Sri Lanka

Oshane Thomas took five wickets for 28 runs with his rapacious fast bowling as West Indies inflicted Sri Lanka’s sixth straight defeat in Twenty20 internationals on Wednesday. Lendl Simmons hit an unbeaten 67 as West Indies,...

Sri Lanka’s former wartime defense chief looks set to win the country’s presidential election. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed victory and his main rival has conceded, but official results are not confirmed. The election is Sri Lanka’s...

Sri Lankan cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara, the first overseas president of the Marylebone Cricket Club, will captain the MCC against English county champions Essex in Sri Lanka next March, it was announced on Thursday. The 42-year-old...

World number one Twenty20 team Pakistan take on an inexperienced Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match series in Lahore on Saturday, starting their preparation for next year’s World Cup in the shortest format. Pakistan...

Mushfiqur Rahim battled lonely to help Bangladesh compile 238-8 in their second ODI match against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. The match turned out to be a must-win game for Tigers...

Sri Lanka’s sports minister has ordered the sacking of the national cricket coach after a lacklustre World Cup campaign that saw just three wins from nine games, officials said Friday. Chandika Hathurusingha and his assistants would...

International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson on Sunday said he is happy with the World Cup’s “sporting pitches”, insisting they have provided a good balance between bat and ball. Hosts England posted a tournament-high of...

Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis powered South Africa to a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Friday, dealing a huge blow to the Asian side’s hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals. Amla (80) and...

A state of emergency was extended by Sri Lanka’s President Saturday, going back on pledges to relax the tough laws introduced after the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 258 people. Maithripala Sirisena said in a decree...

Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga will leave the World Cup to attend his mother-in-law’s funeral, but the pace bowler plans to be back for the team’s next World Cup match against Australia, the country’s cricket board said...