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Fikirte Addis (born August 3, 1981) is an Ethiopian fashion designer. [1] In 2009, Addis formed her own label–Yefiker Design–which creates clothes that are modern interpretations of traditional Ethiopian dress. [2] Her work rose to prominence by 2011, when she was a featured designer in the second annual Africa Fashion Week in New York City ...
Sri Lanka playing England in its first Twenty20 International, at the Rose Bowl, Hampshire on 15 June 2006. A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams that have official T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket and is the shortest form of the game. The first such match was ...
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka in October 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team. [1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [2] [3] In November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced its international calendar for 2024 and confirmed the bilateral series. [4]
The Battle of the Blues (Also known as Royal–Thomian Cricket Encounter) is an annual Big Match in Sri Lanka played between Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia since 1879. It is known as The Battle of the Blues due to the colours of the two school's flags i.e. blue , gold and blue of Royal College and blue , black and ...
The match ended in a tie, [12] with Australia winning the Super Over. [13] Australia won the third T20I by six wickets, winning the series with two matches to play. [14] Australia also won the fourth match by six wickets, taking a 4–0 lead in the series. [15] Sri Lanka won the final T20I match by five wickets with Australia winning the series ...
This is a list of Sri Lankan Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Both teams have two innings, and the match lasts up to five days. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Test cap. Where ...
Originally England's tour to Sri Lanka was scheduled to take place in March 2020. [12] [13] However, on 13 March 2020, the two-match Test series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] At the time of the announcement, England were mid-way through a four-day match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI team, which was ended abruptly ...