Captain Mahela Jayawardene has said that he has lost all confidence in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) after his confidential letter regarding payment of guarantee fee to the team support staff from the ICC World T20 held in Colombo, was leaked to the media.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will take an injury-ravaged and demoralised outfit into the dead rubber Test in Sydney but has demanded his team to show more character after their trouncing by Australia in the second Test in Melbourne on Friday.
Mahela Jayawardene scored an undefeated century as Sri Lanka amassed 293 for 3 at stumps on the first day of the first Test against New Zealand on Tuesday.
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will retire from test cricket following the home series against South Africa and Pakistan, the country's cricket board said on Monday.
Images from the 9th ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia played in Hobart on Friday.
A television 'sting operation' may have cast doubts over the credibility of the Indian Premier League, but Delhi Daredevils batsman Mahela Jayawardene insisted that the team's focus has not changed despite the spot-fixing allegations on some players.
Sri Lankan batting stalwart Mahela Jayawardene will retire from Twenty20 Internationals after the conclusion of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Adam Zampa surpassed pacer Mitchell Starc to become the country's leading wicket-taker in ICC T20 World Cup history.
Kohli and Rohit, the two generational talents with 8334 T20I runs, six centuries, 69 fifties and 119 catches between them are the last bridge between the old and new and they both deserve to be in the same frame with that trophy in hand.
Openers Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene hit centuries to power Sri Lanka to a crushing 161-run victory against India in the third match of the tri-nation series in Jamaica, on Tuesday.
Despite slumping to their fifth successive defeat on Tuesday, Delhi Daredevils' skipper Mahela Jayawardene is confident of making it to the knockout stage of IPL-6.
Delhi Daredevils skipper Mahela Jayawardene blamed the six-wicket defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL opener on the loss of too many wickets in the middle overs, saying the team lost momentum because of the collapse.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team is undaunted by India's 3-1 victory over the West Indies.
It is still early days, but here's the list of the top 50 players in the ICC World T20 so far, after the silly league phase to eliminate the unfortunate minnows.
They recorded unbeaten double hundreds and put Sri Lanka in total control of the first Test against South Africa on Friday.
India's newly-forged coach-captain combination of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav will look to make instant impact against a Sri Lankan team in disarray.
After Sri Lanka defeated Australia in a must-win match to qualify for the tri-series final, captain Mahela Jayawardene said his players showed a "lot of character" to lift themselves up after the morale-shattering loss against India in their penultimate round-robin game.
After registering a comprehensive win over Australia in the second final of the tri-series, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene on Tuesday said that the key to his team's success against a tough opponent is to "compete well at all times".
As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket. He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual charming smile: "Take care of yourself."
Delhi Daredevils' skipper Mahela Jayawardene is still optimistic despite no realistic chances of qualifying for IPL 6 semis.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene insisted that his team would have come out trumps in the tri-series match even if the Duckworth-Lewis method hadn't reduced their target at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.
A concerned Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis on Sunday hoped the ICC's suspension of the nation's cricket body will not affect the upcoming fixtures of the national team and the preparations for the men's U19 World Cup in Colombo early next year.
Delhi Daredevils vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene, who joined the team on Sunday along with explosive English batsman Kevin Pietersen, today said that nowadays it's not difficult to switch formats.
In contrast to 'Made for T20' players wielding heavy wood, the Sri Lankan batsman applies traditional skills in the modern context but, while clearly proud of his style, he refuses to criticise more unorthodox batsmen.
Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene will bat more freely after he reaches his milestone of 10,000 Test runs, feels captain Tillakaratne Dilshan.
Jayawardene said his team had adapted well to the conditions of the wicket here as they were exposed to similar conditions in the warm-up match at Bangalore.
Sri Lanka could have batted better, says Mahela Jayawardene
Mumbai Indians elevate Jayawardene, Zaheer to new central roles
The team heard a loud crackle. Then the scream came from Dilshan at the front of the bus. 'Get down.' Jayawardene was hit first; his sock filled with blood. Outside, twelve gunmen blocked the exit. A revealing excerpt from Nicholas Brookes's An Island's Eleven: A History of Cricket in Sri Lanka.
Lanka's entry into the 2023 World Cup is marked with injuries, modest form of players and rumours of the team getting a new captain that was put to rest at the last minute.
Kohli becomes leading run-getter in T20 World Cup history
Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of Mumbai Indians for IPL 2024 next year.
Mumbai are likely to end up last on the points table even if they manage to win their last game
Boucher, whose last assignment with the South African team was the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia where the Proteas exited at the Super 12 stage, said the new role had come with a lot of responsibility.
'All three games we were in it but we were not able to finish it off'
For Rohit, it has always been about fierce loyalty, having captained Mumbai in 11 editions and leading them to five trophies.
Their teams will clash at the D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, April 2.
Virat Kohli moves up in record books following 48th ODI ton against Bangladesh
Ravindra Jadeja's absence due to injury is a 'massive loss' but Virat Kohli's return to form and Jasprit Bumrah's comeback would still make India a force to reckon with in the T20 World Cup, said Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene.
Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer in the history of T20 World Cups, surpassing former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's total of 1016 runs.
