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Winless tour heaps pressure on Sri Lanka
The Island
|November 24, 2025
Very little has gone right for Sri Lanka during the tour of Pakistan.
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Very little has gone right for Sri Lanka during the tour of Pakistan.
Sri Lanka have spent close to three weeks in Pakistan and five games in, they are still searching for that elusive first win. Losing, as they say, is part and parcel of the great game, but it’s the manner of these defeats that should set alarm bells ringing. After years of blood, sweat and tears to climb out of a deep rut, the national side looked to have finally turned the corner. Yet on this tour they have gone back to their old ways, undoing hard-earned gains and returning to square one.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition November 24, 2025 de The Island.
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