Last month they were praising
@KumarSanga2
for being appointed the first non-British MCC President. Now they troll him for his accent! 😑🤷🏽♂️ For me, Kumar Sangakkara is an absolute Legend and a great Brand Ambassador of Sri Lanka. 🇱🇰
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@OfficialSLC
@dialoglk
20 runs with the bat down the order, 2 key wickets in the middle overs, and a brilliant diving catch.
Playing only his 2nd game, the 19-year-old Dunith Wellalage is making his presence felt in the Sri Lanka ODI team.
What a star in the making!
#SLvAUS
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰ruled the Track & Field events in the South Asian Games 2019 winning 15 Gold 🥇Medals, followed by India (13), Pakistan (4), Nepal (3) & Maldives (1).
Well done to all Athletes!
More info -
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#SAG2019
“I have done nothing wrong. It’s a disgraceful act from Shakib and Bangladesh. There was no common sense at that moment. This is the lowest an opposition team stooped to in my 15-year international career. ” - Angelo Mathews after the match.
#CWC23
#BANvSL
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Vidusha Lakshani from Negombo brings back happiness to Sri Lanka.
"Some of my teachers & friends from school have lost their lives due to the
#EasterSundayAttacksLK
. I hope my victory brings some joy to my fellow countrymen who are going through a very difficult time” she said.
Cricketing wisdom at its best. This is excellent stuff from Sky Sports Cricket and Nasser Hussain. Every Cricketer - young and old MUST WATCH this little clip.
Maiden ODI Century ✔️
Youngest Sri Lankan to score a century in World Cups ✔️
First Sri Lankan century in World Cup 2019 ✔️
Avishka Fernando, Future of Sri Lanka Cricket.
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#CWC19
#SLvWI
Dunith Wellalage's 🏏 performances in the
#U19CWC2022
could well be the best-ever campaign from a Sri Lankan🇱🇰player in the history of U19 World Cups.
16 wickets in 4 innings (2 five-fers)
224 runs in 5 innings (1 hundred & 1 fifty)
And he's not done yet! 👏🏼
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During the current Sports Minister of Sri Lanka - Roshan Ranasinghe tenure
•Sri Lanka Rugby got suspended by World Rugby
•Sri Lanka Football got suspended by FIFA
•Sri Lanka Cricket got suspended by ICC
#Lka
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#Cricket
#Football
#Rugby
Cannot take away anything from this bunch of players. Still young, inexperienced but they've played fearlessly and beyond expectations throughout the
#T20WorldCup
to bring back
#SL
fans to the stadiums and in front of their TVs after quite some time.
#ApeKollo
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"There is no dearth in talent & skills of our players but because we don't have a proper T20 league, only a handful of players get picked up by foreign T20 franchises. "
@dasunshanaka1
said after leading
@OfficialSLC
to a historic 3-0 whitewash in Lahore.
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#PAKvSL
Sri Lanka Cricket 👏🏻🏏🇱🇰❤️
The Pride and Heartbeat of a sinking nation 🙏🏻
2-1 up in a five-match series against Australia.
Keep going boys! 👍🏼
#SLvAUS
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It's drinks at Katunayake. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson jogs off the field towards some of the Sri Lankan fans gathered outside the boundary, eats a piece of chocolate cake and celebrates his 29th Birthday.
Happy Birthday Champion. 😍🙌👏
#SLvNZ
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Q - Morgan, you had said SL has plenty of surprise picks in their side. Are you surprised by the fact that Sri Lanka won today?
A - No, not at all. Malinga has been around for a long time. Him coming in & bowling like that isn't surprising at all.
#CWC19
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What a run-chase from Sri Lanka. The highest successful chase in T20Is at Sharjah.
Liton Das dropped Asalanka on 63 & Rajapaksa on 14 which proved to be very costly for Bangladesh.
These are the chases that would define a team in big tournaments like these.
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Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Australia captain Pat Cummins posing with the Warne–Muralitharan Trophy in front of the iconic Galle fort.
The two-match Test series begins tomorrow (29th June) in Galle.
#SLvAUS
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@IamDimuth
@patcummins30
Dinesh Priyantha Herath claims Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 1st ever Paralympic Games Gold Medal 🥇 following his World Record throw of 67.79m in Round 3 of the F46 Javelin Throw.
Congratulations!
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#ParalympicsTokyo2020
During the last few years, Isuru Udana worked hard on his batting to qualify as a T20 mercenary, when Sri Lanka rejected him.
Now, he's definitely in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad.
Our players need to be exposed to foreign T20 leagues as much as possible!
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The TV Production for the upcoming 3 T20Is and 3ODIs between Sri Lanka Women and India Women will be done by for Sri Lanka Cricket.
We will try and do our very best with all the available resources.
Await all details pertaining to the platforms.
Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 beat Australia 🇦🇺 in a bilateral ODI series at home after 30 years.
The hosts take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series with a game to spare. 👏🏼
And it came with a near heart attack.
#SLvAUS
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Sri Lanka ends their
#T20WorldCup
campaign with a win.
We won 5 out of 8 games & pushed the far stronger sides in the remaining matches.
Finally, we see the makings of a solid limited-overs side after witnessing disappointing performances over the past few years.
#ApeKollo
Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 sprinter Yupun Abeykoon has broken the 10-second barrier for the very first time. This is a first from a South Asian athlete.
He won the Gold 🥇 with a 9.96s run in the Resisprint International 2022 in Switzerland.
What a champion! 🏃♂️👏🏻🔥
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Sri Lanka have refused to send a player or coaching staff member to the post-match press conference after their 87-run defeat at The Oval. Therefore, the ICC is likely to impose a sanction on Sri Lanka.
