Sri Lanka Cricket on Tuesday congratulated senior player Kumar Sangakkara on being named the International Cricketer of the Year 2012 by the Wisden Almanack.

By Dinouk Colombage England is the number one side; at least that is what the ICC official rankings showed them up as. By the end of the first test against Sri Lanka this ranking seems to be a mistake, the English have now lost four straight tests in the sub-continent (three of them against Pakistan ...

  Thousands of Sri Lanka cricket fans snapped up sought-after tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 when box offices, MoneyGram outlets and online booking sites opened at 9am Colombo time today. Following a spectacular launch on Saturday attended by tens of thousands of cricket fans

The issue of tickets for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup cricket tournament to be held in Sri Lanka, commenced this morning. The matches will be played in Colombo, Kandy and Hambantota and tickets are being sold for the matches to be played at these venues. Our correspondents said long queues were being witnessed from ...

Sri Lanka Cricket have denied they are adopting a two-tier pricing policy for locals and foreigners for the Test series against England.

Sri Lanka Cricket have announced that their international players have been fully paid ahead of their Test series with England.

Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) last night announced that the National Cricketers have been paid all their dues in full up to date. The SLC in its release thanked the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and the Secretary, Ministry of Sports for assisting SLC to source these funds

Sri Lanka Cricket has said it has paid its cricketers their outstanding dues, which had been pending since last year's World Cup

  The British High Commission in Colombo hosted a reception for the visiting England cricket team. Sri Lanka Cricket board President Upali Dharmadasa is seen here in conversation with Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa during the reception last night (March 13/2012)  

Sri Lanka's cricket team played well and did Sri Lanka proud under the leadership of Mahela Jayawardena. All played so well and fielded with gusto and brought about serveral amazing stops and took some equally amazing catches.

The  people for the past three decades have suffered the steady rise in the cost of living with great forbearance. We have no ready index to point to for this Himalayan climb other than the price of bread which Chandrika Kumaratunga in her presidential bid vowed to reduce to Rs 3 per loaf. Now the ...

Chamara Kapugedera, the middle-order batsman, has been named as a replacement for one of the three injured allrounders in the Sri Lanka squad that qualified for the finals of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series. Which of the injured players – Farveez Maharoof, Angleo Mathews and Thisara Perara – is being replaced, has not yet been decided. ...

Angered by Sri Lanka’s unexpected defeat against India at the Commonwealth Bank Trophy in Hobart, Australia, the President has decided to launch a mud slinging campaign against bowler of the Sri Lanka Cricket team, Lasith Malinga, it is reliably learnt.

England dropped Eoin Morgan from their Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka following the former Ireland batsman's dismal series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

(Srilankamirror) - “I am watching the match. Call later about Ranil”, were the comments of Sri Lanka Cricket media manger Brian Thomas, when inquired about the arrangements for the funeral of former interim committee member Ranil Abeynaike. The media manager put down the receiver

(Srilankamirror) - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka's former captain, has said that political interference is ruining cricket in Sri Lanka and that the country lacks a long term vision for the sport. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) held elections for the first time in seven years in January

(Srilankamirror) - Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has ordered the Bank of Ceylon to settle the wages of members of the national cricket team, who have not been paid for over a year. After several rounds of discussions between minister Aluthgamage, the bank and the cricket board, the BoC has agreed to release Rs. 600 million rupees to pay the dues, said a statement. "Minister ...

Feb 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Minister of Sports, Mahindananda Aluthgamage had instructed the cricket authority Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to resolve the issue of overdue payments to the cricket players by February 28.

The Sports Minister has assured the payment of salary arrears of the national cricket team before the 28th of this month.   Some delay was experienced in the payment of the monthly salaries of the national cricket team as Sri Lanka Cricket was embroiled in a financial crisis in the past

Sri Lanka Cricket has obtained a Rs. 600 million loan from the Bank of Ceylon to pay pending salaries of its contracted cricketers. Accordingly, Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage has instructed the SLC Officials to pay the pending salaries up to the month of February to its contracted

The Bank of Ceylon (BOC) has agreed to release Rs.600 million to settle the player payments of Sri Lanka Cricket while the pending salaries will be paid by February 28, the Sports Ministry stated.

The Sports Ministry says the salary issue of the Sri Lankan cricketers has now been resolved with the Bank of Ceylon agreeing to release Rs.600 million to meet the commitment. As a result of the discussion the Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had with the Chairman and the Board officials of the Bank of Ceylon along ...

Feb 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced today that the 1996 Cricket World Cup Trophy together with 30 other champions trophies won by Sri Lanka national cricket team over the years was safe in their respective shelves at SLC headquarters.

The 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy together with 30 other Champions trophies Won by our National team over the years is safe in their respective shelves at SLC headquarters, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a release. .

Adelaide, Feb 13 (IANS) Former captain and star batsman Kumar Sangakkara wants an urgent review of Sri Lankan cricket, and has said first class structure should be overhauled on the lines of Australian cricket.

New Chairman of Selectors Ashantha de Mel said that picking the Sri Lanka cricket team for the forthcoming tour of Australia will be the first priority of his committee.

By Ravi Perera “Pepsi’s ‘come alive with the Pepsi generation’ was translated into Chinese as ‘Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave’.” So the crabs win the day! Now they have a Ministry dedicated to look after the juicy crustaceans! In this blessed country where there are apparently so many things that need looking ...

Feb 03, Colombo: The cricket authority, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to convert the present inter club cricket tournament to a four-day series of encounters from 2014.

A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday once again issued non-bailable arrest warrants for three accused of the attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2009 and directed the police to produce them before the court till February 27.

A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday once again issued non-bailable arrest warrants for three accused of the attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2009 and directed the police to produce them before the court till February 27.