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The International Cricket Council yesterday announced that tickets for the finals of the ICC World T20- 2012 to be held in Sri Lanka, have all been sold out. Meanwhile, the third phase of tickets opened up for sales to the public on the 1st of August 2012. The fast sellers of the ICC world T20 ...
- Britisher arrested for theft of T20 tickets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sale of T20 World Cup tickets begins (Category: Breaking News)
- T20 world cup tickets to go on sale (Category: Breaking News)
- Sidelined (Category: Business)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced that tickets for the finals of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, have all been sold out. The womens and mens finals will be played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on October 07.
REUTERS: Kevin Pietersen was left out of England’s provisional, 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday. England"s Kevin Pietersen looks on during a training session before the third cricket test match against the West Indies at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham – REUTERS The ...
- Kevin Pietersen misses World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pietersen woes continue with golden duck (Category: Business)
- Pietersen apologises to the ECB (Category: Breaking News)
- Pietersen out of England’s World T20 squad (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday announced a squad of 30 selected to represent the country at the T20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September. Mahela Jayawardana (Capt) Kumar Sangakkara Anjelo Mathews T.M Dilshan Dinesh Chandimal Lahiru
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At a Selection Committee meeting, the following squad of 30 players were …
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KARACHI (Reuters): Pakistan have recalled wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September and retained Mohammad Hafeez as the T20 captain, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Tuesday. Akmal has been cleared to play for his country again after the PCB investigated reports of alleged links with bookmakers. He ...
- Not Out (Category: Business)
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Mumbai, Jul 13 (UNI) Left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan was elated to break into the Indian team for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka after Vinay Kumar was ruled out due to injury today. The Baroda all-rounder, who wasn't picked initially, now wants to make full use of the opportunity.
More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for the ICC World Twenty20 Cup in Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement here Thursday. .
Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has said that his side is favorites to win the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka, a media report said. In an interview given for an ICC show, Yuvraj has said, “I think favorites are India because we’ve got the biggest hitters – biggest hitters in town that’s ...
- No more excuses, Sri Lanka needs to start winning big games (Category: Breaking News)
- India beats Sri Lanka in a T20 warm up (Category: Breaking News)
- Ajantha Mendis demolishes Zimbabwe (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Room to Read’ Children watches a T20 warm up game (Category: Breaking News)
The world’s thinnest 10x optical zoom, the DCS-W690, along with five new cameras, are the latest range of hi-spec affordable cameras launched by Sony at Siedles Pvt. Ltd., sole authorised distributor for Sony in Sri Lanka at its head office on Friday, 8 June. The six new compact cameras from Sony make it simple for ...
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New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday unveiled Sri Lanka's star pacer Lasith Malinga as the official ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012.
Islamabad, May 31(ANI): Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan on Friday in a two-match Twenty20 International series in Hambantota, and both the sub-continental teams would be eyeing to win the series to improve their rankings in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Twenty20 ranking table.
Ahead of the T20 World Cup to be held from September 18 to 7 October in Sri Lanka, ICCandrsquo;s Anti-Corruption Unit is taking stern actions to hunt bookies and probe the role of honey traps used in the game. andnbsp; andnbsp;
Ahead of the T20 World Cup to be held from September 18 to October 7 in Sri Lanka, ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit is taking stern actions to hunt bookies and probe the role of honey traps used in the game.
Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga has said that he is developing a new delivery, which the player is hoping to unleash during the upcoming T20 world cup. In an interview with Hindustan Times, the player has also said that he don’t feel much difference in playing for Sri Lanka or Mumbai Indians
- Mahela wanted Murali to play in the upcoming World T20 – Report (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga signs deal with Middlesex (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga pulls out of Middlesex contract (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 300 cricketers are forced to stay at home doing nothing because of the IPL – Arjuna (Category: Breaking News)
Ahead of the T20 World Cup to be held from September 18 to October 7 in Sri Lanka, ICCs Anti-Corruption Unit is taking stern actions to hunt bookies and probe the role of honey traps used in the game. .
India will play One Day Internationals at Hambantota, Dambulla, Pallekele and Premadasa Stadium when they arrive here in July to play five ODIS and a Twenty20. Hambantota will host the first two ODIS while Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the only T20 International. According to the International Cricket Council’s Future Tours Programme India were ...
