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(Reuters): Sri Lanka have been fined for their slow over-rate during their 20-run defeat in the fifth one-day international against India at Pallekele, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. Angelo Mathews, who captained the hosts in the absence of regular skipper Mahela Jayawardene, and his team mates were an over short in Saturday’s ...
Reuters: The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) represents a golden chance to showcase the island nation to the world, said one of the organisers of this month’s Twenty20 tournament. Sandeep Bhammer, chief executive of the little-known Somerset Entertainment Ventures
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- FICA to recommend SLPL boycott without bank guarantee (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL gives young cricketers a much-needed platform (Category: Business)
- Allegations do not affect SLPL integrity – Organisers (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 women’s and men’s finals will be played at the R.Premadasa Stadium on 7 October. Meanwhile, the third phase of tickets
- Tickets sold out for T20 World Cup final (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC World T20 ticket sales to be launched in Colombo on Saturday (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- More than 100,000 tickets for World Twenty20 sold (Category: Breaking News)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the third and final phase of ticket sales will be open to the public from the 1 August for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 which will run from 18 September to 7 October. ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson commented, “I am happy to say that the ...
- T20 World Cup ticket sales exceed 100,000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tickets sold out for T20 World Cup final (Category: Breaking News)
- Briton arrested over T20 ticket theft (Category: Breaking News)
- Women's World Twenty20 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL a boost for tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aims to shine via Premier League - Heads turning attraction! (Category: Business)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
New Delhi, (ANI): South Africa’s reigning domestic T20 champions will take on Australia’s domestic T20 runners-up, in the opening ‘Group Stage’ game of the Champions League Twenty20 2012. The Group Stage of the tournament will commence with a double-header at Centurion on 13
- Players choose IPL teams in Champions League (Category: Sports)
- Wayamba confident ahead of Champions Leagu (Category: Sports)
- South Africa to host Champions League (Category: Business)
- CLT20 from Oct 9-28, fourth IPL team gets direct entry (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’
- SLPL to be played in Colombo, Pallekele (Category: Sports)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to boost domestic cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket board assures integrity of SLPL (Category: Breaking News)
New Delhi : Sports broadcasting major, ESPN STAR Sports on Sunday said it has bagged multi-year broadcast rights for exclusive coverage of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) in India. The first edition of the T20 league will be played in August 2012. No financial details were disclosed. The multi-year deal includes a minimum of ...
- ESPN STAR Sports strikes multi-year broadcast agreement for Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Breaking News)
- ESPN STAR Sports bags the rights to cover ‘SLPL’ (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPL boost for tourism next month (Category: Business)
- Brian Lara, MCC Chief lift SLPL to the world (Category: Business)
Hambantota (Sri Lanka): A rejuvenated India would look for a winning start to the new season but the task would be easier said than done against a strong Sri Lanka as the two sides clash in a five-match ODI series starting here tomorrow. Barring the Indian Premier League, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s India have not been ...
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- Refreshed India seek revival in new season (Category: Business)
- We handled pressure better in series: Mahela (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka thrashes India by 9 wickets, square series (Category: Business)
Former international cricketer Paul Reiffel will stand in his first Tests as an umpire in the upcoming series between the West Indies and New Zealand in the Caribbean. Reiffel, who played 35 Tests for Australia from 1992 to 1998, has been pursuing a career as an umpire since his retirement as a player at the ...
- Mahela fined by ICC after match (Category: Breaking News)
- Aleem Dar steps down from ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires (Category: Breaking News)
- Jayawardene fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct (Category: Sports)
India will look to start the new season on a winning note when they clash with on-form Sri Lanka in a one-day series starting in Hambantota on Saturday. India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R) and Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene talk before a news conference ahead of their One Day International (ODI) cricket series ...
