By Srian Obeyesekere While Bloomfield pulled off a comprehensive 8-wicket win over Air Force with a day to spare in the Major Club 3-day Tournament, NCC staved off defeat against Moors SC after being made to follow on finishing on 112 for 1 wicket on a brave unbeaten knock of 78 off 66 by Lahiru […]The post NCC stave off defeat vs Moors SC, Tamil Union and Sebastianites settle for a draw app...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s most famous 1996 world cup winning century maker Aravinda de Silva’s first comments on being inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame were, “I am honoured by this recognition by the ICC at the highest level, and what immediately comes to mind is that great effort of scoring that world […]The post ‘I treasure my world cup ton which is the ultimate dream of any cricket...

20th November 2023 Media Release Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) unequivocally rejects the baseless and malicious allegations made by the Minister of Sports, Mr. Roshan Ranasinghe. MP, during a media conference held yesterday (19th November). The SLC asserts that the Minister’s statements

By Srian Obeyesekere Nugegoda S&WC pulled off an innings and 4 runs win over Panadura SC in their Group A game of the SLC Major League Tournament. The toast of Nugegoda S&WC was Rumesh Buddika who scored a superb unbeaten 126. Meanwhile, BRC defeated Kandy Customs by 145 runs in a Group A fixture on […]The post Nugegoda S&WC trounce Panadura SC by an innings and 4 runs, BRC defe...

By Srian Obeyesekere Milinda Siriwardana struck 127 off 179 balls inclusive of 17 boundaries, and Madawa Warnapura 57 off 135 with 4 boundaries as Negombo CC totaled a handsome 274 against Colombo Cricket Club on the second day of their Group A match of the Sri Lanka Cricket Major League Tournament

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), as it has done so in the past, once again came out with a magnanimous gesture of promoting and helping out other sportspersons by honouring eleven Asian Games medal winners by a total sum of Rs.28 million under the patronage of SLC President, Shammi

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says it unequivocally rejects the baseless and malicious allegations made by the Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe, during a media conference held yesterday (19).

Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe claims that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) forced the International Cricket Council (ICC) to suspend Sri Lanka from international cricket.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) states that it strongly refutes the recent allegations made by the leadership of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) in parliament regarding the communication between the SLC and the International Cricket Council (ICC).

19th November 2023 Media Release Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) strongly refutes the recent allegations made by the leadership of the SJB (Samagi Jana Balawegaya) in the parliament regarding the communication between SLC and the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is evident

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Sri Lanka Audit Service Association has urged Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to replace Prof. Ranjith Bandara, Chairman of the parliamentary watchdog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) with a lawmakert who commands the respect of the Parliament. In a letter signed by E.A.D. Prasad Prasanna and R.M.P. A. Janaka, President and Secretary of the Association, respectively, […]

17th November 2023 Media Release Grants Rs. 28 million in cash awards Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), under the direction of SLC President Shammi Silva, and the Executive Committee recognized the Asian Games 2023 medal winners for making the country proud on the international stage. Accordingly, 11

Sri Lanka Cricket’s suspension, the future of ODI cricket and a revival of a high-performance programme aimed at the top Associates and some Full Members are all set to be on the agenda at the upcoming ICC board meeting in Ahmedabad. The quarterly meetings, the last of the year, begin

Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee, has been summoned before the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) for Preventing Sports Offences for investigations into his recent statements.

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera told parliament this morning (17) that the first priority of the Cabinet Sub Committee appointed to look into the gazette notification issued by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe appointing an Interim Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka’s Consultant Coach Mahela Jayawardene attributing poor player fitness levels as one of the major drawbacks to the team’s poor world cup performance is certainly an eye opener in an era of sophisticated technology.   Soon after Sri Lanka’s disastrous world cup campaign where the former 1996 world champions won a […]The post Consultant Coach Mahela Jay...

By Srian Obeyesekere Twenty-three-year-old Dilshan Madushanka proved to be Sri Lanka’s bright spot in its failed world cup campaign by braving all the odds of defeat to claiming 21 wickets. It put him third among the top bowlers with India’s Mohammed Shami leading with 23 wickets and Australia’s Adam Zampa with 22. Indeed, it was […]The post Dilshan Madushanka’s 21 wickets at world cup the b...

By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Head Coach, Chris Silverwood has in no uncertain terms spelt out that the team has to come out of the inconsistency cocoon that led to its recent world cup debacle. “I think inconsistency,” Chris Silverwood reportedly stated. “I think it would be fair to use that word. I think we’ve […]The post Head Coach Silverwood broods on inconsistency appeared first on Sri...

The momentous event of the week-ended-today was the presentation of Budget 2024 by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance. Usually, Sri Lankan Presidents keep away from Parliament; not Ranil Wickremesinghe, and a jolly good move it is. The Island of Tuesday November 14 headlined the VI Event as: “Prez presents Budget […]

COPE Chairman Prof. Ranjith Bandara has said that his son Kanishka Bandara holds the position of coordinating secretary to the COPE Chairman and as such the latter had been allowed to attend the official functions of the COPE. When contacted for comments on social media reports going viral on Kanishka Bandara attending a COPE meeting […]

By Saman Indrajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday urged Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to reveal how the latter would ensure that there would be no conflict of interest if Prof Ranjith Bandara was allowed to remain as the Chairman of the COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises) because he had professional links to the […]