Dickwella, Gunathilake and Mendis given a pardon, permitted to play in domestic cricket- Lanka Premier League to commence on 5th December  By sunil Thenabadu (sports editor-eLanka) Banned Sri Lanka cricketers  for misconduct for breaking the Bio-Bubble while touring England with SL team Niroshan Dickwella, Dhanushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis in June this year have got a reprieve  before their one year ban period expired have been granted permission to play in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) that will have top players both overseas and local in action when it begins on December 5 in Sri Lanka.  The three players were banned from both international and domestic cricket and fined Rs.10 million each at a time they were also involved in a pay dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket.  The squads:  Jaffna Kings: Faf du Plessis, Thisara Perera, Wahab Riaz, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shoaib Malik, Usman Shinwari, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Avishka Fernando, Upul Tharanga, Chaturanga de Silva, ...

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Test Cricketer Asela Gunaratne proud product of Sri Rahula, Katugastota-by Upananda Jayasundera Asela Gunaratne,former Sri Lanka Test Cricketer Source:Dailynews Thirty five year old Asela Sampath Gunaratne, is a talented Test Cricketer who is an old Boy of Sri Rahula College,Katugastota. Six feet one inch.tall Asela learnt cricket from late Aubrey Kuruppu, who was the cricket coach of the School at that time and he played from under 13 to under 19 age group in school. Asela was a right hand bat, right arm medium pace bowler and an all-rounder and in the year 2007 he won four awards at Sri Lanka Cricket’s Annual Awards Ceremony, including two awards for Best All-rounder.His highest score was 159 runs against St.Aloysius College, Ratnapura and after leaving school he played for Saracens Sports club, Kandy under Aubrey Kuruppu for a few years before joining the Army. He made his Test Debut on the 29th ...

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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – (DECEMBER 2018) – Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Akila Dananjaya has been suspended from international cricket with immediate effect after an independent assessment has found his bowling action to be illegal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced. The ICC said the assessment revealed that his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations. “In accordance with Article 11.1 of the ICC Regulations For The Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspect Illegal Bowling Actions, Dananjaya’s international suspension will also be recognised and enforced by all National Cricket Federations for domestic cricket events played in their own jurisdiction. However, according to Article 11.5 of the Regulations and with the consent of the Sri Lanka Cricket, Dananjaya may be able to bowl in domestic cricket events played under the auspices of the SLC,” it said. