Telephone is the world’s best innovation, according to legendary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. Sri Lankan opener Tillekaratne Dilshan is someone who would agree.
It all happened due to a one crucial call from Dilshan to his former skipper Mahela Jayawardane. At the time, Jayasuriya was Sri Lanka’s number one opener in both forms of [...]
Sri Lanka 319 for 8 (Dilshan 106, Jayawardene 77, Sangakkara 54) beat South Africa 206 for 7 (Smith 58, Mendis 3-30) by 55 runs (D/L)
Led by a blazing century from Tillakaratne Dilshan and a brace of cameos, the world’s No. 5 team started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style by beating the top-ranked side. [...]
Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a century as Sri Lanka posted 319 for eight in their Champions Trophy clash against South Africa in Centurion on Tuesday.
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene pitched in with 54 and 77 respectively as host skipper Graeme Smith’s choice to bowl first after winning the toss backfired.
Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell bagged three [...]
Tillakaratne Dilshan may not be a batting superstar in Sri Lanka’s team like Sanath Jayasuriya or Kumar Sangakkara, but is one of most valuable players in all forms of the game.
Sri Lanka’s search for an explosive opening partner for Jayasuriya ended with the successful run of Dilshan, a middle-order batsman performing the new role remarkably [...]
Q: What are your chances in the ICC Champions Trophy?
Tillakratne Dilshan: We are playing well as a unit and we are pretty confident of doing better in a tournament like Champions Trophy. I know the conditions will be different. Wickets will not be easy to bat on but in one-dayers, you know, wickets will not [...]
Rumours of Northern Districts losing walking highlights reel Tillarkaratne Dilshan for this summer’s domestic Twenty20 cricket season are rubbish, according to chief executive David Cooper.
The Dominion Post suggested Dilshan may be unavailable as Northern Districts overseas import for the bash-and-crash form of the game this summer because of a late change to the Sri Lankan [...]
There was no case of second-time-unlucky for Tillakaratne Dilshan, and a blazing century pushed a tummy-bug-hit New Zealand to the brink as the Galle Test entered its climactic phase. Having taken a 153-run lead, with Muttiah Muralitharan taking his 100th wicket at Galle, Sri Lanka piled on the misery either side of lunch, with stroke-filled [...]
A wonderfully composed 26th Test century from Mahela Jayawardene and a thrill-a-minute 92 from Tillakaratne Dilshan allowed Sri Lanka to dominate the opening day’s play after two early wickets from Chris Martin had given New Zealand the perfect start in overcast conditions in Galle. Thilan Samaraweera weighed in with an unbeaten 82, adding 159 with [...]
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has said that though there was the temptation to go for a clean sweep in the Test series against Pakistan, he opted for the draw. With 15 overs remaining and Sri Lanka needing a further 101 to win on the final day at the SSC, he said his decision was [...]
Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is doubtful for the five-match ODI series against Pakistan after fracturing his right index finger and having several stitches above his left eye on the second day at the SSC.
Dilshan, who has been keeping wicket in the series in Prasanna Jayawardene’s absence, suffered the finger injury when he caught Khurram [...]
