Dimuth Karunaratne had begun his final trek to the pavilion when his batting partner Dinesh Chandimal called out to him. They've shared dressing rooms, team buses, and hotels for a decade-and-a ...

When Karunaratne resumed his exit and the crowd rose to give him a standing ovation, he soaked up the applause, but perhaps spotted that another act of PDA was coming. Angelo Mathews has an ...

"As a kid my only dream was to play just one Test match," Karunaratne, who has scored 7,172 runs in his 99 Tests, said on Wednesday. "Reaching 100 Tests is something truly special. But as you may ...

Dimuth Karunaratne said he had fulfilled a childhood dream after the Sri Lanka opener announced that his 100th Test, against Australia starting Thursday, will be his last. The 36-year old former ...

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Former Sri Lanka test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne will retire from the format after his 100th match, the final test of Sri Lanka's two-test series against Australia in Galle on ...

Among the former greats of Sri Lanka cricket who have relocated to the Victoria capital after drawing stumps at the top level are pace bowler Ravi Ratnayeke, World Cup-winner Asanka Gurusinha and ...

Other people are doing way more glamorous things. Karunaratne was ever the jobbing opener, and rarely believed to be deserving of the care that batters marked out for stardom tend to receive from ...

Dimuth Karunaratne is set to retire from Test cricket after playing his 100th game this week, against Australia in Galle. Three factors have played into the decision. With Sri Lanka set to play ...