LPL 2022 Squad Analysis: Dambulla
Despite consistently fielding one of the strongest teams on paper, Dambulla has struggled to reach the finals thus far, and once again they will enter the...
LPL 2022 Squad Analysis: Colombo
Colombo could reach only as far as the knockouts in both editions of the LPL, and they will be looking to do at least one better...
Sri Lanka Cricket needs an authoritarian president to fight indiscipline
I was expecting Sri Lanka to win the World Cup and come back home with the trophy after they won the Asia Cup. But they came...
The lessons Sri Lanka can take from this World Cup to the next
Sri Lanka’s 2022 T20 World Cup campaign came to an expected end when Australia beat Afghanistan at Brisbane. Save for the unexpected capitulation to Namibia, Sri...
Asia Cup Review: Sri Lanka tick a few more boxes but the World Cup is still too far away
Sri Lanka punched above their weight to win the recent Asia Cup, and this has got everyone excited, right from the apostates no more to cricket...
The perils of hyping up Dunith Wellalage
“Wella…Wella…Wella…”, chanted the Sri Lankan crowd that had thronged the stadium when Dunith Wellalage came back to bowl his second spell in the third ODI between...
Pathum Nissanka is scoring runs, but should he be in the T20I team?
Surely, you must be kidding, right? How can you not pick someone who has scored 562 runs in 19 innings at an average of 29.57 in...
Unsung Suranga Lakmal, Sri Lanka’s best bowler in the post-Murali era, renounces gloom in search of a new dawn
Ladies and gentlemen, Suranga Lakmal has announced his retirement. Sans much fanfare. Sans any media blitz. In a way, it is unfair on a bowler who...
Don’t blame Lahiru Kumara. Blame yorkers.
Lahiru Kumara has been at the receiving end of scathing criticism for his death-over performances. But the fault lies more with the strategy of bowling yorkers at the death than with Lahiru Kumara.
Who should be Sri Lanka’s first choice left-arm spinner between Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama?
One bowler picked up a five-wicket haul in his debut Test match in South Africa. The other bowler returned an eleven-wicket match figure in his debut...
Review of Sri Lanka’s World Cup: Familiar issues persist despite renewed hope
Though the Sri Lankan team’s World Cup campaign has elicited joy and excitement, Sri Lanka has not yet made significant progress. The present optimistic sentiments are positively dangerous for the future of Sri Lanka cricket.
Sri Lanka need a cultural revolution in the shorter formats
An in-depth look at Sri Lanka’s struggles in limited-overs cricket.