Former Australian cricket star and sacked Sri Lanka national cricket coach Geoff Marsh has sent a letter of demand to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said Upali Dharmadasa, President of SLC...

Prodigious cricketer, Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Mahela Jayawardena, probably one of the best cricketing brains to be produced by Sri Lanka joined the higher educational expo Future Minds 2012 as its brand ambassador. Starting his career with flying colours as a youngster full of skill and style

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 ...

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.

(Srilankamirror) - Cinnamon gardens police today (Jan. 27) informed Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli that several persons who had allegedly threatened the media secretary of the Sports Ministry are being investigated on. Media secretary of the Sports Ministry, Harsha Abeykoon has been receiving death threats to his mobile phone after answering a question at the ‘Waada Pitiya...

Graham Ford is scheduled to meet Sri Lanka Cricket officials this morning to finalize his coaching contract for the Lankan team, Sources told Ada Derana.

Mahela Jayawardena is to be made the Sri Lanka Cricket captain for the upcoming Australia tour, Sources close to SLC told Ada Derana. It is also reported that the Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) Selection Committee is to be replaced prior to the tour. .

(EXCLUSIVE) A new Sri Lanka Cricket selection committee will be appointed today, Upali Dharmadasa SLC Chairman confirmed to Ada Derana a short while ago. He added that Asantha De Mel is tipped to be the new chairman of the selection committee.

Colombo, (AFP): The Sri Lankan government has ordered a probe into the national cricket team’s “crisis situation” after they fell to another defeat in their one-day series in South Africa, an official said on Wednesday. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage asked the country’s cricket governing body to investigate and recommend remedial action to end the side’s ...

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan minister slammed the country’s cricket team on Thursday, blaming poor team spirit for its humiliating 258-run thrashing by South Africa, the island’s worst one-day international defeat. Government spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said he was “horrified” when Sri Lanka were dismissed for 43 runs at Boland Park in Paarl on ...

Eloquent top order batsman Kumar Sangakkara walked away with the coveted CEAT Peoples Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year at the star-studded 2011 CEAT Sri Lanka Cricket Awards which honoured the country’s top performing international and domestic cricketers. Sangakkara

Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala tells Ada Derana that he will contest the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections scheduled for January 3, 2012.

Cricket stadiums handed over to the military Three of Sri Lanka’s international cricket stadiums , including the newly built stadiums in Pallekele and Hambantota, have been handed over to the military indefinitely because Sri Lanka Cricket is unable to afford the maintenance costs. The navy

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Rumesh Ratnayake was appointed as the Sri Lanka Cricket Coach for the Sri Lankan tour of Australia, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Ada Derana.

Upali Darmadasa to be appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee, confidential sources told Ada Derana a short while ago. The new Interim Committee will be appointed tomorrow. .

Video: Change of administration and elections for SLC in the offing -- Sports Minister

I am positively considering a change of administration and an election of office bearers at Sri Lanka Cricket after the current tour of England, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Ada Derana. He added that after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 most of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim

By Roshan Abeysinghe Sri Lanka cricket and its cricketers are definitely in for some exciting times in July with the proposed Sri Lanka Premier League happening. The sponsoring company Somerset entertainment has unquestionably done a lot of hard work to make the event a success

Sri Lanka Cricket will discuss remarks made by Former Test Captain Hashan Thilakarathne on Match fixing allegation tomorrow, SLC sources told Ada Derana a short while ago. .

Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee has decided to appoint Marvan Atapattu as the batting coach for Sri Lanka cricket team, D.S. de Silva Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket told Ada Derana.

Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told Ada Derana exclusively that the present Interim Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket will remain unchanged. The Minister made this comment in the back drop of the Sri Lanka Cricket captain, vice captain and Selection committee resigning following the World Cup 2011.

Mahela Jayawardena has stepped down from the Vice Captaincy of the Sri Lankan team, Nishantha Ranathunga Secretary, Sri Lanka Cricket told Ada Derana today. He added that Mahela had initially agreed to take up the position only until the World Cup. .

Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara today morning handed in his resignation from the Sri Lanka Cricket Captaincy, his manager Charlie Austin told Ada Derana a short while ago. Ada Derana earlier quoting sources reported that Sangakkara was scheduled to resign. .

The World Cup quarterfinal match between Sri Lanka and England is likely to begin on schedule after weather conditions in Colombo have turned favourable. Spectators are urged to come early to the match which will be played at the R. Premadasa stadium, Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, R. Ranatunga

Video: FM Derana official radio broadcaster for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Former Sri Lanka Cricket and Asian Cricket Council President, Former ICC Director and Parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala in a letter to the International Cricket Council president Sharad Pawar has requested that the ICC reconsider the Eden Gardens Stadium as a world cup venue

Sri Lanka’s star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya strongly and remorsefully rejects malicious reports against him and claims that those are sadistic attempts by his political opponents to mutilate his political career, a media release issued by Media Centre for National Development Director Ariya Rubasinghe, stated. A website believed to be financed by a discarded politico who has jo...

By Rohan Wijesinghe Hushed silence…on the fall of the second Lankan wicket – as tub thumping fans, packed to the ruddy rafters, would set aside their flags and rattles…. with the dapper destroyer, rolling down the hallowed SSC stairway, swinging his tree trunk of a willow, with such an imperial swagger in his chunky pads. ...