Sri Lankan physicians warned on Sunday that life-saving drugs were running scarce and that the island nation’s economic woes were threatening to kill more people than the coronavirus outbreak. Weeks of power outages and acute shortages of food, fuel, and pharmaceuticals have wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, which is experiencing its worst economic depression since … Read more
The upcoming Asia Cup 2022 is reported to be moved from the host country, Sri Lanka. According to details, the political and economic tensions within the country may be the cause for the shift of the tournament. The pertaining issue will be discussed in the International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings to be held on April … Read more
Australian chief selector George Bailey said that Matthew Wade is the top priority as a wicketkeeper in T20Is. The statement came after Wade was ruled out of the central contracts list of CA for season 2022-23. CA revealed the contracts list on Thursday, which had many names missing including Tim Paine, Moises Henriques, Ben McDermott, … Read more
Sri Lanka’s economy is in danger of collapsing. Sri Lanka has been cited by several geopolitical experts as an example of China’s “strategic trap diplomacy” or “debt-trap diplomacy.” Sri Lanka has experienced its worst economic crisis as a result of foreign debts and loans from China. Food, fuel, and all other critical commodities are in … Read more
After authorities enforced a social media blackout to control popular dissent, armed soldiers in Sri Lanka halted a Sunday opposition march that broke a weekend curfew to protest the island nation’s deteriorating economic problems. The South Asian country is experiencing catastrophic food, gasoline, and other vital shortages, as well as record inflation and debilitating power … Read more
Anger is raging in Sri Lanka over the country’s biggest economic crisis since its independence in 1948, with much of it directed at the island’s all-powerful Rajapaksa family. Hundreds of protesters attempted to attack the residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the incumbent president and one of four politically engaged brothers, late Thursday. During a night of … Read more
Sri Lanka will visit Bangladesh in May to play two Tests only. This will be their second visit to the country in the past few years, Sri Lanka Cricket said. The first Test of the series will be played on the soil of Chittagong from May 15-19 while the second Test will be hosted by … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka is turning off its street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom to its main stock market, triggering a halt in trade as prices slid. The nation of 22 million people is struggling with rolling power … Read more
Sri Lanka will host an all-format Australia tour in early June, the cricket board announced Friday. The county will be hosting the Aussies for the first time in six years. They will play two Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches starting June 7, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. In Australia’s last tour in … Read more
BENGALURU: In the report submitted by International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee for the game, Javagal Srinath, the surface for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka, which ended in three days, received a below-average rating. As a result, the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process will award the venue one demerit. In the … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will pay small sums to the families of people who were killed or went missing in the carnage of the island nation’s decade-long civil war, authorities announced Tuesday. Successive Sri Lankan governments have faced international censure over the conflict, which ended in 2009 after the collapse of the minority Tamil separatist movement’s armed wing. … Read more
India will be heavy favorites to keep their pink-ball Test record intact at home, as new skipper Rohit Sharma targets a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test, which begins on Saturday. The hosts crushed Sri Lanka in Mohali in three days to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, and the … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s Ravindra Jadeja has returned as the world’s number one-ranked all-rounder after his stand-out effort with bat and ball against Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council said Wednesday. Jadeja, a left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, hit an unbeaten 175 and took a match tally of nine wickets as India hammered Sri Lanka inside three days … Read more
MOHALI: On day three, Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets to help India bowl Sri Lanka out for 174 and force a follow-on in the first Test on Sunday. In response to India’s 574-8 in Virat Kohli’s 100th Test in Mohali, the visitors will bat again with a 400-run deficit. After Sri Lanka resumed … Read more
Australia cricket great Shane Warne, widely regarded as one of the greatest Test players of all time, died on Friday of a suspected heart attack aged 52. According to Warne’s management company, the retired leg-spinner was found lying in Koh Samui, Thailand. “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away … Read more
COLOMBO – Tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka surpassed 90,000 in February, seeing a 14-per cent increase from the previous month, official figures from the Tourism Ministry showed here. According to the ministry, 93,582 tourists arrived in February, leading to 175,909 tourists arriving in the country this year. Russia continued to be the leading source market … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s central bank hiked interest rates by one percentage point on Friday and urged the government to increase taxes as the country skirts economic collapse. The troubled South Asian island nation is in the grip of a severe foreign exchange crisis that has led to acute shortages of food, fuel, medicines and … Read more
On Friday, adoring fans wearing Virat Kohli shirts and face paint rushed for a spot inside India’s Mohali Stadium for the superstar cricketer’s 100th Test match. Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the modern game, and he was India’s most successful Test captain until stepping down as skipper in January but remained a … Read more
COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund warned crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday that its foreign debt was ‘unsustainable’, and called for devaluation and higher taxes to revive the almost bankrupt economy. The pandemic pushed the South Asian Island’s tourism sector, a key foreign-exchange earner, off a cliff, and the government in March 2020 imposed a broad … Read more
Ashes-winning Australia will face unfamiliar conditions, heavy security and unpredictable, but talented, opponents when they begin their first Test in Pakistan for 24 years on Friday. Having landed in Islamabad just three days ago to be immediately engulfed in “head of state-level security”, the Australians have had little time to acclimatise to conditions in Rawalpindi, … Read more
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s public transport was crippled on Wednesday as buses ran out of diesel, officials said as the country’s foreign exchange crisis worsened with no dollars to import fuel. The Private Bus Owners’ Association said they were able to operate only about a quarter of their fleet of 20,000 vehicles, while drivers reported queuing for … Read more
Star Australian batsman Steve Smith said Tuesday he was “feeling good” after recovering from concussion and hopes to replicate his big scoring from the Ashes during Australia’s tour of Pakistan, their first in 24 years. The 32-year-old fell heavily and banged his head attempting a boundary catch in the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in … Read more
The Agha Qadir Dad agricultural market, located along the Sukkur Barrage on the left bank of the Indus River, is, in fact, the largest dry dates (Chowhara) market not only in Pakistan but in Asia too. The most famous of these is the Aseel dates. In addition, Cupra, Khurma and other dates are also produced … Read more
Pakistan will host the South Asian (SAF) Games after 18 years as the 14th edition of the event is scheduled to be held during March next year. The country previously hosted the multi-nation event in Islamabad back in 2004. Athletes from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives will feature in the … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s health authorities have urged citizens to get their COVID-19 vaccines as 900,000 locals were yet to receive their doses due to an anti-vaccination movement spreading across the country, local media reported here Thursday. Epidemiology Unit Director of the Health Ministry, Samitha Ginige quoted in the Daily Mirror said that 17.6 million … Read more
Batsman Suryakumar Yadav and fast bowler Deepak Chahar were on Wednesday ruled out of India’s three-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka because of injuries. India, led by new all-format skipper Rohit Sharma, will play the opening Twenty20 international in Lucknow on Thursday followed by two matches in Dharamsala. Yadav, who scored 107 runs to be … Read more
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s total COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 16,000 mark after 30 new deaths were reported, the Health Ministry said here in an update on Tuesday. According to official figures, the total death toll from the virus reached 16,024 on Monday evening, while the total number of positive cases reached 638,043 since March … Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Pakistan later in March. However, some big names were not included in the squad. According to the statement by CA Aaron Finch will lead the white-ball squad while on the other hand David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchel Starc … Read more
