Lahiru Thirimanne

Virdi thrives in rain-affected draw (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016

(Source. ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board). Surrey spinner Amar Virdi's 5-77 debut for England U19s was not enough to prevent a draw against Sri Lanka in a rain-affected match. Both teams went into the last day of their first match knowing a draw was the most likely outcome after a number of rain delays over the four days ... Sri Lanka were all out for 335 shortly after the lunch break though as Virdi bowled Lahiru for 3. Virdi said....

England U-19s in command at Cambridge (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jul 2016

(Source. ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board) ... After a rain delayed start to the day, play finally got underway at 1.40pm with Worcestershire's Olly Westbury looking to build on the 157 runs he compiled on Tuesday ... Wicketkeeper Ollie Pope who started the day on nine was caught by Lahiru Kumara for 78 after a wild swing at Daniel's delivery, quickly followed by two balls later by Durham's Josh Coughlin, caught by Fernando for 14....

Cricket: Mathews frustrated as two more Sri Lankans injured

Edit Khaleej Times 25 Jul 2016

Sri Lanka's injury problems worsened ahead of Tuesday's opening test match against Australia, with fast bowler Suranga Lakmal and allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva joining the list of possible absentees ... 2-0 and 4-0, respectively ... Roshen Silva who had scored heavily at domestic level and averages more than 50 in first-class matches is likely to be handed a test cap, with Lahiru Thirimanne being dropped after some poor performances ... ....

Struggling Sri Lanka introduce new faces for test against Australia

Edit DNA India 21 Jul 2016

--> Thu, 21 Jul 2016-10.45pm , Colombo , PTI. Sri Lanka has suffered embarassing defeat against England recently ... Struggling batsman Lahiru Thirimanne failed to make the 15-man squad announced on Thursday and led by veteran Angelo Mathews, following Sri Lanka's recent disastrous tour of England.  ... The Test squad ... ....

Watch England Vs. Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Cricket Stream Live: After Dramatic Tie In 1st ...

Edit Inquisitr 24 Jun 2016

After allowing 286 runs to their visitors in the first innings, England got off to what appeared to be a disastrous start, falling to just 82 with six wickets down when Jos Buttler’s 93 and an unbeaten 95 from Chris Woakes rebuilt the hosts’ chances in the match at Trent Bridge June 21 ... Last time England played Sri Lanka at Edgbaston a Thirimanne 60 helped his team to a 6 wicket victory in 2014 pic.twitter.com/pLJWZs84fx....

Ireland vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Where to watch live, prediction, betting odds, possible XI and live streaming info

Edit Yahoo Daily News 15 Jun 2016

Ireland host Sri Lanka in the first game of the two-match series at The Village, Dublin on 16 June (Thursday). Where to watch live ... Overview ... Squad ... Angelo Mathews (c), Dushmantha Chameera, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep, Danushka Gunathilaka, Suraj Randiv, Dimuth Karunaratne, Suranga Lakmal, Farveez Maharoof, Kusal Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne....

Ireland looking to claim elusive win in Sri Lanka series

Edit The Irish Times 15 Jun 2016

KPC Series One-Day International. Ireland v Sri Lanka, Malahide First ball. Thursday 10.45am On TV. Setanta Ireland, 10.35am ... IRELAND (squad) ... SRI LANKA (Squad). Angelo Mathews (capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep, Danushka Gunathilaka, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal, Farveez Maharoof, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dasun Shanaka, Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne.   . . ....

Third Test: England stretch lead over Sri Lanka but lose wickets

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 12 Jun 2016

LONDON ... Advertisement ... Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal set about repairing the damage in a gritty fifth-wicket partnership of 33 but Steven Finn removed both batsmen before lunch. The tall fast bowler dismissed Chandimal lbw for 19 and Thirimanne, on 17, drove loosely at a wide delivery and gave Root another catch at third slip ... Alex Hales and Bairstow steadied the ship with a partnership of 51 ... Reuters . ....

Wickets tumble to leave Lord’s test in balance

Edit The Himalayan 12 Jun 2016

LONDON ... READ ALSO Openers lead Sri Lanka fightback England triple strike rocks Sri Lanka ... Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal set about repairing the damage in a gritty fifth-wicket partnership of 33 but Steven Finn removed both batsmen before lunch. The tall fast bowler dismissed Chandimal lbw for 19 and Thirimanne, on 17, drove loosely at a wide delivery and gave Root another catch at third slip ...   ... ....

Alex Hales stands firm for England as Sri Lanka’s bowlers fight back

Edit The Observer 12 Jun 2016

On a sultry Saturday the Lord’s Test accelerated into life against most expectations ... Thirteen wickets fell in the day ... Related. England v Sri Lanka ... Related ... Dinesh Chandimal fell lbw to a full-length Finn delivery; then the exasperating (if you are a Sri Lankan) Lahiru Thirimanne was caught at second slip. Throughout this series Thirimanne has looked good; he has always reached double figures yet never advanced beyond 22 ... ....

England v/s Sri Lanka: Woakes, Broad rock Lankans in opening session of Day 3

Edit DNA India 11 Jun 2016

Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal set about repairing the damage in a gritty fifth-wicket partnership of 33 but Steven Finn removed both batsmen before lunch. The tall fast bowler dismissed Chandimal lbw for 19 and Thirimanne, on ......

England triple strike rocks Sri Lanka

Edit The Himalayan 11 Jun 2016

Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal set about repairing the damage in a gritty fifth-wicket partnership of 33 but Steven Finn removed both batsmen before lunch. The tall fast bowler dismissed Chandimal lbw for 19 and Thirimanne, on 17, drove ......

Chris Woakes leads England as Sri Lanka collapse

Edit Taipei Times 11 Jun 2016

Sri Lanka resumed with Kaushal Silva 79 not out and Kusal Mendis 25 not ... Lahiru Thirimanne and Chandimal, who made an admirable 126 in the second Test, briefly resisted, but 169-4 was transformed into 205-6 as under-pressure fast bowler Steven Finn took two wickets for three runs in 12 balls on his Middlesex home ground. Chandimal was LBW for 19, with Thirimanne (17) edging to Root at second slip ... ....

Thirimanne scores 101 runs