Sri Lanka’s old-school batting is to blame for their T20I decline
Sri Lanka’s predictable exit from yet another World Cup has led to another cyclic episode of outrage that has brought all of Sri Lanka’s pet peeves...
Sri Lanka’s old-school batting is to blame for their T20I decline
Sri Lanka’s old-school batting is to blame for their T20I decline
March 8, 2026
Pathum 2.0: How a red-ball batter reinvented his white-ball batting
Pathum 2.0: How a red-ball batter reinvented his white-ball batting
January 11, 2025
Pathirana vs. Thushara: so similar, yet so different
Pathirana vs. Thushara: so similar, yet so different
June 26, 2024
Sri Lanka’s old-school batting is to blame for their T20I decline
Sri Lanka’s old-school batting is to blame for their T20I decline
March 8, 2026
Pathum 2.0: How a red-ball batter reinvented his white-ball batting
Pathum 2.0: How a red-ball batter reinvented his white-ball batting
January 11, 2025
Pathirana vs. Thushara: so similar, yet so different
Pathirana vs. Thushara: so similar, yet so different
June 26, 2024
Has the Impact Player rule tilted IPL in favor of batsmen?
Has the Impact Player rule tilted IPL in favor of batsmen?
April 16, 2024
What is plaguing Hasaranga’s T20 bowling?
What is plaguing Hasaranga’s T20 bowling?
March 17, 2024
How good is Dimuth Karunaratne in Tests?
How good is Dimuth Karunaratne in Tests?
February 12, 2024
Pathum 2.0: How a red-ball batter reinvented his white-ball batting
Pathum Nissanka’s selection into Sri Lanka’s white-ball sides based on his first-class average over 60 embodied Sri Lanka’s longstanding theory that red-ball skills still hold sway...
Pathirana vs. Thushara: so similar, yet so different
When finding one slinger in a team is rare enough, Sri Lanka now enjoy the luxury of playing two slingers in Matheesha Pathirana and Nuwan Thushara...
Has the Impact Player rule tilted IPL in favor of batsmen?
The Impact Player rule introduced in 2023 allows teams in the IPL to substitute a player in their XI with an Impact Player at certain stages...
What is plaguing Hasaranga’s T20 bowling?
It is not an exaggeration to say that Wanindu Hasaranga is Sri Lanka’s best white-ball spinner since the retirement of Muthiah Muralidaran. Even though not a...
How good is Dimuth Karunaratne in Tests?
Earlier this year, South Africa’s Dean Elgar retired from Tests, eliciting discussions on X about the best contemporary Test openers. A few weeks later, there was...
Five lost cricket grounds of Colombo
Ever since hosting the first recorded cricket match on the island in 1832, Colombo, the bustling business capital of Sri Lanka, has been the epicenter of...
Sadeera’s spin game—how he finds strength in his weakness
A casual look at the way Sadeera Samarawickrama operates in ODIs should tell you where his strength lies, which is in the ease with which he...
Angelo Mathews—Sri Lanka’s wrecker-in-chief
Mathews has won. Just three balls into his spell in his comeback match, Angelo Mathews has Dawid Malan nick behind. He has given Sri Lanka their...
The difficulty of being Shanaka
Sri Lanka need another 42 runs off 41 balls with 6 wickets in hand to beat Pakistan and advance to the final of the 2023 Asia...
When Sanath killed it at the death…with the ball, that is!
One of the most well-known unknown cricket facts widely shared on the Internet is that Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. It goes...
Kusal Mendis and the need to be patient with youngsters
Kusal Mendis once again finds himself in a territory he has been all too familiar with throughout his career. His recent performance has breached the tolerance...