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Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2024/25 | Team Departure | #SLvsNZ #SriLankaCricket Source link
The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, were taken […]
South Africa moved to the top of the World Test Championship (WTC) standings, damaging the Sanath Jayasuriya-coached side’s aspirations for qualifying for the WTC final with a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka at St George’s Park on Monday. The win secured a dominant 2-0 series victory for the Proteas, who dethroned WTC table […]
Kusal Mendis in action against South Africa© AFP Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis kept Sri Lanka’s hopes alive on the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Sunday. Captain De Silva and Mendis, Sri Lanka’s last recognised batsmen, shared an unbeaten partnership of 83 as Sri Lanka, set 348 to win, […]
Big picture: Can Sri Lanka avoid another collapse? The headline is that both teams are in with a shot at making the World Test Championship final, but neither have secured a place. Unhelpfully for South Africa, the WTC points system doesn’t reward hefty winning margins, so although they crushed Sri Lanka by 233 runs in […]
File photo of Kwena Maphaka.© X (formerly Twitter) Uncapped Kwena Maphaka has been added to South Africa’s Test squad after fast-bowler Gerald Coetzee has been ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka and the upcoming all-format series against Pakistan due to a groin injury. South Africa moved up to second place […]
Departure Ceremony | Sri Lanka Under 19 Team – U19 Mens Asia Cup 2024 Source link
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s a sultry day in Sri Lanka, and I’m sitting at a waterside table at Raa, a new bar on the beach at Hiriketiya, a beautiful cove on the south coast. In my hand is […]
Departure Ceremony | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2024 | #srilankacricket #SLvsSA Source link
The decisive victory of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) alliance in the November 14 parliamentary election is expected to usher in a new era of clean government and socioeconomic empowerment for the Sri Lankan people. However, much depends on whether the two Asian powers, India and China, and a global power, the […]