Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena today said that he has set up an economic development council headed by him to manage the country’s economy as he vowed to take over its management from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP). The announcement came as …
Colombo, Jan 20 Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena today said that he has set up an economic development council headed by him to manage the country’s economy as he vowed to take over its management from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP).
Issues surrounding the purchase of MIG aircrafts for the Sri Lanka Air Force has generated a great deal of attention.There were reports of two MoUs, third-party companies involved in the deal suddenly disappearing. There is also popular belief that the…
Despite a comprehensive eight-wicket loss to host Bangladesh in the tournament opener, Zimbabwe recovered strongly and beat Sri Lanka by 12 runs, a fourth win in their past six encounters against the Islanders. Sikandar Raza has been consistent with th…
However, his initial foray with a listless team devoid of motivation has reminded Sri Lanka’s cricket fans worldwide that it will take time and patience to turn things around for the once-feared nation. Proof of how bad the team has slumped to is in the evidence that former minnows and whipping boys of the …
As far as former Australian cricketer Dean Jones is concerned, Afghanistan are better prepared for their maiden Test that takes place later this year than Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were. Amit Banerjee, Jan,20 2018 20:20 27 IST. Cricket in Afghanistan ha…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Siriisena said he is taking over the economy from this year, though for three years the United National Party of Prime Minister Rani; Wickremesinghe was allowed to manage it amid tensions between the two escalated. Three months ago had had …
So hopefully those are the wickets we plan on for the rest of the tournament. I think a lot of it depends on the wicket. If it is a really good wicket, both seam and spin will have an even balance. But in recent times, we have been playing spin a bit b…
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the ongoing tri-series in Bangladesh owing to a right hamstring injury. Mathews had been troubled by the injury since January 2017 and it flared up again during Sri Lanka’s 12-run defeat to Zimbabwe in their first game of the series. The problem …
Part of Zimbabwe’s success against Sri Lanka has been due to their ability not merely to negotiate spin, but to score off it. Ervine is one of several top order batsmen who have used the sweep shot regularly and to good effect against Sri Lanka. That stroke was effectively the foundation of their series …