Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is neither supporting nor opposing the abolition of the proposed rotation policy for the International Cricket Council (ICC) president, said SLC interim committee chairman, DS deSilva.

Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) Chief Executive Tim May has confirmed that FICA had negotiated the terms and conditions of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) player contracts with Somerset Entertainment Ventures, the commercial rights' holders of the event.

International Cricket Council (ICC) had rejected a claim made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Interim Committee Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga that ICC had rated Sri Lanka as the best ICC Cricket...

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Nishantha Ranatunge has pointed out that there is no financial crisis within Sri Lankan Cricket as projected by certain media.Mr. Ranatunge said there was a deficit of about 600 million rupees when they took over. They were very much determined

By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka Cricket announced the squad for the up coming limited overs matches in England and Scotland scheduled for the end of the month. Headlines were dominated on Thursday with the announcement that veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya would be returning to international cricket

By Sonali Samarasinghe Despite President Mahinda Rajapaksa distributing countless letters of referral for his personal shaman Eliyantha White, he told a friend the controversial healer was a dangerous man as he dabbled in the spirit world. In a recent conversation with a Colombo businessman and a close friend of slain editor Lasantha Wickrematunge, Rajapaksa confided ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has invited Sri Lanka for a test and one-day series later this year in a bid to bring back international cricket to the country. PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told The Associated Press on Saturday that an official invitation has been sent to Sri Lanka Cricket. Sarwar

says the PCB has received a feasibility report from Sri Lanka Cricket and it is now waiting for a response ...

by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake Former Sri Lanka test captain HashanTillakaratne says he will tell the International Cricket Council that matches were fixed during his career. Fronting the media for the first time since breaking the allegations on TV, Tillakaratne said due to legal advice and threats he would expose those connected to match fixing at ...

May 03, Colombo: Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has said that he would submit the evidence related to the match fixing charges made by him to the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Chennai, May 2 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has said Hashan Tillakaratne should work closely with International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti- Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to find those involved in match-fixing.

By Dinouk Colombage World Cup Organising Committee Chief Suraj Dandeniya speaking to The Sunday Leader dismissed allegations that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was facing bankruptcy. He insisted that once the International Cricket Council (ICC) gives SLC their hosting fees the debts will be repaid

By Paneetha Ameresekere Hambantota Port costs may escalate by another US$ 148 million (Rs. 15.9 billion), state run Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama told The Sunday Leader in an email interview. Those additional costs are due to having to blast and remove the bedrock found in the harbour which would cost ...

Mahela Jayawardana has stepped down as Vice Captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranatunge announced that Mahela Jayawardena submitting his letter of resignation had stated that he had no intention of holding on to the post of Vice Captain

Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Kumara Sangakkara has resigned from the post of captaincy after handing in his resignation today. Sangakkara was earlier quoted in the media saying that he was going to quit the national cricket team’s captaincy. Sangakkara had said he has already met the Sri Lanka

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