- Away test failures puncture Dhoni’s leadership aura (Category: Business)
- Dhoni concentrating on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- First off day for Lankan bowlers – Mahela (Category: Business)
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
- 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)
Chennai: World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes India’s limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka will help his team prepare for the World Twenty20 in the same country in September-October. “Most of the players who will play in the World Twenty20
- Dhoni stresses importance of part-time bowlers (Category: Business)
- Afridi carries Pakistan hopes at World Twenty20 – Hafeez (Category: Business)
- India look for winning start in new season (Category: Business)
- Away test failures puncture Dhoni’s leadership aura (Category: Business)
REUTERS: All-rounder Yuvraj Singh has been named in a preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, raising hopes of a return to international cricket after undergoing cancer treatment. The 30-year-old, who has played 37 tests, more than 250 one-dayers and 23 Twenty20 internationals
- 'It's almost the same team that won the 2011 World Cup' (Category: Breaking News)
- India, the favorites to win the T20 world cup in Sri Lanka – Yuvraj (Category: Breaking News)
- Yuvraj treated for cancer in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Women's World Twenty20 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
SYDNEY (Reuters): Australia have rested all rounder Shane Watson and quick bowler Ben Hilfenhaus and dropped batsman Peter Forrest from their squad to play a three-match one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates starting next month. Watson was injured while Forrest and Hilfenhaus struggled in the recent 4-0 series loss to England and ...
- Experienced Australian squad for T20 (Category: Business)
- Aussies No. 1 by default: Maxwell (Category: Business)
- Australia names squad for the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ponting omission signals likely end to ODI career (Category: Business)
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
- Not Out (Category: Business)
- Overseas Appetite (Category: Business)
- Trade Pact (Category: Business)
- Joint Effort (Category: Business)
The wait for fans in India and Pakistan to see the two countries face each other in a bilateral series is set to end. The BCCI confirmed today that Pakistan will tour India for three One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in December – January. This will be the first bilateral series
- UAE wants to host ‘highly anticipated’ Indo-Pak cricket series (Category: Business)
- PCB wants formal discussions with BCCI for resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties (Category: Business)
- Pakistan chief optimistic about renewing cricket ties with India (Category: Business)
- We are open for cricket series against Pakistan: Dhoni (Category: Business)
The promoters of Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) said yesterday that they aim to make it Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, Twenty20 cricket competition. It will feature the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers
- SLPL boost for tourism next month (Category: Business)
- Brian Lara, MCC Chief lift SLPL to the world (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- SLC Secy. Nishantha on success of maiden Mahindra SLPL (Category: Business)
By Mahela Jayawardene ESPNCrickinfo: Some people have argued that we weren’t ambitious enough to push for a win in the Pallekele Test to seal the series 2-0 instead of 1-0. We would have loved to finish with a memorable victory, but unfortunately that was not possible in the end. Nevertheless, we came out on top ...
- Sangakkara closes in on number-one batting spot (Category: Business)
- We handled pressure better in series: Mahela (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka wins first test series since 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan win Sri Lanka series as 3rd Test drawn (Category: Breaking News)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the successful second phase of ticket sales for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, concluded on the 30 June with more than 100,000 tickets sold. Tickets for the ICC WT20 SL 2012 will now be back on sale on 1 August. Ticket sales will re
- World Cup T20 ticket sales rise (Category: Breaking News)
- More than 100,000 tickets for World Twenty20 sold (Category: Breaking News)
- More Than 100,000 Tickets Already Sold For ICC World Twenty20 In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka crosses 100,000 tickets-sold mark (Category: Business)
Sydney, (ANI): Skipper Michael Clarke has ruled out reports that Australia is sacrificing the fortunes of the one-day team for the benefit of Test development, after the team suffered its worst defeat in a bilateral one-day series at the hands of England. Players such as George Bailey, Peter Forrest, James Pattinson and Matthew Wade were ...
- Aussies No. 1 by default: Maxwell (Category: Business)
- Clarke targets cricket world domination (Category: Business)
- Australia sweat on Lee fitness (Category: Business)
- Mother’s Day at MLH (Category: Business)
. They levelled a two-match Twenty20 series 1-1. ...
