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Follow live coverage of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka from the Asia Cup today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.
It was the first time that Sri Lanka whitewashed Pakistan in a T20I series. [37] In July 2021, Sri Lanka won T20I series against India 2–1, recording their first ever bilateral T20I series win against India. [38] On 4 March 2022, Sri Lanka played their 300th Test match in Mohali against India. [39] Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and ...
The group winners were Colombo Cricket Club and Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club who contested the MLT Final at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, starting on 17 November 2022. [4] The match was drawn after four days play (extended from the scheduled three) and Colombo were declared the winners as they had the larger first innings total.
The league is organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) beginning in the 2022 season. [2] In January 2022, the SLC launched the tournament. [ 3 ] The squads for the competition are announced based on the performances in the Major League Tournament , with 26 clubs clustered under five teams. [ 4 ]
In Sri Lankan cricket, a Big Match is an annual school cricket match typically played between two rival schools in Sri Lanka. These schools often have a long history of competition, some rivalries lasting over a century. Big matches have become a significant part of modern Sri Lankan culture, involving both school children and adults.
Sri Lanka's one day international debut came in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and were later awarded test cricket status in 1981, by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. The Sri Lanka national cricket team transformed themselves from the underdog status to a major cricketing nation ...
In September 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named Dinesh Chandimal as the captain of the ODI team, replacing Angelo Mathews. [5] Days later, Mathews was dropped from Sri Lanka's ODI side due to fitness concerns. [6] However, Mathews was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, which was named at the same time as the ODI squad. [7]
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 ...