Afg vs SL only test: 3 ODI & 3 T20I : Feb '24)(Afghan won by 3 runs)

Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 Schedule

Fri Feb 2 - Tue Feb 6

10:00 local | 04:30 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Only Test

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Fri Feb 9

14:30 local | 09:00 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st ODI

At Pallekelle 

Sun Feb 11

14:30 local | 09:00 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 2nd ODI

At Pallekelle 

Wed Feb 14

14:30 local | 09:00 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI

At Pallekelle 

Sat Feb 17

19:00 local | 13:30 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st T20

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Mon Feb 19

19:00 local | 13:30 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Wed Feb 21

19:00 local | 13:30 GMT

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Sri Lanka squad for Test against Afghanistan

Dhananjaya de Silva (capt), Kusal Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Udara, Chamika Gunasekara, Milan Rathnayakepareshi

ICC lifted ban on SL cricket Board

New president Upal Tharanga announced team today 

Afghanistan team :

Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC), Ikram Alikhail (WK), Mohammad Ishaq (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah, Nasir Jamal, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Yamin Ahmadzai, Nijat Masoud, Mohammad Saleem Safi and Naveed

For feb 02-06, 2024 only test at colombo

Live at Fancode india 

• Starts tomorrow 5 day test 
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• Karunaratne has scored more runs and more hundreds as an opener than any other Sri Lanka batter. He has 6538 runs when opening the batting, with 16 hundreds. Sanath Jayasuriya is in second with 5932 runs.

• Afghanistan won three of their first six Tests. By comparison, Sri Lanka took 42 Tests to notch three wins.

• Starts tomorrow 5 day test 
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• Karunaratne has scored more runs and more hundreds as an opener than any other Sri Lanka batter. He has 6538 runs when opening the batting, with 16 hundreds. Sanath Jayasuriya is in second with 5932 runs.

• Afghanistan won three of their first six Tests. By comparison, Sri Lanka took 42 Tests to notch three wins.

• With this match, Sri Lanka become only the second team to have played all 11 men's Test nations, Bangladesh having been the first.

SL have opted bowling vs Afghanistan in only test

Dhananjya silva ( SL) debut as captain

Afghan : 198 all out

Rahmat Shah 91, Noor Ali 31

Asitha Fernando-14.4/1/24/3
Vishwa Fernando-12/1/51/4
Prabath Jayasuriya-25/7/67/3

SL 80/0 at close 

SL opener Madushka ( 36 ) & Dimuth Karunaratne (77) put on 93 but than they lost 3 wkts, SL bounce back as both Matthews & Chandimal hits uneaten 50 each 

SL 248/3 

Lead of 50 vs Afghan

Mathews 100 not out & chandimal 84 not out put on 180* so far

SL 126 runs lead now 

Congratulations Angelo Mathews for century

SL 410/6 at close

Chandimal also reached 108, he &'Mathews( 143) put on 232 in partnership) Earlier Karunaratne hits fine 77.

SL lead by 212