New Sri Lanka Captain Chandimal Leads By Example
The tourists frustrated Sri Lanka on day one of the one-off Test in Colombo to reach 344-8, but could only add 12 runs on Saturday. Centurion Craig Ervine was the last man to go on 160, finally falling to Lahiru Kumara to leave Chris Mpofu – who had only faced one ball – as the not-out batsman. Chandimal, who replaced Angelo Mathews as skipper following his decision to stand down from the role in all formats after the shock one-day international series loss to Zimbabwe, led by example with a solid 55 as the hosts closed on 293-7, 63 runs behind....