- Sammy open to Gayle return during England Tests (Category: Business)
- Australia not sacrificing T20 or one-day cricket for Tests: Clarke (Category: Business)
- Cook a fan of floodlit Tests (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka call replacement cricketers for Tests (Category: Business)
The two most prolific wicket-takers in international cricket are expected to be part of a cross-town rivalry in Melbourne this season, after Muttiah Muralitharan confirmed he would play for the Renegades in the Big Bash League. Muralitharan, 40, will be based at Etihad Stadium in the Docklands and Shane Warne is likely to head back ...
- Uncertain Future (Category: Business)
- Bowled Out (Category: Business)
- Bowling Peak (Category: Business)
- County Deal (Category: Business)
Australian pace bowler Brett Lee on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career, saying his body and mind were no longer up to the stresses of touring. The 35-year-old said a calf muscle strain that forced him home from Australia’s recent one-day tour to Britain was the final straw after a ...
- Aussies No. 1 by default: Maxwell (Category: Business)
- Lee ruled out with appendicitis (Category: Business)
- Clarke targets cricket world domination (Category: Business)
- Australia sweat on Lee fitness (Category: Business)
Sandeep Bhammer is the CEO of the Singapore based Somerset Entertainment Ventures (SEV) and above all an avid sports enthusiast. It is this interest in sports and an astute understanding of its commercial potential which inspired SEV to acquire overall sponsorship rights to exclusively partner with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to launch the Sri Lankan ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League names Gayle, Angelo as international icons (Category: Business)
- Dilshan Munaweera on his inclusion in Sri Lankan World Twenty20 Squad (Category: Business)
- SLPL boost for tourism next month (Category: Business)
- $ 100,000 Gayle most prized player in SLPL; Lankan top stars fetch $ 50,000 each (Category: Business)
Virender Sehwag feels break after IPL-V will hold the Indian team in good stead in against the LankansGreater Noida: Virender Sehwag believes that for the success of a team depends on the composition of the team. In fact, Sehwag believes that India’s World Cup success, in T20s and ODIs, in recent years has been mainly ...
- India’s Sehwag feted by peers after record 219 (Category: Business)
- Dhoni warns against India ‘panic’ at Oval (Category: Business)
- Indian pride, Sachin quest add spice to final test (Category: Business)
- Away test failures puncture Dhoni’s leadership aura (Category: Business)
KARACHI, (Reuters): Pakistan will host Australia in three one-day cricket matches and three Twenty20 games in its “home” series in the United Arab Emirates from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday. Australia had expressed concern about playing 50
- Dilshan hints at Test debut for Chandimal (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka won't host Pakistan-Australia series (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka won't host Pakistan-Australia series (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket-Sri Lanka pull out of hosting Pakistan-Australia series (Category: Breaking News)
MUMBAI (Reuters): Opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan returned to India’s limited overs squad for the Sri Lanka tour but Sachin Tendulkar made himself unavailable, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Sehwag, Zaheer and fast bowler Umesh Yadav were rested during the four-nation Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March, which Pakistan ...
- Australia take charge after restricting India (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar returns to India’s ODI squad for Tri-series (Category: Business)
- Dhoni warns against India ‘panic’ at Oval (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar wait continues but India takes command (Category: Business)
SYDNEY (Reuters):Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month in what is likely to be a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Full details of the match, including the format, have yet to be finalised, CA said in a news release, but the Australians view the ...
- CA to undergo independent scrutiny (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Five Tigers win CA contracts (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- CA pays out overdue T20 prizemoney (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- ICC, CA play down umpiring error during India-Sri Lanka match (Category: Business)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 to be staged between 18 September and 7 October have already been sold and the majority has gone to the Sri Lankan market. Commenting on the ticket sales, Upekha Nell
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- More Than 100,000 Tickets Already Sold For ICC World Twenty20 In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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