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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 26, 2013
Submitted by Marcian
SLC is on the verge of losing at least Rs. 700 million after a dispute arose between the national cricket team sponsors. The issue arose after the Sri Lanka Tea Board put forward new conditions which angered not only Dialog Axiata but the SLC and the Ministry of Sports as well, sources...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Sri Lanka’s newly appointed cricket captain Angelo Mathews will come across his stiffest hurdle when he leads his side for the ICC Champions Trophy limited overs cricket tournament to be staged in England from June 6 to 23. The Sri Lanka team will leave tonight (Sunday) for the United...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The year 2009 was a memorable year for young Dinesh Chandimal, the current Sri Lanka Test vice-captain, and Twenty20 captain, who led Ananda College in the ‘Big Match’ - the ‘Battle of the Maroons’ encounter against Nalanda College. The elegant right-hander went onto clinch the...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The sordid spot-fixing that took place during the Indian Premier League now on in India, should serve as an eye opener to Sri Lanka Cricket when they conduct the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 here, from August 10 to 31.With the International Cricket Council and all cricket playing..
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
It is not a strange coincidence that of late when the Lankans embark on a tour of England, the entire effort is covered by the dark clouds of the IPL. During their last tour of England, the Lankans with their IPL humpback made haphazard entry into the birth place of cricket and there is..
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The age old adage that a captain is as good as his team could not have been better illustrated than by the performance of Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Daredevils led by former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene finished at the bottom of the IPL league table...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Chanaka Welagedera, the first cricketer from Matale to play for Sri Lanka, never played any junior cricket there. He got selected to the national team on his merits within a short period after his school cricketing stint at Maliyadeva College Kurunegala. Chanaka had more than his fair...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The SLC request and Sanath Jayasuriya’s lonely voice have so far gone unnoticed as the IPL comes to holding its closing ceremony. His appeal to the IPL for the release of non-playing members was made due to the recently concluded triangular series played locally in preparation for the...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Sri Lanka’s most experienced current one-day cricketer Mahela Jayawardene feels the Lankan batters and bowlers will be severely tested during the ICC Champions trophy tournament which begins in England on June 6.Sri Lanka are in Group A with host England, Australia and New Zealand..
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
The IPL final takes place in Kolkata on Sunday, but all the news surrounding the tournament is about events off the field. As Indian cricket and its fans grapple with the dismaying allegations of the past week, the old Apartheid-era slogan - No normal sport in an abnormal society - comes...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Ryan
Though MI have the most number of sixes in this edition of IPL, the franchisee’s owner billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani is preoccupied with fierce paceman Lasith Malinga these days. She is reportedly anxious about Malinga’s performance in IPL final.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Submitted by Daniel Alexander
Mahinda Wijesinghe’s exemplary book is a labour of love. It records in mellifluous tones the progress made since Sri Lanka arrived at Cricket’s High Table.The narrative is inter-leaved with copious colour illustrations of iconic images such as Gamini Dissanayake, Garfield Sobers, Greg...
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