Seylan Bank PLC recently signed up with Sri Lanka Cricket as their latest merchant to the Internet Payment Gateway. Sri Lanka Cricket has engaged in online operations that features three main segments specifically on Ticketing, Merchandising and Auctioning. The first segment to get online

Lasith Malinga said today that he will be available for all national commitments, even though he may choose not to sign a contract with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

PUNE: Team Mumbai’s worst fears came true on Friday when Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga returned home due to a recurring back injury. ‘Slinga’, nicknamed so for his sling-shot action, missed the last match against Delhi at home and his participation was in doubt as he had been ruled out for a “few weeks”. ...

By Dinouk Colombage The Indian Premier League may not be the most popular competition amongst the international viewing public Australia has gone so far as to not even broadcast the tournament. However, amongst the players the IPL continues to offer far more attractive options than their countries. High salaries, maximum of two months of cricket ...

ISLAMABAD: Former great Sarfraz Nawaz on Friday asked Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to convince the Sri-Lankan team to plan a tour for the revival of international cricket in the country for rebuilding their trust and cementing ties between both the countries.

Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga in an interview with Gulf News today hit out at the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket boards as he holds court on a wide range of issues.

Below we reproduce an exclusive interview given by Former Sri Lankan Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga to K.R. Nayar of Gulf News, where he has expressed his opinions on a range of issues affecting the game of cricket. Ranatunga is currently in Dubai to give away the Shyam Bhatia annual cricket awards. GULF NEWS: You led Sri Lanka to ...

Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain and DNA MP Arjuna Ranatunga in an interview with Gulf News today hit out at the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket boards as he holds court on a wide range of issues. Click to read full interview…

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

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said he still retains the passion to represent his country and play at the highest level; but reiterated that he sees his current stint as skipper only as a stop-gap arrangement. \\Jayawardene, who replaced Tillakaratne Dilshan as Sri Lanka captain after the tour of South Africa, has had decent success ...

Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...

Elephant House has been nominated as the official food and ice cream partner for the on going England tour of Sri Lanka. “The sponsorship of the cricket tour is one of the many initiatives we have taken to promote Sri Lankan cricket and it clearly illustrates our commitment to the sport,” said Neil Samarasinghe – ...

The sports minister in Sri Lanka has vowed to continue bidding for more international sporting events despite the failure to secure 2018 Commonwealth Games in Hambantota. Sri Lanka lost to Australia’s Gold Coast in Saint Kitts last year, after a lengthy bidding process spending Rs. 880 million. But Sports Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage told BBC Sinhala ...

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 ...

Ahead of Friday's AGM, Pan Asia Bank Plc (PABC Bank) Board of Directors yesterday appointed Nimal Perera as the Chairman and Eshana de Silva as the Deputy. Nimal was previously the Deputy Chairman and was elevated as the incumbent senior banker A.G. Weerasinghe is up for retirement. The new appointments are effective from 2 April. ...

  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

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 ...

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.

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.

For a change, there is good news from Sri Lanka Cricket with the new administration led by Upali Dharmadasa succeeding in achieving record ticket sales worth over Rs. 80 million so far for the two Test matches with the visiting England team. “The amount raised so far is a record,” Tour

BBC: England chased 359 to beat the Sri Lankan Development XI by four wickets in their final warm-up game ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka. The home side declared their second innings on 199-4 at lunch to give England a run-chase of 359 in 64 overs. England’s Ravi Bopara (2nd L) plays a ...

Daily Mail: Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott compiled chanceless centuries on day two of England’s pre-Test warm-up but Ian Bell’s struggles continued on a flat pitch in Colombo. Responding to the Sri Lankan Development XI’s 431 for six, the England openers shared a stand worth 197, both retiring upon reaching three figures to allow others ...

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on Saturday 24 March 18.30 (Colombo time) with President Mahinda Rajapaksa purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament. The launch will also feature the ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat as well as representatives from both the Sri Lankan men’s ...

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 ticket launch will take place at the Galle Face Green on Saturday 24 March 18.30 (Colombo time) with His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka, purchasing the very first ticket of the tournament.

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.