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T20 World Cup 2026: Jacks Stars as England Thrash Sri Lanka by 51 Runs
Colombo: Will Jacks reflected on a clinical all-round performance after guiding England to a commanding 51-run win over Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, February 22, Jacks picked…
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T20 WC Super Eights: Rain washes out Pakistan vs New Zealand match
Sri Lanka: New Zealand and Pakistan shared a point after incessant rain forced the abandonment of the opening T20 World Cup Group 2 Super Eights match on Saturday, February 21. Amid a…
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T20 WC: Zimbabwe outclass Sri Lanka to enter Super 8s unbeaten
Colombo: Brian Bennett’s measured fifty and Sikandar Raza’s raw power propelled Zimbabwe to a facile six-wicket win over a fancied Sri Lanka, as the Africans entered the Super Eights of the T20…
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T20 World Cup 2026: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 8 wickets to enter Super 8s
Pallekele: Sri Lanka produced an emphatic all-round performance headlined by Pathum Nissanka’s superb unbeaten hundred to outclass Australia by eight wickets in a group league fixture of the T20 World Cup and…
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BNP election victory: Big win, but small change likely in Bangladesh
The victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should be seen in the light of the recent political developments in most of the seven member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative…
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T20 WC: Some cricketers representing Italy have never visited the country
Is there anything in common between the skill of making excellent pizzas and spinning a cricket ball? Perhaps only Crishan Kalugamage can answer that unusual question because he has mastered both skills.…
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T20 WC: Sri Lanka thrash Oman by 105 runs for second consecutive win
Pallekele: Sri Lanka outclassed Oman by 105 runs to register their second successive victory in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday, February 12. In a Group B match, Oman were limited…
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T20 WC: Sri Lankan batters power team to highest total in match against Oman
Pallekele: Skipper Dasun Shanaka, Pavan Ratnayake and Kusal Mendis powered their way to fifties as Sri Lanka posted a mammoth 225 for five against Oman in a T20 World Cup match here…
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Sri Lanka President thanks Pakistan PM for India match boycott withdrawal
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for directing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to end the boycott of their T20 World Cup match against…
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USA, Pakistan eye improvements with bat in another T20 World Cup showdown
Colombo: An unpredictable Pakistan will look to exorcise ghosts of the past when they meet a determined USA, 20 months after being handed an infamous defeat by the same opponents, in the…
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All-round Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 20 runs in campaign opener
Colombo: Tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka produced a clinical, all-round performance to begin their campaign in the T20 World Cup with a 20-run victory over Ireland here on Sunday, February 8. Asked to…
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T20 WC: Pakistan to weigh Sri Lanka plea on India match boycott
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to again consult its government to decide on the Sri Lankan counterpart’s request to reconsider the boycott of the match against India in the T20…
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After veiled boycott threat, Pakistan name 15-member squad for T20 World Cup
Lahore: Pakistan on Sunday named a 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, effectively reversing a previous threat by board chairman Mohsin Naqvi to boycott the event in solidarity with Bangladesh.…
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7 Indian fishermen held by Sri Lanka Navy for alleged poaching
Colombo: The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested seven Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in the island nation’s territorial waters. The fishermen were arrested and their two trawlers seized on Tuesday, January 20,…
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Little scope for Gen Z-led revolution in Iran, at least for now
When widespread protest and violence, especially by the youths, led to the overthrow of the parties in power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in the post-pandemic years, Iran – though single-handedly…