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    Pakistan to host Sri Lanka for limited-overs tour sourceCricket.com.au Karachi and Lahore to host ODI and T20I series respectively in promising sign for Pakistan, but Tests to be held elsewhere Pakistan will host Sri Lanka for six limited over internationals starting next month, the two cricket boards announced Friday, in another step towards reviving international cricket in the security-troubled country after years of isolation. In a joint statement, the cricket boards said the one-day interantional series will begin on September 27 in Karachi where they will play the other two ODI matches on September 29 and October 2. The Sri Lankans will then move to Lahore for three T20 matches starting on October 5 and the final match will be on October 9, with the second match scheduled for October 7. This will be Sri Lanka’s second tour of Pakistan since their team bus was attacked by militants ...

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  Watch: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test – Cricket Highlights – August 2019 Day 1 -Highlights Day 2 -Highlights Day 3 -Highlights Day 4 -Highlights Day 5 -Highlights Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test at Galle. Sri Lanka made look a daunting run chase like a stroll in the park for a 6-wicket champagne Sunday first test ending by the extended second over past lunch break time on a brilliant captain’s century of 122 off 243 balls consuming 310 minutes and containing 6 boundaries and a six by Dimuth Karunaratne to go 1 up in the ICC World Test Championship and 60 points to boot in the championship table at the Galle International Cricket Stadium.     ...

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    About the Late Vernon Prins, cricketer. Image source: Wikipedia  All-round sportsmen are a rare breed. To this category belongs this affable, mild and gentle- mannered sportsman. He had the proud distinction of representing Ceylon in cricket and hockey. He is a double international. Moulded in the best Thomian tradition, he led St. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia in 1943, Nondescript Cricket Club (NCC) and All Ceylon in cricket, the last he loved most. His name is Vernon George Prins – the prime person of Sri Lanka cricket. He is a legend among the cricketing fraternity. He was one of the most senior Sri Lankan cricketers, barring, D. D. Jayasinghe, Col. F. C. de Saram, M. Sathasivam, S. S. Jayawickrema, Bertie Wijesinha, C. I. Gunasekera, Fairlie Dalpathadu, Makin Salih, Tita Nethanials, to name ten during the 1940 – 1960 era. Seven Thomians have captained Sri Lanka in cricket. They are, ...

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Cricket: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI – Match Highlights – July 2019 – Sri Lanka won by 122 runs Angelo Mathews starred with a telling 87 off 90 balls in Sri Lanka’s 122-run triumph over Bangladesh in the third day-night ODI at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium for a 3-nil clean sweep of Bangladesh.   ...

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  Lasith Malinga’s Last ODI – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st ODI Cricket Match Highlights – July 2019     Lasith Malinga’s last ODI | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st ODI – Match Highlights – In an all Malinga charged up farewell to the roar of ‘Mali, Mali’ by a packed to capacity 25,000 crowd and Malinga big screen digitals glistening in big letters, ‘Slinga, Our Pride’, Lasith Malinga signed off in ideal champagne style scything through the Bangladesh top order in a 91-run Sri Lankan win at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium. #ThankYouMalinga Lasith Malinga ends his ODI career with 338 wickets, as the 9th highest wicket-taker in the format; third highest for Sri Lanka!     ...

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  Cricket Corruption | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix On the latest episode of Patriot Act, Hasan takes a look at the history and politics behind one of the biggest sports in the world: cricket. With billions of fans scheduled to tune into the upcoming 2019 Cricket World Cup, Hasan examines how the game has evolved from a sport of British colonizers into a tool of diplomacy and a force for good despite recent scandals and corruption. Hasan also explores how cricket has especially grown in India due in part to the creation of the IPL, a flashy professional cricket league founded by the infamous Lalit Modi, and how that expansion has unfortunately come at the expense of the growth of cricket in other countries.   ...

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