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Sri Lanka Cricket's newly elected chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa receives a garland after he was elected uncontested to the top post at the cricket board on April 16, 2013. © AFP/Ishara S. KODIKARA
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are set to join an exclusive club of cricketers to play in six ICC Champions Trophy tournaments after they were named in their respective squads for the elite event to be staged in England and Wales from...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
In the battle of the bottom-placed teams, Pune Warriors chose to bat on a track that had a bit of grass on it. They made one change, bringing back seamer Ashok Dinda for Ishwar Pandey. Delhi Daredevils also made one change, picking Bharat Chipli in place of Unmukt Chand..
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Work on the first turf wicket in the war-ravaged North will begin at the end of this month, with St. Patrick’s College Jaffna becoming the proud recipient of this facility. Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga told the Sunday Times, “On May 26 and 27 we are hoping to have two...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
I love to indulge in cricket. But, nowadays it is confined to the couch in my living room and the press enclosure at the venues. If watching cricket is my favourite past-time, about 75-80 per cent of my time is devoted to supporting Sri Lankan cricket and watching them in action..
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Sri Lanka Cricket has signed up the 2017 Indian Tour with their TV provider Ten Sports. SLC Treasurer Nuski Mohammed explained, “That was done a few days ago. Under the existing agreement and the recommendation of the Attorney General on the subject we signed the agreement duly...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The Sunday Times learns there were certain moves to conduct the Under 23 tournament like the Premier League tournament with the same sides but time constraints have prevented the SLC Executive Committee directing its tournament committee to do so.
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The Lankan selectors, led by former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya, have forwarded a proposal on developing the cricket structures and standards in local cricket for the perusal of the SLC administrators. In this proposal the national selectors have urged the authorities to review...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Kent remain rooted to the bottom of LV= County Championship Division Two after veteran seamer Alan Richardson inspired previously winless Worcestershire to a 10-wicket victory inside two days at Canterbury.In overcast conditions, Kent were out-fought by a gritty Worcestershire middle-...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Uppercut_7
The spot-fixing scandal in the IPL has brought into focus the vulnerability of other domestic Twenty20 leagues, including the Sri Lanka Premier League, and there are many lessons that the nascent tournament can learn
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The whole nation is looking up to the ICC Champions Trophy that gets underway next month in England. There is quite a bit of optimism among the local fans that Sri Lanka will come up with an impressive performance this time around after the recent disappointments in all three forms of the...
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Upon resuming office, officials of Sri Lanka Cricket’s Executive Committee spoke of their ambitions plans to make the national cricket team the best in all three formats. But more than a month on, the authorities have done little to show they mean what they talk..
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
MCA is one of the nation’s premier Cricket Associations with a well documented colonial past and yet with a promising future. The Association has nurtured the game over the years spotting talent and training them.Great stalwarts have overseen the functioning of the Association with..
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