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Their win had all the ingredients for a perfect script and there was nothing that Sri Lankaandrsquo;s unsung women cricketers did not do to snatch a thriller over the West Indies in a World T-20 match at the Galle International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Skipper Mahela Jayawardene smashed an unbeaten 65 off 49 balls and shared an unbroken second wicket partnership of 108 with Kumar Sangakkara to register a comfortable nine wicket win over West Indies in their second Super Eight match at the Pallekele International Stadium last night.

The ICC Womenandrsquo;s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 kicks offandnbsp; today in Galle, with host Sri Lanka taking on South Africa in the opening match at Galle International Cricket Stadium.

T20 isnandrsquo;t cricket according to purists but about entertainment pure and simple.andnbsp; Given this, kicking off the T20 World Cup here at the Sooriyawewa International Cricket stadium sits across a thick jungle wasnandrsquo;t ideal, even though the cricket facility is magnificent and inviting.

Dashing opener Dilshan Munaweera is likely to make his international debut this evening when Sri Lanka hosts Zimbabwe in the opening fixture of the T20 World Cup at the Suriyawewa International cricket stadium in Hambantota this evening.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has asked the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) to conduct an investigation into two players who cut a doping test ahead of last monthandrsquo;s Borneo Sevens.

Kumar Sangakkara ensured Sri Lanka hosted a most meaningful and memorable International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards presentation as he grabbed all but one of the four major trophies on offer at the Waters Edge in Battaramulla yesterday.

The Sri Lanka womenandrsquo;s hockey team will participate in the inaugural World League Hockey Championships conducted by the International Hockey Federation in Kuantan City Malaysia from September 14 to 16.

The showcase or the spectacle of the shortest form of the game the T-20 World Cup is just around the corner. The entire country reeling after a surfeit of cricket both international and domestic will naturally brace itself for the biggest event ever undertaken by SLC.

The 7 provinces of Sri Lanka were granted Rs. 1 million each for the development of cricket in their respective areas.

Cricket World Cup fever will take a revolutionary turn in the country when the once killing fields of the north will stage what would be the International Cricket Councilandrsquo;s (ICC) first ever documented event where bats will replace guns at a forerunner to the World T-20 which is scheduled to begin in the south of Sri Lanka in two weeks time.

In competitive tests conducted by the Chinese International Wushu Federation recently for the selection of Internal Wushu Judges, M.M. Chanaka Sajith, Vijith Priyantha Edirisingha and Leshan Dayarathna who represented Sri Lanka, were fortunate enough to get through the tests and were promoted to the position of Internal Judges.

The first edition of the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) came to an end in a rain curtained final at Colombo on August 31, with Uva Next taking the title after overcoming Nagenahira Nagas by 19 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Former Youth World Cup cricketer Kithruwan Vithanage is one of the players in the Sri Lanka Premier League who believes he has graduated onto a more competitive level after interacting with international players most notably Pakistani bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Saeed Ajmal while playing for the Kandurata Warriors.

Sri Lanka Cricket in association with Carlton Sports Network the premier sports channel has made arrangements to conduct a Workshop / Seminar on Biomechanical Application of techniques in Cricket, to qualified coaches presently involved in active coaching.

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) moves into second gear today at the Pallekele International Cricket stadium when the championship recommences after two rest days with nine matches on the cards.

Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League to kick off on August 11, 2012 Mahindra …

The third LG People's Choice Award this year sees two former winners nominated alongside three other international cricketing stars in a bid to win the only award voted for by the public at the annual LG ICC Awards.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the India team have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 21-run victory against Sri Lanka in the first One Day International held in Hambantota on Saturday (21 July).

Virat Kohli cracked his third consecutive century against Sri Lanka to lead India to a comfortable 21-run win in the first one-day international on Saturday.

Veteran cricketers Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara yesterday warned organizers of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) of any undercover rip-off and their concept brought to zero if young players were not given due recognition in the championship that features international professionals in the name of seven local provinces.

Over 100,000 tickets have been sold in the second phase of sales for the T-20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September, the International Cricket Council announced yesterday.

Sri Lanka went through some of the most nerve-wrecking moments and survived on mere luck on a day that should have belonged to Pakistanandrsquo;s fast bowlers as the third cricket Test showed signs of springing back to life here at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday.

The extent to which politics has played a part in the ruination of Sri Lanka cricket on the field could not have come into prominence the way it unfolded yesterday as the venue of Pallekele was caught up in a watery mess while another international ground just 60 kilometres away at Dambulla stood dry without a match for two years.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty-20 to be staged between September 18 and October 7 in Sri Lanka have been sold with the majority grabbed by locals.

Matches featuring Sri Lanka, semi-finals and final in big demand

Sri Lanka completed a comfortable 209 runs win with a day to go despite a resilient second innings fight back by the Pakistanis to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series which would be best remembered for the atrocious umpiring as well as Kumar Sangakkaraandrsquo;s unbeaten 199 at the Galle International Stadium yesterday.andnbsp;

After seven sessions of complete dominance, first with the bat and then with some excellent seam and spin attack aided by the horrors of umpiring decisions, Sri Lanka refused to go for the kill, as they puzzlingly decided to bat a second time despite a commanding 372 first innings lead on day three of the first Test here at the Galle International stadium on Sunday.

Former captains TM Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara hit centuries, while skipper Mahela Jayawardane cashed in with an unfinished half century to help Sri Lanka reach a formidable 300 for 2 after electing to bat on day one of the first Test against Pakistan at the Galle International Stadium yesterday.