Sri Lanka 299 for 8 (Dilshan 110, Sangakkara 71, Munaf 2-43) beat India 225 (Dhoni 67, Perera 3-36, Randiv 3-40) by 74 runs… These two have binged on each other since July 2008, but what promises to be the one for the road went Sri Lanka’s way, ending their run of losses in big home [...]

Sri Lanka 312 for 4 (Dilshan 71, Tharanga 54, Sangakkara 52) beat Bangladesh 186 (Tamim 51, Dilshan 3-37) by 126 runs… Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a terrific all round show as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 126 runs to virtually qualify for the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Friday. After scoring an…

Zimbabwe 240 for 2 (Taylor 119*, Chibhabha 58) beat Sri Lanka 236 (Dilshan 78, Tharanga 69, Mpofu 2-32, Cremer 2-33) by eight wickets… Who’d a thunk it? Zimbabwe finished the league stage at the top of the table, winning comprehensively all their 50-over matches, and losing the one that was truncated to 26. Even i…

Sri Lanka 119 for 1 (Dilshan 60*) beat Zimbabwe 118 (Masakadza 62, Randiv 3-23) by nine wickets… “Frankly today we were rubbish,” said Zimbabwe’s new coach Alan Butcher. And he was right. It was a one-way street in Bulawayo. Only Hamilton Masakadza turned up for Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka attacked from every …

Sri Lanka 261 for 3 (Dilshan 104, Sangakkara 74) beat for Bangladesh 260 for 7 (Ashraful 75, Mahmudullah 45) by seven wickets… Sri Lanka scored an easy seven-wicket win over Bangladesh at Dhaka to start their tri-series campaign on a high note. Kumar Sangakkara made a quick-fire 74 before losing his wicket to Shafiul Is…

Sri Lanka 302 for 7 (Dilshan 123, Mathews 37*, Zaheer 3-63) beat India 301 for 7 (Dhoni 107, Raina 68, Kohli 54) by three wickets. Sri Lanka managed to hold on to their nerves to level the series 1-1 by registering a three-wicket victory over India. Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave Sri Lanka a [...]

Sri Lanka 319 for 8 (Dilshan 106, Jayawardene 77, Sangakkara 54) beat South Africa 206 for 7 (Smith 58, Mendis 3-30) by 55 runs (D/L)… Led by a blazing century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and a brace of cameos, the world’s No. 5 team started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style by beating the top-ranked [..…

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s explosive batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan have both been nominated in three different categories of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Awards 2009. Both Dhoni and Dilshan have been nominated for the Cricketer and Test player of the year awards. Dhoni’s n…

Sri Lanka 158 for 5 (Dilshan 96*) beat West Indies 101 (Gayle 63*, Mathews 3-16, Muralitharan 3-29) by 57 runs… It will be an all-Asia final at the ICC World Twenty20 after Sri Lanka maintained their unbeaten record by crushing West Indies by 57 runs at The Oval. Tillakaratne Dilshan added another installment to his [..…

A fabulous half-century by Tillakaratne Dilshan helped Delhi Daredevils post a competitive 153 for eight in their semifinal match. Ryan Harris gave Deccan Chargers a dream start as he managed to send back both the Delhi Daredevils openers — Gautam Gambhir and David Warner in the very first over after Delhi were put in t…

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