- Virat Kohli has got 5 MOM awards in 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan and Sri Lanka set for UAE clashes (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC T20 world Cup tickets for the finals sold out (Category: Breaking News)
- Heavy rain stop match (Category: Breaking News)
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
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- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Starlet Nupur Mehta has added a new twist to the ongoing match-fixing allegations that have lately come her way. She now claims she was seeing Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan around the time of the 2009 T20 World cup in England. Nupur’s new revelation comes in the wake
- Sports Minister prepared to accord security to Hashan Tilakaratne (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-New Zealand captain Cairns sues Modi for libel (Category: Business)
- Australia board hits back at ‘outlandish’ fixing claims (Category: Business)
Tickets for this year’s ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka go on sale to the public from Saturday. The official ticket launch takes place on Saturday, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa purchasing the first ticket of the tournament, which will run from September 18 to October 7 in Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele. There will be ...
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Ski Santa Fe postpones opening amid surge of COVID-19 cases (Category: USA, New Mexico)
The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on March 24 with President Mahinda Rajapaksa purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament.
Sri Lanka after putting up a historic performance at the just concluded CB Tri-Nation series in Australia, once again failed to go the extra mile to bring the cup home, as they lost the final game, which was winnable. This is despite the Lankans beating the Australians 4 times during the series and three of them ...
- Stamps to be issued as a tribute to Lanka cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Greetings for the cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Bangladesh strikes early in crucial game (Category: Breaking News)
- Why dump Geoff Marsh? (Category: Breaking News)
By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka is expected to get $ 40 million (over Rs. 4.4 billion) for hosting the T20 World Cup later this year for which Cabinet approval was given this week. In terms of the agreement already reached with the International Cricket Council (ICC), the T20 World
- Ajantha Mendis back, Zimbabwe bowl in opener (Category: Sports)
- Watch Free! T20 World Cup Sri Lanka Vs India Live Streaming Online - Twenty 20 World Cup Schedule (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch Free! T20 World Cup Sri Lanka Vs India Live Streaming Online - Twenty 20 World Cup Schedule (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch Free! T20 World Cup Sri Lanka Vs India Live Streaming Online - Twenty 20 World Cup Schedule (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will host the ICC T20 world cup during the months of September and October this year, with the participation of 12 countries. Already, the Sri Lankan cricketing authorities and the International Cricket Council have signed an agreement towards this. Government says, the ICC will provide
- ‘Room to Read’ Children watches a T20 warm up game (Category: Breaking News)
- India, the favorites to win the T20 world cup in Sri Lanka – Yuvraj (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranjan Madugalle scores a half a century in T20’s (Category: Breaking News)
- India beats Sri Lanka in a T20 warm up (Category: Breaking News)
Melbourne (AFP): Uncapped George Bailey was on Monday named skipper of a revamped Australian squad for next month’s Twenty20 internationals against India as selectors looked towards September’s T20 world cup. Bailey replaces Cameron White, who has been dropped from the 14-man squad
- Experienced Australian squad for T20 (Category: Business)
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- SL Cricket announces Australian Team arrivals (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka name skipperless squad (Category: Breaking News)
Phoenix Ogilvy Sri Lanka scored a major victory by beating leading global advertising agencies and international sports marketing companies to win the pitch for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Phoenix Ogilvy will be the official marketing and communications agency for the ICC World Twenty20 2012. The tournament will ...
- Phoenix Ogilvy wins ‘Best of Asia’ Gold at Goafest (Category: Business)
- T20 World Cup ticket sales exceed 100,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to host T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Feb 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka's cricket authority, Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Josephian coach Harsha De Silva to take the reins of the national Women's squad.
Hosts Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe have been placed in the same preliminary group (Group C) for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament here, the sport’s governing body said on Wednesday.
Video: ICC T20 World Cup 2012 begins Sep 18 in Hambantota
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By Sachin David The International Cricket Council officially launched the Marquee event of the shortest format of cricket the World Twenty20 tournament that is to be played on Sri Lankan soil in the year 2012. The tournament will be played from 18 September 2012 to 7 October 2012. The event will see the best Men’s ...
- SLT empowers ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
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