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The Lanka Premier League (LPL) is back and better than ever with its upcoming 4th edition set to take place from 30th July to 20th August, 2023. This year, the matches will be played both in Colombo and Kandy, featuring five teams: Galle Gladiators, Dambulla Aura, Lyca Jaffna Kings, Colombo Strikers and Kandy Falcons – […]The post World-Class Cricketers Set Sights on LPL 2023: Sri Lanka’s T2...
- LPL 4th Edition Opens Player Registration for Overseas Players! (Category: Sports)
- Sir Vivian Richards Joins Lanka Premier League as Brand Ambassador (Category: Sports)
- Sir Vivian Richards joins Lanka Premier League as brand ambassador (Category: Breaking News)
- LPL signs Sanath Jayasuriya and Wasim Akram as brand ambassadors (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Ireland looked poised for their highest ever test score reaching a healthy 319 for 4 wickets on a rousing circus trapeze like batting comeback mounted by a captain’s knock of 95 by Andrew Balbirnie, 74 by Paul Stirling forced to retire by cramps and unbeaten 78 by Lorcan Tucker in a reversal […]The post Andrew Balbirnie a captain’s knock of 95 lifts Ireland to 319/...
- Ireland collapse to innings defeat against Sri Lanka in second Test (Category: Breaking News)
- Balbirnie steers Ireland home for maiden Test win (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Forty three test wickets from six appearances just eight months and four days into the foray of top flight international cricket is the phenomenal achievement by Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya that has set him apart as the joint third best bowler in test cricket history to do so. The left arm […]The post PRABATH JAYASURIYA: What a phenomenal rise to hitting the wo...
- Cricket: Sri Lankan spinner Prabath Jayasuriya fastest spinner to 50 Test wickets (Category: Breaking News)
PREVIEW: By Srian Obeyesekere A buoyant Sri Lanka will go flat oetzqut to make it two in a row against minnows Ireland when the two sides meet tomorrow in the second test at the same venue at Galle International Cricket Stadium. Fresh from the host country’s biggest win in test cricket by an innings and […]The post Buoyant Sri Lanka go flat out to,make it two in a row as Ireland reinfo...
- Buoyant Sri Lanka eye 2-0 England sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Buoyant Sri Lanka eye 2-0 sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka out to hand England a whitewash (Category: Breaking News)
Media Release 19th April 2023 Ireland Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 The Sri Lanka Cricket Selectors have decided to retain the same 15-member squad that was chosen to play the first test match against Ireland for the second test match of the series. The second test match will commence on April 24, 2023
- Mendis & Pradeep included for 2nd Test (Category: Sports)
- SA v SL – 2nd Test – Durban (Category: Sports)
- ENG v SL – 2nd Test – Colombo (Category: Sports)
- Indian selectors retain squad for 2nd Windies test (Category: Business)
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka trounced Ireland by an innings and 280 runs within three days with Prabath Jayasuriya claiming a match bag of 10 wickets for 108 runs as the visitors crashed to 143 and 168 following on at the Galle International Cricket Stadium here today. It was the 31-year old left armer’s second […]The post Sri Lanka trounce Ireland by an innings and 280 runs; Player ...
- Galle trounce Dambulla by an innings and 70 runs (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka A trounce South Africa A by 160 runs with a day to spare (Category: Sports)
- New Zealand Women trounce Sri Lanka Women by 102 runs (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere Sri Lanka was poised for an innings triumph in the first ever Test match against minnows Ireland reeling on 117 for 7 undone by the wily spin of Prabath Jayasuriya who grabbed 5 for 42 after the hosts had declared on a massive 591 for 6 with Dinesh Chandimal and Sadeera Samarawickrama […]The post Prabath Jayasuriya 5/42 – Ireland reel on 117/7 to Sri Lanka’s 591/6 after ...
- Jayasuriya picks up ten in the Test as Sri Lanka roll Ireland over for innings victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka retain the same 15-member squad for 2nd Test (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka elect to bat first (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne led from the front stroking 179 and and Kusal Mendis. 143 as Lanka ground Ireland’s bowlers to the dust amassing 381 for 4 on the opening day of the historic first test versus Ireland having taken first lease on winning the toss at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on […]The post Sri Lanka grind Ireland to tune of 386/4 – Dimuth Kar...
