Pathum Nissanka became the quickest Sri Lankan batter to reach 2,000 T20 runs as the opener sprinted his team to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in a crucial Asia Cup match on Saturday. Nissanka perfectly manipulated the line and lengths of the ...

Recently, the veteran left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara managed to etch his name into the annals of cricket history as he became the fourth Sri Lankan player to achieve the milestone of 1,000 first-class wickets.

England have played six T20Is in Sri Lanka, but five of them came at the 2012 World T20. Their one bilateral encounter was a 30-run win at the R Premadasa in 2018 - when Joe Denly was Player of the Match after taking 4 for 19 with his lesser-spotted legbreaks.

Sri Lanka are a poor T20 team and it could be their weakest suit of the three formats. In an effort to improve their World Cup chances they have added Pavan Rathnayake to the squad after his maiden ODI ton against England. There could be a spot for him at No 6 if the hosts decide not to stick with Dhananjaya de Silva.