Malinda Pushpakumara

Udana, Russell three-wicket hauls in vain for Angelo Mathews' side

A list of domestic performers who were recognised belatedly as international prospects

The Sri Lanka left-arm spinner picked up 10 for 37 in a Premier League Tier A match for Colombo Cricket Club against Saracens Sports Club

Coach Hathurusingha says standards have to rise if team is to recover in the long run

With England on top in Rangana Herath's final Test, Piyal Wijetunge admitted that Sri Lanka's spinners had been outbowled by the visitors

In addition to the left-arm spinner, Sri Lanka picked four other spinners in the squad

The visitors clinched the second one-dayer by 67 runs on the back of the allrounder's maiden List A hundred, levelling the three-match series 1-1

The left-arm spinner grabbed six wickets in the second innings after Jayasuriya's hundred, as Sri Lanka A clinched the three-match series 1-0

The allrounder picked up four awards at the ceremony, while Rangana Herath and Chamari Atapattu were named the men's and women's cricketers of the year

The two spinners finished with match hauls of eight wickets each to clinch the unofficial Test series for Sri Lanka 2-1

The left-arm spinner took six-fors in both innings to consign West Indies A to a heavy defeat

Sri Lanka's squad for the five-match series against India also includes Malinda Pushpakumara and Vishwa Fernando, who are yet to make their ODI debuts

After being pummeled for 1462 runs in three innings, the hosts, led by two rookie left-arm spinners, were sublimely adequate for most of the first day in Pallekele

With Rangana Herath on his last legs as a Test cricketer, national spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge weighs in on potential replacements

Batting allrounder Dhananjaya de Silva, uncapped left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara, and seamer Nuwan Pradeep returned to Sri Lanka's squad for the first Test against India, in Galle

In Angelo Mathews' absence, Rangana Herath will lead Sri Lanka in the Tests against Bangladesh, while left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara has been called up

Malinda Pushpakumara claimed a 13-wicket haul and then hit the winning runs as Sri Lanka A completed a dash to victory in Dambulla to square the unofficial Test series with England Lions

Lancashire's Liam Livingstone continued his impressive form for England Lions in Sri Lanka with a century in demanding conditions on the opening day of the second four-day match

Sri Lanka A fought back on the second day of their match with the England Lions in Pallekele, with spinners Dilruwan Perera and Malinda Pushpakumara to the fore