England vs Sri Lanka

Nissanka leaves Sri Lanka in sight of Test win over England

Pathum Nissanka's superb unbeaten fifty left Sri Lanka eyeing a memorable win over England as the third Test at the Oval headed for a dramatic finish.

Ton-up Pope back in the runs as England make Sri Lanka struggle

Ollie Pope returned to form on his Oval home ground with a first hundred as England captain on Friday's opening day of the third Test against Sri Lanka.

Atkinson's batting heroics hurt Sri Lanka before England bowlers strike

Gus Atkinson scored a dashing maiden century before England strengthened their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Friday.

England in command against Sri Lanka as Mathews falls

England finally saw off Angelo Mathews as they pressed for victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Old Trafford on Friday.

England captain Stokes out of Sri Lanka series with torn hamstring

England captain Ben Stokes has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a torn hamstring and will miss the Test series against Sri Lanka, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Tuesday.

Bell appointed as Sri Lanka batting coach for England Tests

Sri Lanka have appointed former England batter Ian Bell as their batting coach for the ongoing England tour.

‘End of an era’ for England

England's Cricket World Cup title defence has gone close to as badly as it could have done, with Jos Buttler's side slipping to a fourth defeat in five matches on Thursday against Sri Lanka.

Buttler's men latest England team to struggle with World Cup defence

England are certainly doing their best to prove their arch-rivals' point at the World Cup in India.

Long way short of our best: Buttler

Defending world champions England's hope of clearing the group stage of the ongoing World Cup was all but dashed when Sri Lanka claimed a dominating eight-wicket victory at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru yesterday.

October 27, 2023
October 27, 2023

Sri Lanka heap more misery on England

Sri Lanka breathed life into their World Cup campaign and left England in increasing danger of missing out on a semifinal spot after crushing the defending champions by eight wickets in a low-scoring match in Bengaluru on Thursday.

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Buttler shocked by England's World Cup slide after latest loss

England skipper Jos Buttler described his team's thumping World Cup loss to Sri Lanka on Thursday as a "huge low point" with the team's title defence in tatters and their hopes of reaching the semi-finals all but over.

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Sri Lanka thrash England by eight wickets

Sri Lanka pushed dismal England to the brink of World Cup elimination on Thursday when they handed the defending champions an eight-wicket thrashing.

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Dismal England bowled out for 156 by Sri Lanka

Ben Stokes top-scored for England with 43 but even he was powerless to perform one of his trademark rescue missions

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

Mathews makes instant impact as England in trouble in Bengaluru

Mathews had Dawid Malan caught behind after the opener had made a brisk 28 with defending champions England on 45-1 at the time.

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

England opt to bat against Sri Lanka

England won the toss and elected to bat in their World Cup game against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today.

March 1, 2015
March 1, 2015

SL haul easy 9-wicket victory

Sri Lanka today hauled an easy nine-wicket victory against England in the 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. While answering to England's 309 runs, the Lankan top-orders -- Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara -- plied their innings to the end by scoring unbeaten 139 and 117 runs respectively. Sangakkara was given the Player of the Match award for scoring his sensible ton spending 113 balls.

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