In the courtyard of this single-storey home, painted a startling shade of green, a group of five women and a few men take turns to churn large pots of bubbling kenda—a traditional Sri Lankan porridge that is especially popular for breakfast. There are …
Paceman Thisara Perera broke through with the wicket of Haque but Iqbal, aided by Shakib Al Hasan kept Sri Lanka frustrated. They shared a 99-run stand to keep the side on course for a big total. Iqbal, who looked set for his 10th century, nicked a delivery from off-spinner Akila Dananjaya, that didn’t …
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Opener Tamim Iqbal hit his second straight half-century to lift Bangladesh to 320-6 against Sri Lanka in the third match of the tri-nation series on Friday. Iqbal followed up his unbeaten 84 against Zimbabwe with an identical 8…
Colombo Additional Magistrate Dharshika Wimalasiri today recalled the arrest warrant issued against former Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka. The suspect surrendered to the court today and tendered a medical report over his absence during the last court proceedings. Malaka, accused of allegedly …
SRI LANKA UNDER 19s. PAD Lakshan, N Dhananjaya, K Sanjula (wk), JKC Daniel, PHKD Mendis (c), MNK Fernando, KNA Bandara, S Gunatilake, TR Dilshan, LN Malinga, P Jayawickrama, H Buddila (12th). PAKISTAN UNDER 19s. Zaid Alam, Rohail Nazir (wk), Ammad Alam…
Cargills Bank, a commercial lender in Sri Lanka, has deployed IBM’s cognitive cybersecurity solutions to boost its existing defensive capabilities. The bank is using IBM QRadar, a security intelligence platform, along with QRadar Advisor with Watson, to help early detection and classification of cyber …
Pakistan sealed their place in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup quarterfinals by beating Sri Lanka after a thrilling encounter at Whangarei on Friday. Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to 188 after skipper Hassan Khan won the toss and opted to bowl. Open…
A slim and slightly tense chase against Sri Lanka helped Pakistan seal a three-wicket win and a quarter-final berth, led by a combined five wickets between their quick bowlers Shaheen Afridi (2 for 41) and Suleman Shafqat (3 for 29). The duo helped bow…
Media Release 19th January, 2018 Sri Lanka team’s White-Ball Captain Angelo Mathews; who suffered a right hamstring tightness, while he was batting.
24.5 N Pradeep to Al Hasan, On a length, tucked to mid-wicket to rotate strike. 143/1. 24.4 N Pradeep to T Iqbal, Another nervy moment! Pounded hard on the deck, Iqbal takes on the pull but ends up top edging it towards deep backward square leg. There …