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Mahela’s Top Ten Test Innings

10. 141 vs New Zealand at Napier, 2005 On a placid track in Napier, after conceding 561 runs in the…

10 years ago

On-field laurels marred by boardroom politics- Sri Lanka’s year in review

A manic year for Sri Lanka saw them stamping their authority over world cricket with outstanding performances across all formats…

10 years ago

Chandimal deserves better than this

Dinesh Chandimal's career thus far has resembled a ball thrown up in the air. The ball soars up, cutting through…

10 years ago

Getting Sri Lanka’s World Cup combination right

Sri Lanka in 2014 have been riding on the unprecedented form of Angelo Mathews and Kumar Sangakkara. Their bowling, even…

10 years ago

Are Sri Lankan Tamil cricketers discriminated against?

Why do so few Sri Lankan Tamils take to cricket professionally? © AFP PHOTO A popular theory put forward by…

10 years ago

5 lesser known facts about Sri Lankan cricket

Sri Lanka is the youngest dominant cricket team in the world at the moment. Having been awarded Test status only…

10 years ago

Top 10 quotes from Chinaman – The legend of Pradeep Mathew

Chinaman - the legend of Pradeep Mathew is a Sri Lankan English fiction written by Shehan Karunatilaka, which won several…

10 years ago

Sri Lanka’s all-time Cricket World Cup XI

Sri Lanka is the second most consistent team in World Cups, after Australia, since the 1996 edition in the subcontinent.…

10 years ago

Batsmen who are carbon copies of legendary batsmen

In any sports players come and go. But, now and then there would be players who debut and never retire…

10 years ago

Rating the toughest countries for batsmen in ODIs since 2000

In an era where the contest between bat and ball is actively declining, with the bat ruling the roost in…

10 years ago

The West Indian pull-out and why Sri Lankan Cricket Board needs to be wary of it

Very recently, the West Indies abruptly withdrew from the tour of India with one One Day International (ODI), 1 Twenty20 International…

10 years ago

Team history at Cricket World Cup – Sri Lanka (1975-2011)

Sri Lanka are indisputably the most outlandish side in cricket World Cups, for no other side has ever managed to win…

10 years ago

2014 ICC Awards: Missed opportunities for Angelo Mathews and Rangana Herath?

Mitchell Johnson has had a fabulous 12 months in Test cricket The winners of the ICC awards for the year…

10 years ago

Why ODI series loss against India is a blessing in disguise for Sri Lanka

In Mahabharata, Parasuram cursed Karna that he would forget the execution of his skills at the moment of his greatest need. Looking at…

10 years ago

The other face of Kumar Sangakkara: The man who united Sri Lanka spiritually

Many anecdotes have been written about both Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Cricket. The story of Sri Lanka’s World Cup…

10 years ago

Satire: Scientists uncover fossils of Offiea Spinnerial

Scientists and archaeologists from the University of Marylebone have uncovered fossils of Offiea Spinnerial, a species that walked on planet…

10 years ago