Jayasuriya snatches world no 1 ranking

Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya leads England’s absent star Andrew Flintoff by just one ratings points in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders while Oram trails fifth-placed Chris Gayle by 10 ratings points and has an opportunity to swap places with the West Indies captain.

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Jayawardene feels Sri Lanka has the right balance

Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene believes that his side has got the right balance to compete in the tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series that involves the hosts and India. Although Sri Lanka have heavily relied on the slower bowlers over the years, for the tri-nation series, they’ve picked as many as six fast bowlers, spearheaded by Chaminda Vaas.

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Bandara dumped as “Murali is enough”

In Bandara’s place, the selectors have not picked a worthy replacement but the Daily Mirror learns that uncapped batsman Dilruwan Perera will be called upon to play the role of a third spinner if required behind Muttiah Muralitharan and veteran all rounder Sanath Jayasuriya.

Sri Lanka squad:

Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Dilruwan Perera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, Chanaka Welegedara, Ishara Amarasinghe

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Arjuna Ranatunga the new chairman of 'Sri Lanka Cricket'

Jan 01, Colombo: Former Sri Lankan cricket captain and parliamentarian Arjuna Ranatunga has been appointed the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the appointment letter this evening at Temple Trees, the President’s Office said.

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Deepika hopeful of World Championships

The newly crowned national table tennis champion Deepika Rodrigo said that she has struck form at the correct time and is confident of making a huge impact at the forthcoming ...

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Murali and Sangakkara stole the limelight in 2007

Sri Lanka were able to make giant strides on the cricketing field with their International Cricket Council World Cup campaign in the Caribbean considered as the greatest moment for the year 2007.

However that performance was somewhat overshadowed by two brilliant individual contributions from Muttiah Muralitharan and vice captain Kumar Sangakkara. The former emerged as the World’s leading Test wicket taker while the latter raced to the top of the list in the ICC Rankings for batsmen during the home series against England.

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Malaysian magic for Malagamuwa

Sri Lanka's champion racing driver Dilantha Malagamuwa created more history when he became the first man to clinch the Malaysian Supercar championships twice on Sunday.

Japan-based Malagamuwa who last year became the first non-Malaysian to win the coveted title, retained his trophy at the Sepang Formula One track when he captured the final two races of the season in dominating fashion.

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SWIMMING: Sri Lanka men's swimmers continued to fare well winning three silver and two bronze medals by Heshan Unamboowe, Chanaka Malimbada 4 x 200 metres free style relay 'quartet', Tuan Nabeel Dole and 4 x 100 metres free style relay in the evening session of the men's swimming event of the 1st South Asia Swimming and Waterpolo Championships held at the Jinnah Sports Complex Swimming Pool here on Thursday evening.

Heshan, gold medal winner in the 200 metres free style open bagged a silver in the first event of the evening session in the 200 metres backstroke clocking 2:12.87 seconds. The second silver was obtained by Chanaka Malimbada in the 200 metres breast stroke open time 2:38.67 secs, Diluka Thibbotumunwe came in fourth 2:41.75 secs. The third silver was in the 4 x 200 metres free style relay men's open.

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