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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 ...
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
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.
Skepticism over the defence services’ enlistment of six top tennis players, all Davis Cup representatives, is understandable. Bad memories of a like-intrusion by the services into rugby last season are too recent to forget. Rugby clubs, you will remember, were thrown into convulsions following the indiscriminate pinching of its better players by the Navy and ...
Sept 10, Colombo: A local media report has focused the spotlight of match-fixing on Sri Lankan cricket players when it alleged that veteran player Dilhara Fernando has been targeted for investigation by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) for the last two years.
Sri Lanka Cricket has denied allegations by local and international media against Sri Lankan cricketers.
Sept 07, Colombo: The Chief Incumbent of Dambulla Rajamaha Vihara Buddhist temple Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero has asked Sri Lanka Cricket to show cause within 14 days for violating the agreement between the temple authorities and Sri Lanka Cricket over the lease of land for Dambulla
Randiv’s admission that his century-denying no-ball to Sehwag was intentional; a prompt apology to the visitors by Sri Lanka Cricket, followed by a ban and fines imposed on the miscreants, might have swiftly saved our cricket of further embarrassment– but the stigma won’t wash away easily
New Delhi, Aug 17 (PTI): The International Cricket Council today welcomed Sri Lanka Crickets decision to inquire into the deliberate no-ball controversy and said it would expect SLC to share the outcome of the report with the games governing body. ....
Sri Lanka Cricket has apologised to India opener Virender Sehwag after he was denied a century by Suraj Randiv's no-ball in their Tri-Nations one-day international at Dambulla on Monday.
Stumpy” the name of the mascot for the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup 2011 was unveiled a at the Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo today. The tenth in the series the 2011 Cricket World Cup matches are scheduled to take place in the sub-continent. India, Sri Lanka
Stumpy the name of the mascot for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2011 was unveiled a short while ago at Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo. ....
It is entirely possible that Muthiah Muralitharan will play the second Test against India, although he has announced his retirement after the first. If he claims just seven wickets in the Galle match he would tally 799. An impressive enough figure, but if the temptation to become the first bowler to claim 800 Test wickets ...
After applauding and cheering him, it’s now time to hold back the welling tears and bid farewell to Muttiah Muralitharan. The world’s most successful bowler’s announcement on Tuesday, that his appearance in next week’s first Test against India in Galle would be his last in whites, evokes profound sadness. And so it must. It’s not ...
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, at a press conference this evening, officially announced his retirement from test cricket. “I am here to thank everyone who has helped me,” he said, going on to state that he felt the time was right for him to make an exit. “I will be happy to give up all ...
By Maryam Azwer Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from test cricket because he feels the time is right, confirmed the off-spinner’s manager, Kushil Gunasekera. “He’s realized there’s a time to let go… and I believe he’s letting up at the right time,” said Gunasekera, adding that at 38 the Sri Lankan bowler cannot be expected to perform the same way ...
Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara is LIVE on air now on Hot Seat LIVE. You can ask a question from our guest by calling 2479355 (International- 094-11-2479355) between 2pm-2.30pm...
Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved the hosting of Twenty 20 World Cup...
Sri Lanka Cricket’s bid to host the T20 World Cup in 2012 was approved by the International Cricket Council at the recently concluded ICC meeting in Singapore. ICC has shown faith in Sri Lanka Cricket, hence it is thankful to the governing body for giving it the opportunity, a statement from Sri
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
A new office for the 2011 Cricket World Cup has been set up utilizing a part of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) premises. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has directed that a separate office be set up for the event and it pays the rent, says SLC Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga. ....
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