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Australia fast bowler James Pattinson has retired from international cricket after deciding he is not ready to push for Ashes selection. The 31-year-old took 81 wickets in 21 Tests but had his appearances limited by a series of…

Shevon Daniel struck an unbeaten 85 as Sri Lanka Under-19 scored a series clinching three-wicket victory over the touring Bangladesh Under-19 in the third Youth One Day International (ODI) played at the Dambulla Stadium yesterday.…

West Indies have suffered a blow ahead of their T20 World Cup title defence with Fabian Allen getting ruled out of the tournament due to an ankle injury. The T20 World Cup’s Event Technical Committee has approved left-arm spinner…

The Pakistan ‘A’ Cricket Team will arrive in Sri Lanka today for a bilateral series, which will include two 4-Day matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs). The two 4-Day matches will be played at the Pallekele Stadium in…

Maiden half-centuries from Pathum Nissanka and Wanindu Hasaranga helped Sri Lanka pull off a massive 70-run victory over Ireland in their ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup first round Group ‘A’ match played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab…

Sri Lanka Golf Union (SLGU) is expected to send two players Chanaka Perera and Taniya Balasuriya to participate at the forthcoming Asia Pacific Golf Tournaments (APGT) for men and women, taking place in Dubai and Abu Dhabi…

There has been a positive early response for the 2020-21 season cricketers who seek public response to become the most popular schoolboy and schoolgirl cricketers. The most popular voting segment of the 43rd Observer-SLT…

Bhanuka Rajapaksa believes the impressive work of Sri Lanka’s front-line bowlers made life easy for their batters in the convincing opening win over Namibia on Monday in Abu Dhabi but still wants to see improvements from the team.…

Thirteen year old, Sandali Pehasara Liyanage, a Grade eight student of Girls’ High School, Kandy is a talented Athlete, Swimmer and a Table Tennis player. She did Athletics under the coaching of Chandana Abeyratne and she was a member…

Sri Lanka under 19 team showed good fighting spirit during first two one day games against Bangladesh under 19 side and two sides will meet in their third game of the five match series today at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.…