Already out of Super Eights contention, Australia beat Oman by nine wickets in their inconsequential final group clash of the T20 World Cup, in Kandy, on Friday.
In the final over, when the nerves jangled, it was Bangladesh who stayed composed and savoured the sweet taste of success. Sri Lanka's 8-match winning streak in the T20 Asia Cup came to a bitter end with this defeat.
Sri Lanka outclassed by India six wickets in a thrilling finish to knock them out of the ICC World Twenty20 in St Lucia, on Tuesday. Chamara Kapugedera hit the final ball of the match, from Ashish Nehra, for a six to take Sri Lanka to 167 for five in their 20 overs in reply to India's 163 for five in the Super Eights match.
Australia stormed into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 64-run victory over Sri Lanka, fired by a spectacular maiden one-day international century from Glenn Maxwell at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Sri Lanka fought off a strong challenge from Ireland at Lord's on Sunday to win their Twenty20 World Cup Super Eight match by nine runs. Ireland, the only non-Test playing nation still in the tournament, restricted the 1996 World one-day champions to 144 for nine after Sri Lanka had won the toss and elected to bat.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in Pune, on Monday.
IMAGES from the T20 qualifiers played between Sri Lanka and the UAE on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka have not won a major title for a long while and captain Angelo Mathews on Saturday said that his side were happy to have broken the 'barrier of finals' by defeating Pakistan in the summit clash to lift the Asia Cup in Mirpur.
India extended their winning streak at home to 15 Test series as they beat Sri Lanka by 238 runs in the second Test to claim the two-match series 2-0 in Bengaluru on Monday.
Sri Lanka defeated hosts Zimbabwe by nine wickets in a rain-truncated tri-series match in Bulawayo on Tuesday.
Images from the Asia Cup final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday.
Shardul Thakur produced an all-round display and Navdeep Saini impressed with his pace again as India thumped Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International to complete a 2-0 series victory in Pune on Friday.
Captain Lorcan Tucker's blistering 51-ball 94 was complemented by a disciplined bowling effort as Ireland powered to a massive 96-run win over Oman in a lop-sided Group B T20 World Cup match.
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu says it will be a "miracle" if her team is able to seal a semi-final berth in the women's World Cup despite notching a thrilling seven-run victory over Bangladesh, in Navi Mumbai, on Monday.
After the stumps on Day 2, Sri Lanka's score read 108/4 as they are trailing India by 466 runs.
Zimbabwe were seven wickets away from their maiden Test win over Sri Lanka on Monday after setting the hosts a target of 388 in their one-off match at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan scored half centuries to help Sri Lanka post 221 against Australia.
India recovered to 43/1 in 10 overs when the players were forced off the field in Guwahati.
Shai Hope's impressive 75 was not enough as Italy's disciplined bowling attack restricted the West Indies to a modest total of 165 for six in their T20 World Cup group stage match.
Australia suffered a jolt ahead of their cricket tri-series finals against India when they lost an inconsequential cricket tri-series game against Sri Lanka by a narrow margin of 13 runs in Melbourne on Friday.
Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed his tenth Test century to lead Sri Lanka's fightback against India on Day 2 of the first Test, in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. Dilshan dominated proceedings on the second day with a quick 112 from 133 deliveries, inclusive of 12 boundaries, as Sri Lanka reached 275 for three in 70 overs at stumps.
The Kiwis dismissed the touring side for 154 before reaching 85 for two at the close in Christchurch on Thursday.
Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey scored centuries as Australia declared their first innings on 551 for 4 and then reduced Sri Lanka to 31-2 on the second day of the first Test in Brisbane on Friday. Clarke and Hussey, who resumed with Australia's total reading 242-3, were involved in a record partnership of 245 runs before Hussey was dismissed for 133.
Pakistan fast bowlers Junaid Khan and Bilawal Bhatti scythed through Sri Lanka's batting during an exciting afternoon session to restrict their opponents to 204 on the first day of the opening Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has blamed his senior batters for failing to step up in the second ODI against India and said they will have to "learn their lessons" before they return to the country for the World Cup later this year.
Mahela Jayawardene scored a superb unbeaten 167 and Michael Vandort made 138 as Sri Lanka reached 379 for four at close of play on the third day of the second Test on Tuesday. Sri Lanka, who resumed the day on 105 for two, overhauled England's first innings total of 351 all out for a 28-run lead with six wickets remaining.
Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed a match haul of 9-140 to propel Sri Lanka to an 88-run victory in the first Test against England on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the Asia Cup 2023 Final played between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.
Hasaranga claimed three wickets in one over and Pramod Madushan claimed a career-best 4-34 to bowl out Pakistan for 147 in exactly 20 overs.
Images from Day 3 in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Mohali, on Sunday.
Sri Lanka's nine-wicket triumph in the tri-series on Friday is their 26th in 28 games played against Bangladesh.
A blistering assault from Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell powered West Indies to a crushing 107-run win over Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Super Eights at the Wankhede
Images from the Group A Champions Trophy match between Australia and Sri Lanka at The Oval on Monday.
Salman Butt and Yasir Hameed slammed half centuries as Pakistan beat World Cup runners-up Sri Lanka by 98 runs to claim the three-match Warid Cup series in Abu Dhabi on Sunday
Babar Azam stood firm amid a batting collapse to compile his seventh Test hundred
Australia made heavy weather of a modest chase before beating Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second Twenty20 International on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
All New Zealand batters got starts but couldn't go on to capitalise on them. Will Jacks and Adil Rashid got two wickets a piece for England.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in a low-scoring final to win the cricket gold medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday.
IMAGES from the Asia Cup Super 4 match played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo on Thursday.
Images from the sixth One-Day International of the CB Tri-series between Sri Lanka and Australia in Sydney, on Friday.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances