Oshada Fernando

Sri Lanka have revealed their 16-member squad for the two-Test series against New Zealand. Oshada Fernando makes a return following strong performances for Sri Lanka 'A'. Nishan Madushka is omitted, and Sadeera Samarawickrama joins the team. The series, under the ICC World Test Championship cycle, kicks off in Galle on Wednesday.

Oshada Fernando returns to Sri Lanka's squad for their two-Test series against New Zealand, replacing Nishan Madushka after strong performances for Sri Lanka 'A'. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama also joins the team, replacing bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Nisala Tharaka. The first match starts on Wednesday in Galle as part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle.

Sri Lanka's stand-in-skipper Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against England on Friday.

Batsman Oshada Fernando took the field to replace Mathews for the first match of the two-Test series. Mathews will be in isolation for five days.

Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka's 18-man squad in Bangladesh for the two-match Test series starting next week, selectors said Wednesday.

Pakistan batter and skipper Babar Azam completed 3,000 runs in Test cricket on Tuesday.

As the two-match Test series against West Indies was shared on Friday, Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne said that his side needs to improve their batting and partnerships going forward.

Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva will return to the team after recovering from Covid-19, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne said Friday ahead of the first Test against Pakistan. The two-match series starts Saturday in Galle, where the hosts first lost to and then hammered Australia in recent weeks. They will be bolstered by the return of de Silva, a batting all-rounder who was one of four players to get the virus before and during the second Test against Australia.

Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka's 18-man squad for the two-match Test series against Australia, which starts next week in Galle, the island nation's cricket board said Saturday.

Dinesh Chandimal and Oshada Fernando hit half-centuries to drive Sri Lanka's total before Pakistan hit back with wickets to share the opening day honours in the second Test on Sunday. Chandimal, who hit 80, put on key partnerships including a 75-run fourth-wicket stand with Angelo Mathews, who fell short of fifty in his landmark 100th Test.

Sri Lanka's cricket board Tuesday named a 24-member squad led by Kusal Perera for the six-match limited overs series in England even as a pay dispute remained unresolved.

Sri Lanka Monday named a 16-member squad, including two injured players, for the two-match Test series against England starting next week.

Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka was ruled out of the second Test against Australia ahead of Monday's fourth day in Galle after testing positive for Covid-19.

Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada Fernando each hit a fifty as Sri Lanka gave Bangladesh a fitting reply in the second Test in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka flew five Test players Saturday to join a 17-member squad for the two Tests against the West Indies at the end of the ongoing limited overs tournament.

Spinner Lasith Embuldeniya claimed seven wickets to help bowl out England for 344 as the tourists conceded a first-innings lead of 37 runs on day four of the second Test on Monday.

Fitness will play as big a role as form when South Africa and Sri Lanka finalise their teams for the second and final Test, starting at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 169 runs in the second innings at Dhaka after Asitha Fernando finished with a career-best 6-51, which left Sri Lanka to score just 29 to win. The first Test in Chittagong had ended in a draw.

Oshada Fernando fell agonisingly short of a Test century, but his 91 runs helped Sri Lanka fight their way back and finish the third day of the first Test against the West Indies on 255-4 in their second innings.

Sri Lanka's Twenty20 captain Lasith Malinga will not be part of team's second residential training camp, starting June 22 in Kandy, as a 24-member squad was announced on Thursday.

Mathews, 33, did not make the South Africa trip because of a hamstring injury but is expected to line up against England in matches that count towards the inaugural World Test championship.

While England only needs a draw in Galle to clinch another Test series in Sri Lanka, it's a result that will be far from the minds of Joe Root's lineup when the second Test starts Friday.

Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and put the West Indies in to bat on the opening day of the second and final Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday.

Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday announced that 18 players have signed the national player contracts, which came into effect from August 1. The new contract will be for a 5-month period and will end on December 31.

Veteran Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews on Sunday became the sixth player from his country to play 100 Tests as the hosts won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the second Test.

Heading into the second Test in Galle, Australia remain cautious about spin challenges despite securing the series. Skipper Steve Smith eyes a 2-0 clean sweep. Sri Lanka seek improvements with returns of Pathum Nissanka and likely changes in the bowling attack. The Test marks Dimuth Karunaratne’s farewell after his 100th Test appearance, promising an engaging contest.

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne slammed an unbeaten hundred to give his team the upper hand in Sunday's opening Test against the West Indies, whose debutant Jeremy Solozano was hospitalised after being hit while fielding.

Kraigg Brathwaite effected a sharp run out to complement the work of his bowlers as West Indies reduced Sri Lanka to 54 for three at lunch on Sunday, the opening day of the first Test of the two-match series.

Pathum Nissanka was heading towards a hundred on debut as Sri Lanka reached 359 for five in their second innings, a lead of 257 runs, at lunch in the first Test against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka has recalled Kasun Rajitha and Lasith Embuldeniya to their 17-member Test squad for the upcoming series against South Africa. Rajitha returns after being left out of the squad that triumphed over New Zealand, while Embuldeniya earns his place back after over a year.