Tag Archives: Sri Lanka

Big picture – Sri Lanka are headed for the WC qualifiers Realistically, Sri Lanka’s chances of automatic qualification for this year’s ODI World Cup are remote. If South Africa win their two ODIs against Netherlands, they will have 98 Super League points, which will be a tally out of Sri …

Big picture: Test thrills augur well Despite the eventual 2-0 scoreline in favour of the hosts, it’s safe to say Sri Lanka might have surprised a fair few folks that tuned into the Tests in Christchurch and Wellington – okay, maybe not so much the latter, but certainly over the …

Big picture: Last Test of New Zealand summer At a venue they had previously been decked in, in Christchurch, this Sri Lanka team pushed New Zealand close. Heading into the Wellington Test, there is likely to be some confidence in Sri Lanka’s seam attack, in particular. Kasun Rajitha delivered some …

Tom Latham will lead New Zealand’s one-day international team in the three-match series against Sri Lanka later this month with regulars such as Kane Williamson set to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Latham will be skipper for the white-ball matches at Auckland’s Eden Park on March 25, Christchurch …

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouf.” – Mike Tyson (quote reproduced here in the original Tysonian) Sri Lanka’s preparation for this Test series has very nearly been ideal. Before the squad even assembled, most were playing in the four-day National Super League, Sri Lanka’s top …

Job cuts at Pakistan-based e-commerce firm Daraz follow a workforce reduction of more than 15,000 at parent Alibaba in the first nine months of 2022. Source link

The central bank chief told the Silicon Valley investor ‘we don’t want to make the crisis worse by introducing bitcoin’ as Draper tried to pitch the adoption of cryptocurrency. Source link

Proposals would reduce number of approved military personnel from 200,783 to 135,000 by 2024, and further reduced to 100,000 by 2030. Source link

Sri Lanka is ‘on track’ to meet IMF requirements, will reach out to lender to affirm whether assurances are enough to set in motion the bailout programme Source link

Big picture: Can Sri Lanka stage a comeback? The last time India and Sri Lanka played an ODI at Eden Gardens, in 2014, Rohit Sharma smashed a world-record 264. He looked set for a big hundred in Tuesday’s ODI in Guwahati as well before getting out for a 67-ball 83. …