Sri Lanka have reached a record 7-705, extending their first-innings lead to 192 runs at tea on the fourth day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. At Saturday’s interval, Rangana Herath was not out 18 with Suranga Lakmal on nine, but Bangladesh’s spinners kept making inroads in the …
Sri Lanka amassed a big total to stretch their first innings lead over Bangladesh to 192 runs in the first Test in Chittagong on Saturday.
Sri Lanka has ordered a corruption investigation into its national carrier, including the controversial termination of a management deal with Emirates airline, the government said on Saturday. President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a five-member …
Sri Lanka extended their lead to nearly 200 as they continued to pile on the runs on Day 4 of the first Test against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka’s batsmen continued to make merry on the Chittagong wicket that turned out to be a good batting surface, but one in which the slowness remained. Having resumed …
A policeman in Sri Lanka has been arrested and remanded in police custody over the killing of a leading newspaper’s editor, a vocal critic of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, nine years ago, officials said here. Lasantha Wickrematunga, the founder and editor of the Sunday Leader, was waylaid by …
Silva hits maiden ton as Sri Lanka build lead. AFP. Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) -. Roshen Silva joined the run fest in Chittagong to score his maiden Test century as Sri Lanka took a 99-run lead in the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. The v…
Welcome to Day 4 of the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong. Sri Lanka are only 9 short of wiping away the deficit to Bangladesh’s first innings total. Roshen Silva has stitched a very handy stand with his skipper en route an unbeaten 87. Will he get his 100? The jinx for the Sri …
The duo shared a 308-run second wicket stand as Sri Lanka (504/3) trailed Bangladesh by just nine at stumps on the third day. With batsmen like Roshen Silva and Dinesh Chandimal still at the crease, Sri Lanka can hope for a good result. Get live cricke…
Earlier this month, Sri Lanka joined the movement by allowing women to purchase alcohol and work in places where alcohol is served — a law that comes nearly 40 years after women were first denied access to alcohol. The ruling received significant backl…
Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva piled on the runs to put Sri Lanka in a comfortable position on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. Birthday boy Mendis just missed out on a double century, hitting an impressive 196, w…