Cricket and politics in Sri Lanka By Namini Wijedasa The Sri Lankan team lost the 2011 Cricket World Cup to India but were welcomed home like winners. Was this politics or the true Sri Lankan spirit of embracing losers as...

Former Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee, Aravinda de Silva says selections to the cricket team were done without any interference. De Silva addressing a press conference said there has not been any kind of political interference in team selections. De Silva and the rest

Sri Lanka cricket appears to have been hit by snags due to continuous relinquishes by the players and the administrators as well.

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...

of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team, is a clear proof that the state media is being used by the present regime...

by Sutirtho Patranobis Even by its own standards of popularity, 4000 kilograms of kiribath, the traditional Lankan coconut milk-rice dish, sounds a bit too appetising. The ingredients: 1200 kg of white rice, 300 kg of cashew, 250 kg of jaggery, 1500 coconuts and a group of five-star chefs; enough to feed 65000 people for a couple of days beginning November 17. But then, a historical week...

By Michael Roberts D. S. de Silva entered the administration of Sri Lanka Cricket several years back at President Rajapaksa’s behest, being tasked with the extension and improvement of school cricket throughout the island. From personal knowledge I can assert that this was a role he pursued

To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado