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PALLEKELE: Sri Lankan opener Lahiru Thirimanne (L) and captain Dimuth Karunaratne take another run during their 209-run partnership against Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.—AP PALLEKELE: Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne posted hundreds and a double century stand as Sri Lanka reached 291-1 against Bangladesh on an ominous first day of the second Test on Thursday. Captain Karunaratne scored 118 for his 12th Test century, then Thirimanne hammered his third century and second this year. He was 131 not out at stumps in tandem with Oshada Fe...

Dickwella, Fernando fifties propel Sri Lanka despite Taskin’s triple-strike May 1, 2021 Bangladesh bowler Taskin Ahmed and his teammates celebrates a Sri Lanka wicket during their 2nd Test at Pallekele on Friday. KANDY: Bangladesh had their best bowling day in Sri Lanka on the second day of the second Test in Pallekele on Friday, yet it wasn’t enough to sniff out the 87-run seventh wicket stand. Niroshan Dickwella and Ramesh Mendis led the recovery for the home side who finished at 469 for 6 at stumps, having batted quite sedately for the majority of the second day while also losing five ...

Daily Times April 30, 2021 Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne executes a watchful cut against Bangladesh during their 2nd Test at Pallekele on Thursday. KANDY: Centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave Sri Lanka full control of the first day of the second Test in Pallekele, as the home side ended at 291 for 1 at stumps on Thursday. The pitch offered next to nothing to the Bangladesh bowlers, but the visitors were also guilty of sitting on defensive lengths and spread-out fields from quite early on. It allowed Karunaratne, fresh from his maiden double-century last weekend,...

No change in Bangladesh squad for series-deciding Test Sports Correspondent 27th April, 2021 09:46:02 Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan is seen in action during a training session at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. – BCB PHOTO Bangladesh decided to keep an unchanged 15-member squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, scheduled to start on Thursday in Kandy, said an official on Tuesday. The Tigers had the option to change their squad considering they have extra six cricketers in Sri Lanka after they left for the island nation with a 21-member preliminary squad. However, t...

PALLEKELE: Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto is cleaned up by Sri Lankan pacer Suranga Lakmal during the final day of the first Test at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.—AFP PALLEKELE: Bangladesh comfortably batted out the final session of a truncated final day to draw the weather-affected first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Sunday. With a lead of 107 runs and two sessions left, Sri Lanka had their hopes high after claiming two early Bangladesh wickets after lunch, but an aggressive knock by opener Tamim Iqbal snuffed out their hopes of securing a result...