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 ...

Calcutta (The Tele-graph): Sri Lanka’s cricketers are yet to see a cent from their tour of Australia and played Friday’s match out of contract, but there has been movement in a pay dispute with their board, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Also the Australian Cricketers’ Association and Cricket Australia, discussing the next pay deal, are ...

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

Former cricketer and commentator Ranil Abeynaike has passed away yesterday at the age of 57. He had been receiving treatment at a private hospital and died of a heart attack. Abeynaike who is a proud product of S.Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia has played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka, List A cricket as well as English ...

(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

Mahela Jayawardene is pleased Sri Lanka’s turnaround in the triangular series has begun with youngsters stepping up. Thisara Perera, the promising allrounder who is slowly becoming a key member of the side, and Farveez Maharoof, who made yet another comeback in an in-and-out career, took four wickets for 47 runs between them, and broke the ...

The Bank of Ceylon has agreed to release Rs. 600 million to Sri Lanka Cricket to pay longstanding dues to national players. The move follows discussions Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had with the Chairman and Board officials of the Bank of Ceylon along with the officials of the Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s cricketing fortunes seem to be changing of late. The team’s better performance has raised hopes among many fans, while the Sports Ministry’s decision to finally pay the cricketers through a Rs. 600 million loan from the Bank of Ceylon will raise moral still higher. The financial fallout that resulted from the co-hosting of ...

(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 ...

What does independence mean to Sri Lanka? After 64 years, one would think that the value of freedom would have waned, but that is not the case. Yet the direction of this independence and what it means to people is undergoing a change and therein lies the challenge for the decades ahead. It is true ...

Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard hosted the touring Sri Lanka cricket team at her residence ahead of the team’s practice match against the Prime Ministers XI which takes place on February 3 at the Manuka Oval. Sri Lanka are in Australia for the Commonwealth Bank Tri Series

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.

AAP: New Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene is adamant his unpaid squad can put their money woes and off-field dramas behind them to turn around what’s been a bleak patch of Test and one-day results. Since finishing runner-up to India at last year’s World Cup, Sri Lanka’s form has slumped, falling to series losses to ...

Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world’s top two ODI sides on the field during this ...

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.

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday once again issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the three accused of the attack on Sri Lanka cricket team in...