Jayawardene, Mathews give Sri Lanka first innings lead over Kiwis

By Fathima Zanaida

GALLE, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) November 18, 2012: Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene (91) and all-rounder Angelo Mathews (79) helped Sri Lanka to take a slender 26 runs first innings lead over New Zealand in first Test at Galle International Stadium on Sunday.

Angelo Mathews handed Sri Lanka T20 captaincy

By Fathima Zanaida

Angelo Mathews given role to lead young Sri Lankan Twenty20 side

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) October 24, 2012: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday appointed all-rounder Angelo Mathews as Sri Lankan Twenty20 skipper for a period of a year.

ICCWT20: Blunders and Controversies hitting Pakistan, Sri Lanka skippers

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: As former World T20 champions Pakistan and title favorites Sri Lanka will fight for the place in the final of ICC World T20 2012 today, I want to bring my readers’ attention towards the controversies hitting captains of the two teams during their Super Eights matches.

Bowlers give Sri Lanka 9wkt win over India in 2nd ODI

By Fathima Zanaida

HAMBANTOTA (TheSportsNext) July 24, 2012: Sri Lankan seam bowlers provided the goods for Sri Lanka which outplayed strong Indian side by nine wickets in the second One Day International at Hambantota on Tuesday.

The victory was contributed to a disciplined bowling performance by the Sri Lankan medium pacers who extracted enough purchase out of the seamers-friendly conditions and rattled a rock-solid Indian batting line-up ferociously.