Source:Island As Sri Lanka ended their Test win drought that had stretched for 16 months, they had an unlikely hero. Praveen Jayawickrama, a left-arm orthodox spinner on debut was Man of the Match, finishing with figures of 11 for 178, the tenth best bowling figures by a debutant in Test ...

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Binura Fernando and Shrian Fernando Source:Dailynews Two uncapped fast bowlers Shrian Fernando and Binura Fernando were named in the Sri Lanka 18-member One Day International (ODI) Squad for the tour of Bangladesh, which begins on May 16. The team will most probably be captained by dashing opening batsman Kusal Janith ...

The ‘third wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic remains a threat to Sri Lanka this week as the number of infections continues to rise exponentially, even as the Government enacted a series of measures to avoid a catastrophe of epic proportions such as the tragedy presently unfolding in neighbouring India. At ...

Australia will open its borders next year in a budget plan to bring back migrants and speed up the economic recovery, amid federal government fears that growth cannot be sustained if travellers are kept away and citizens kept at home. In a key warning against closed borders, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...