The former Sri Lankan cricketer Thilan Samaraweera will assist the New Zealand batsmen during their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. New Zealand will play two-match bilateral Test series and three-match bilateral T20I series against the hosts Sri Lanka from 14th August to
Former Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera, who is now national team’s batting coach, believes the side has been weak in handling and facing the spin bowling since past two years. “This group in the last two years haven’t batted well against spin,”
While Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are seen as the major threats during a Test in India, newly-appointed Sri Lanka batting coach Thilan Samaraweera has cautioned the players to be aware of India’s formidable pace attack during the upcoming three-Test series. During
The Sri Lankan team led by Dinesh Chandimal landed in Kolkata earlier on Wednesday for their one and a half months tour starting with three Test matches slated to begin from November 16. This young Sri Lankan team is scheduled to play
Sri Lanka has had a dismal run recently in the limited-overs format. They have lost 14 back-to-back limited over matches, and their batting has failed miserably in most of their matches. The Sri Lankan team has been on a decline since the
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday revealed that it would not continue with former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera as a batting consultant, as the one-year contract has come to an end, before the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy which was scheduled
Bangladesh’s batting coach, Thilan Samaraweera, has heaped praise on the Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and said that he has created a skill which is self-explanatory as he said: “They are two different bowlers. Murali was a genuinely gifted, talented cricketer. But Ashwin
Former Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera has been appointed as the batting consultant by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the forthcoming One Day International (ODI) and Test series against England, starting in October this year. Earlier, the 39-year-old right-handed batsman had
Looks like Australia have already started their preparations for next month’s Sri Lanka tour as Cricket Australia appointed Thilan Samaraweera, former Lankan cricketer with 81 Tests and 5,462 runs at an average of 46.92 and 15 wickets, as a consultant coach. Samaraweera,
