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Kumar Sangakkara resigned as Sri Lanka cricket captain on Tuesday, three days after losing to India in the World Cup final. The International Cricket Council named him captain of a paper World Cup XI after the tournament. Sangakkara said in a statement he's immediately stepping down as skipper
Several employees of Sri Lanka Cricket have brought to the notice of the hierarchy of the cricket administration the alleged malpractices in selling and distributing World Cup tickets with the name of one individual featuring prominently in these allegations. Incidentally,...
Sri Lankan Cricketing fans are invited to extend a warm welcome to the World Cup heroes. The cricket heroes are scheduled to reach the island on Sunday at 7.20 a.m. Sri Lanka Cricket says plans have been drawn up to conduct the cricketers in a special bus to the Independence Square
By Dinouk Colombage Furious fans wanting to attend Sri Lanka’s ICC Cricket World Cup matches have been accusing Sri Lanka Cricket of mass scale fraud as allegations emerged of match tickets being sold on the black market with massive mark ups. And indeed they were. Throughout last week
By Hafiz Marikar The staging of a global event in any part of the world usually benefits the country or region where the event is held. The newly built or renovated infrastructure and facilities improve the environs and help raise the living standards offering commercial opportunities for the people living around the location. Being the ...
By Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the staging of the World Cup. In this achievement both stadiums stand out sharply in contrast with ...
by Prof Michael Roberts The old Premadasa Stadium was a monstrosity. The new one is far better on the eye though hardly a classic structure. Together with the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium at Sooriyawewa it was constructed in time for the...
Feb 23, Colombo: Two year after the attack on Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore, Sri Lanka Cricket is considering to tour Pakistan later this year ending the country's isolation from international cricket, media reports said Wednesday.
Hambantota (Sri Lanka), Feb 19 (IANS) Sri Lanka, Cricket World Cup finalists four years ago, will not take Canada lightly when they open their campaign in the 2011 edition at the newly-built Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium here Sunday.
President Rajapaksa says Sri Lanka is honoured once again, to be a co-host of the ICC Cricket World Cup. The country looks forward to welcoming the nine foreign teams arriving in Colombo to participate in the tournament. The President made these observations in his message for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Cricket is, today, ...
SINCE the August tri-series, with India and New Zealand, much of the cricket Sangakkara’s men had indulged in was confined to the nets. The solitary engagement in the run-up months to the World Cup, the six-week tour by the West Indies in November/December, you’ll recall, was ravaged by the monsoon: none of the three Tests ...
The President has inaugurated the modernized Kettarama International Cricket Stadium. The Sri Lanka Cricket Institute carried out the modernization work amounting to one billion rupees. A number of encounters in the World Cup series will be held at the Kettarama Stadium. Earlier the stadium
Jan 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to shift the venues for next week's three-match One Day International series against the West Indies to Colombo as previous venues are to be handed over to International Cricket Council in preparation for the World Cup 2011, an official has said.
The Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium which has been built for the staging of ICC 2011 World Cup Games has earned praise of the International Cricket Council. The ICC has inspected the Sooriyawewa Cricket Stadium. Its main constructions have been completed and a group led by World Cup Director Prof. Ratnam Shetty inspected the work ...
West Indies cricket team will visit Sri Lanka later this month for three one-day international matches to make up for a washed out five-match series last year, cricket authorities said Sunday. Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement that the newly built Suriyawewa stadium in the southern Hambantota
By Rohan Wijesinghe Hushed silence…on the fall of the second Lankan wicket – as tub thumping fans, packed to the ruddy rafters, would set aside their flags and rattles…. with the dapper destroyer, rolling down the hallowed SSC stairway, swinging his tree trunk of a willow, with such an imperial swagger in his chunky pads. ...
By Gavin Van Hoff (islandcricket.lk/blogs/gavin) It has been a hectic month so far and from the looks of things, it’s going to be a long December for our friends over at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). We’re only half way into the final month of 2010, 65 days from the ICC Cricket World Cup
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has finally decided to postpone the One Day International series against the West Indies SLC announced today.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in consultation with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has decided to postpone the five match One Day International series between the two teams and which was scheduled to commence in Hambanthota yesterday.
Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to go ahead with the Sri Lanka-West Indies One Day International series as scheduled. The first match will be played tomorrow (Thursday) at Hambantota, says the SLC Secretary. ....
West-Indies Sri Lanka One Day International series has been postponed due to the prevailing weather condition. The series will be rescheduled to be held before the 2011 ICC World Cup, Sri Lanka Cricket said a short while.
The first Test Match in the new Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy begins. The official opening of the new stadium took place under the patronage of Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake. Work on the new stadium was launched by a foreign firm in the year 2002. However the construction was completed with the ...
SLC is aiming at assistance towards Schools to develop cricket throughout the …
After coming out second best in the First Test at the Galle International Stadium Sri Lanka will be looking to raise their drooping spirits and produce a better effort when they front up to the West Indies in the Second Test starting at the R Premadasa Stadium, today. Sri Lanka cricket suffered
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The opening of ticket reservations in Sri Lanka for the ICC Cricket …
With less than 125 days for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) World Cup Organizing Committee launched their official promotional campaign during a ceremony held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.
With less than 125 days for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) World Cup Organizing Committee launched their official promotional campaign during a ceremony held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota today.
Sept 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has been elected for a third time as an International Cricket Council (ICC) Ambassador along with four other leaders in the field for 2010 -2011.