#AUSvSL
#CWC19
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@OfficialSLC
Avishka Fernando's unbeaten fifty takes Sri Lanka over the line in a nervy chase.
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets to win their first
#T20WorldCup
warm-up match at Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi.
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Sri Lanka Cricket have decided to donate the entire revenue of the
#SLvAUS
Ticket Sales to the Government of Sri Lanka to battle the ongoing Economic Crisis in the country.
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@OfficialSLC
"The Extremists are looking for high-value targets to hit, just like the
@OfficialSLC
team. We have canceled all the training schedules before leaving for the
@cricketworldcup
. Even if we do train, we can't disclose that information." Asantha De Mel told
@ThePapareSports
.
#CWC19
US-based Sri Lankan Marathoner Hiruni Wijayarathne won the Silver Medal in the Düsseldorf Marathon 2019 held in Germany today. She clocked 2:34:10 in the race to register a new Sri Lankan and South Asian record.
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@Anjana_CT
@JohnSPeiris
@CeylonAthletics
“During our training camp in Pallekelle, we played several match scenarios and Charith Asalanka was one the top run-getters. I feel that he’s back in form & will play a big part to our middle order in Australia. “ SL captain Dasun Shanaka said.
#T20WorldCup
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Brilliant hundred by Kusal Janith Perera against a strong South African bowling attack.
Without a doubt, his best performance in Test cricket so far!!!
Win or Lose, this is the kind of Cricket we want to see from
@OfficialSLC
🏏🔥 🇱🇰
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@KusalJPerera
3 wickets including Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell + a run-out by Chamika Karunaratne.
The energetic all-rounder Karunaratne, seamer Chameera, and teenager Wellalage deliver the win for Sri Lanka.
1-1 with 3 games to go in fuel-less Colombo.
#SLvAUS
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19-year-old left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage becomes the highest wicket-taker in the
#SLvAUS
ODI series.
What a dream debut series for the teenager.
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Charith Asalanka - Man of the Series.
1st ODI - 72 (62)
2nd ODI - 77 (69)
3rd ODI - 47 (71)
By far, the most accomplished player with the bat from both teams this series.
#SLvSA
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This is one of the worst defeats at home for Sri Lanka in Test cricket.
Two disastrous batting displays ruined whatever advantage we got from batting first in Galle.
A lot of heads SHOULD roll after this embarrassing defeat.
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#SLvENG
Wanindu Hasaranga has risen to the Number 1 position in the ICC T20I Bowlers rankings.
What a massive achievement for the 24-year old Sri Lankan leg-spinner.
He's also the No.4 in ICC T20I All-Rounders rankings.
#SL
#T20WorldCup
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@Wanindu49
Mendis & Mathews have been brilliant at number four and five this series. If these two can continue to rack up runs and string crucial partnership consistently, we can be a damn good force in India in four years. Start the planning process now for 2023!
#SLvBAN
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This takes us 13 years back to that Asia Cup Final. I think, Maheesh has good control of his off-spin, which should help him in the long-run.
His biggest challenge begins now with all teams unraveling his variations ahead of the T20 World Cup!
#SLvSA
Lanka Premier League will go down in history as the most strenuous T20 league in the world to get off the ground because of the innumerable obstacles it faced so far.
Hopefully, it'll be worth the wait for everyone involved with Sri Lankan Cricket 🇱🇰🏏
Three more days to go!
Just realized that during the
#LPLDraft
, Sri Lanka's first-choice wicket-keeper batters in limited-overs cricket - Kusal Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Minod Bhanuka, and Sadeera Samarawickrama were not picked.
Who's going to keep wickets? 🤷🏻♂️
After being 70 for 8, Sri Lanka U19s managed to post 147 on the board.
Then, the bowlers did a brilliant job restricting Pakistan U19s to 125.
Well Done Boys! 🇱🇰🏏
Sri Lanka U19s will play India U19s in the Final tomorrow (31st Dec) in Dubai.
#U19AsiaCup
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Malinga came all the way running from third-man after four balls in the over, switched to mid-off, adviced Lahiru Kumara to go short! A few seconds later, Mahmudullah is caught at third-man by Wanindu Hasaranga (sub). Grooming the future.
#ThankYou99
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#SLvBAN
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed as a Consultant to the Sri Lankan national team for the ICC T20 World Cup - Group Stages and as a Mentor to the Sri Lanka U19 team for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2021 in West Indies.
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@MahelaJay
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne picked in Wisden's World Test Championship XI.
Matches: 10, Runs: 999, Bat avg: 55.5, 100s: 4, 50s: 4
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@IamDimuth
@OfficialSLC
UPDATE from Pallekelle - Intra-Squad 50-over match: Karunaratne XI vs Dickwella XI
Dickwella XI - 346/8 (50): Dickwella 127, Chandimal 117*, Gunathilake 41, L Kumara 3/72, D De Silva 2/30.
Await more details on
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!
@NiroshanDikka
@chandi_17
@Mickeyarthurcr1
New Zealand, a country with less than 5 million people cannot be the World Champions in Cricket and Rugby in the same year. Can they?
Come on
@BLACKCAPS
👏👏🏏🏏
Bye Bye India!
#CWC19
Dasun Shanaka 👏🏻🇱🇰🏏
That was some hitting by the Sri Lankan captain. ❤️
What a run chase by Sri Lanka to beat the World Champions in Pallekelle.
#SLvAUS
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After nearly a decade, 5 or more Sri Lankan Cricketers will be playing in the Indian Premier League this year.
Wanindu Hasaranga - RCB
Dushmantha Chameera - LSG
Maheesh Theekshana - CSK
Chamika Karunaratne - KKR
Bhanuka Rajapaksa - PBKS
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@IPL
#IPLAuction