- Karunaratne and K Mendis tons drive Sri Lanka on opening day (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayasuriya picks up ten in the Test as Sri Lanka roll Ireland over for innings victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Karunaratne, Mendis take Sri Lanka to 386-4 vs. Ireland (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Dimuth Karunaratne led Sri Lanka holds the aces in the historic first ever test match against minnows Ireland in the historic first ever test match between the two countries that gets underway at the Galle International Cricket Stadium tomorrow. But for the 11th full member of the ICC fold Andrew Balbirnie’s little […]The post HISTORIC FIRST TEST: Sri Lanka holds t...
- Business Mission (Category: Business)
- South Africa v Sri Lanka scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa v Sri Lanka - scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan secure series after draw (Category: Breaking News)
Pawan Rathnayake 62 leads run charge; Sonal Dinusha 3/33 & 45 n.o. Player of the Final By Srian Obeyesekere Dambulla defeated Jaffna by 5 wickets in the final to emerge champions of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League Limited Overs Tournament 2023 yesterday at the R. Premadasa
- Pulina cracks blistering knock to make Dharmaraja’s presence felt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 3 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka beats India by 8 wickets (Category: Breaking News)
- India beats Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in ODI (Category: Breaking News)
Media Release 27th March 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the conducting of the 4th edition of the Lanka Premier League from July 31 to August 22, 2023. The five-team tournament will be played in three international venues. “We have decided to hold the tournament during July
- LPL 4th Edition Opens Player Registration for Overseas Players! (Category: Sports)
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By Srian Obeyesekere All-rounder Ashan Priyanjan came tops with the ball claiming career best figures of 6 for 20 as Dambulla won handsomely over Colombo by 6 wickets in the week-end Sri Lanka National Super League 2023 Limited Overs Tournament match played at the SSC Grounds. Having dismissed Colombo for 140 in 38 overs, Dambulla […]The post Ashan Priyanjan 6/20 in Dambulla’s 6-wkt. win ove...
- DAMBULLA ARE THE CHAMPIONS – beat Jaffna by 5 wickets (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere Mohammad Shamaaz struck a captain’s innings of a cameo 73 off 87 balls powered by 3 sixes and an equal number of boundaries as Moors Sports Club pocketed the Sri Lanka Under-23 Championship Title chasing down 294 for the loss of 9 wickets in response to Ragama CC’s 293 winning on the […]The post Skipper Mohammad Shamaaz Player of the Final cameo 73 as Moors p...
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- Coach Education Program for Uva Province Rathnapura District School Coaches (Category: Sports)
- Major U23 Club Coaches and players education program at BRC (Category: Sports)
Media Release 14th March 2023 The Ireland Men’s National Team will tour Sri Lanka in April 2023 for a two-match test series. Both games will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. The decision to play two test matches instead of one test match and two ODIs, as planned earlier, was taken mutually following […]The post Ireland Men’s Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 | Match Schedule appear...
- Afghanistan Men’s National Team Tour of Sri Lanka 2023 | Fixture (Category: Sports)
- England Lions tour of Sri Lanka 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka U19 team to take part in a tri-nation tournament (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka retain the same 15-member squad for 2nd Test (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere Carrying a handicap of a 8-month drought from test cricket, nothing short of an absolute triumph of both tests against New Zealand is the tall order for third placed Sri Lanka to making it to the World Test Championship for Dimuth Karunaratne’s charges in tomorrow’s face off with the hosts in the […]The post Sri Lanka face off vs New Zealand in first test wit...
- Sri Lanka and New Zealand sweep to easy WCups wins (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v New Zealand - scoreboard (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v New Zealand - scoreboard (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka v New Zealand - scoreboard (Category: Breaking News)
Media Release 08th March 2023 Sri Lanka Cricket on Tuesday (7 March 2023) felicitated the four Sri Lankan female officials who were elevated to the ICC Match Official panels following nominations made by Sri Lanka Cricket. Vanessa De Silva, Michell Pereira, Dedunu De Silva, and Nimali Perera
- Three Sri Lankan female match officials in the Women’s Asia Cup (Category: Sports)
- Murali to retire from international cricket after World Cup 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- English encounter will be tough - Aravinda (Category: Breaking News)
- English encounter will be tough - Aravinda (Category: Breaking News)
DAMBULLA ARE THE CHAMPIONS: By Srian Obeyesekere Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva bowled Dambulla to the National Super League 2023 championship title by 75 runs grabbing four wickets at a cost of 30 runs for a second innings haul of 5 for 44 as Galle was dismissed for 182 in the final at the Galle International […]The post Wanindu Hasaranga 5/44, Lahiru Samarakoon 4/60 run through Galle despite W...
- Minod Bhanuka n.o. 108 Dambulla 279/6 lead Colombo by 363 (Category: Sports)
By Srian Obeyesekere Galle was on 93,for 5,chasing 258 for victory in the final of the National Super 2023 on the penultimate day Saturday at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Galle’s bowlers spearheaded by pacie Mohammad Shiraz with a 5-wicket haul well supported by Asanka Manoj who grabbed two including the prize wicket […]The post Galle 93/5 chasing 258 for the ja...
- Jaffna fight back 219/5 after restricting Galle to 258 (Category: Sports)
- Harris removes openers to put Australia in control (Category: Breaking News)
- Copeland shines for Aust in tour game (Category: Business)
- Harris' early wickets put Australia in control (Category: Breaking News)
By Srian Obeyesekere Twenty three year old number 7 batsman Pathum Mahesh Kumara pulled Galle out of total disaster stroking 78 off 120 balls as his side recovered from a perilous 39 for 6 to 187 in reply to Dambulla’s 248 on the second day of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League
- Galle 93/5 chasing 258 for the jackpot (Category: Sports)
On a dramatic opening day of Sri Lanka Cricket’s National Super League Tournament 2023 final when 14 wickets fell in see sawing fusion, Dambulla, was bowled out for 248 in 72.1 overs, but hit back to leave Galle reeling on 26 for 4 off just 10 overs with spin king Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva
- Minod Bhanuka n.o. 108 Dambulla 279/6 lead Colombo by 363 (Category: Sports)
2-TEST TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND: Sri Lanka renews rivalry with New Zealand since 2019 with an exuberant 17-man Test squad accentuating on youth and experience in a 2-match series, the first of which begins on March 9 at the Hagley,Oval in Christchurch. Led by the experienced Dimuth Karunaratne with former veteran captain Angelo Matthews too […]The post New air of expectancy bordering on youth app...
- Cricket Partnership (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka acclimatise to a new venue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka acclimatise to a new venue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka acclimatise to a new venue (Category: Breaking News)
Dambulla and Galle sauntered into the finals of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League 2023 in an eventful weekend. While Dambulla won over Jaffna handsomely by 133 runs in the second semi final fine edged by the all-round brilliance of Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva’s first the innings 6
- Dambulla in sight of victory 154/4 need a further 45 (Category: Sports)
- Dambulla beat Jaffna by 5 wkts. Sanoj Darshika solid 60 n.o. (Category: Sports)
Galle and Dambulla were on course to having easy passage to the finals of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League 2023 following their respective semi final exchanges against Kandy and Jaffna respectively on the third and penultimate day Galle led Kandy by a mammoth overall lead of 576
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Pasindu Sooriyabandara hit a career best unbeaten 214 to put Galle in a commanding position on a mammoth total of 658 for 9 declared before reducing Kandy to 62 for 4 at stumps on the second day of the first semi final of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League 2023 Tournament at the R. […
- Oshada Fernando 201, Sandun Weerakkody 144 in Kandy’s 554/7 (Category: Sports)
- Shiraz Mohammad 5/60 and Sohan de Livera 105 n.o. put Galle on top vs Jaffna (Category: Sports)
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Twenty two year old opening batsman Sohan de Livera struck an emphatic 133 off 203 balls to put Galle in a commanding position of 356 for 3 against Kandy on the opening day of the first semi-final of the Sri Lanka Cricket National Super League 2023 tournament at the R. Premadasa International
Media Release 23rd February 2023 The highest annual net profit recorded in its entire history In 2022, SLC grants Rs. 1.2 billion to fulfill its CSR program. Over Rs. 900 million in grants to the National Health System Rs. 278 million grants to the National Sports Fund Sri Lanka Cricket recorded
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