangladesh after the tour of India, but his arrival hasn’t been a pleasant one. Just before the home series against South Africa, he has lost his job. Hathurusingha, who rejoined the Bangladesh team in February last year for a second term due to his experience and understanding of Bangladeshi cricket, has been relieved of his …

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Kamindu Mendis named ICC Men’s Player of the Month to cap a record-breaking run in Test cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today revealed the ICC Players of the Month for September 2024 as Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis and England’s Tammy Beaumont. Mendis continued a record-breaking streak in Test cricket during September to win the ICC Men’s Player of the Month, while Beaumont starred in England’s short format success in Ireland to secure the ICC Women’s Player of the …

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