Sri Lanka wins bronze at Paralympics

Warriorz name Athapaththu as Bell’s replacement for WPL 2024

UP Warriorz have brought in?Chamari Athapaththu?as replacement for?Lauren Bell, who has withdrawn from the upcoming edition of the Women’s Premier league (WPL). Athapaththu has been signed for her base price of INR 30 lakh (US$36,000 approx.). ESPNcricinfo has learned that Bell informed the Warriorz set-up recently that she wanted to focus on preparing for the New Zealand series, which begins on March 19 in Dunedin, just two days after the WPL final in Delhi. There is no update yet on the rest

27 Jan, 2024

Sangakkara expresses happiness at Jurel’s India call-up

Former Sri Lankan cricketer and current Rajasthan Royals (RR) coach and Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara on Friday expressed happiness at Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel earning a maiden national side call-up for the Test series against England at home, saying that the player understands pressure well and has a fine work ethic. Dhruv was a surprise call-up to the Indian squad for the first two Tests against England, starting from January 25. “Very proud and happy because one of our

13 Jan, 2024

Roux becomes first foreign cricket coach to be father in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s fielding coach, Anton Roux, is the first coach of the national cricket team, whose wife has given birth to a child in Sri Lanka. Highly-placed sources close to him say his wife, Willemijn de Bruin, gave birth to a baby boy on January 9 (Time :15.10) at Joseph Fraser hospital in Colombo. “The baby boy, 54 cm in height and weighing 4.04 kg, is fine with his mother,” the source confirmed. “This is Roux’s second child.? He became the father of a baby boy three years ago. The family h

14 Jan, 2024