Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru ... made public. Thirimanne added 127 runs for the fourth wicket with skipper Angelo Mathews, before his dismissal triggered a collapse in which Sri Lanka lost their ...

World Cup-winning former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga hit out at the selectors. "After Mahela (Jayawardene) and Kumar (Sangakkara), the best players I have seen are Lahiru Thirimanne and ...

Dimuth Karunaratne, the 17th Sri Lanka Test captain, made his Test debut at this very venue ... including Kaushal Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Oshada Fernando, Nishan Madushka, and Pathum Nissanka.

Once again we have to revert to the age-old cliché, “the weather will hold the key”, as the two foes, Sri Lanka and England, get set for their second battle come Tuesday at the P. Sara Oval. With the ...

The team will have a new captain, a new coach and new talent and ... In the batting the selectors have included two of Sri Lanka’s finest young batsmen in Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal. Both ...

The run-out of Lahiru Thirimanne further jolted the Sri Lankans. Reduced to 69/3, the Sri Lanka Masters desperately ... wicket of the South Africa Masters captain Kallis, who scored a 20-ball ...

After losing his opening partner Upul Tharanga off the third ball of the evening, Sangakkara joined forces with Lahiru Thirimanne to resurrect the Sri Lanka Masters innings with a 45-run stand ...

Sri Lanka Masters: Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w/c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Asela Gunaratne ... Suranga Lakmal Put into bat first, captain Kumar Sangakkara gave Sri Lanka a good start with ...

the early loss of Kumar Sangakkara could have been a setback for Sri Lanka Masters, but Tharanga and Thirimanne had other plans. The left-handed duo stitched together a sublime 153-run second ...