Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya named Sri Lanka head coach until 2026 T20 World Cup

Jayasuriya was appointed as the interim coach for the series against India, England and New Zealand but has now got the job on a permanent basis.

Sri Lanka board set to extend Sanath Jayasurya's contract as head coach

Sanath Jayasuriya is poised to have his contract as the head coach of the Sri Lanka men's cricket team extended for another year, following a successful interim period marked by notable victories.Since taking over in early July, Jayasuriya has led the team to a series win against India in ODIs, a Test victory at The Oval, and another Test win in Galle against New Zealand.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had advertised for a permanent head coach following Chris Silverwood's departure in late June.However, with the significant improvements observed under Jayasuriya's leadership, the board is now moving towards securing him on a long-term basis."We are in the final stages of negotiating the contract with him," said SLC CEO Ashley de Silva to ESPNcricinfo."Probably in the next two or three days you will hear more," he added, as per quoted by ESPNcricinfo.Initially appointed as a cricket consultant in December last year, Jayasuriya's role was primarily focused on working with the High Performance ..

Asia Cup 2023: Sanath Jayasuriya defends Pallekele as host for tournament

Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday defended the choice of Pallekele as one of the venues for the ongoing Asia Cup, saying the city has witnessed "unusual weather" in the past few days. The organisers have come in for criticism for picking Sri Lanka as the co-host for the Asia Cup and not the UAE, with the second half of India's contest against Pakistan being washed out and the match against Nepal being truncated owing to rain. Jayasuriya told PTI in an exclusive interaction that while he recalls playing cricket back home in the month of September, the city of Pallekele was not expected to get such rains. "I think we did, I cannot remember. I played long time ago; we would have played in the months of August and September," said Jayasuriya, who came for the trailer launch of his Sri Lanka teammate Muttiah Muralitharan's biopic '800'. "We never expected this kind of weather. Normally, in Pallekele, it is a dry zone you do not get much rains and it is only seasonal rains.

Asia Cup 2023: Top five run-getters in the history of the tournament

From India, none among Dhoni, Sehwag or Virat feature in the list of the top five run-getters in the history of the Asia Cup. Then who leads the chart? It's not Sachin by the way

Road Safety World Series 2022: Schedule, squads, venue and format details

Road Safety World Series 2022: International Cricket Legends will play to spread Road safety awareness. Read this detailed report on match schedule, squads, venue and format details

On this day 13 yrs ago: Australia lifted its fourth ICC ODI World Cup title

Ricky-Ponting led Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the rain-affected finals by 53 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis method

On this day 25 yrs ago, India defeated Lanka to win its 4th Asia cup title

India defeated Sri Lanka cricket team in the finals of the tournament by eight wickets at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium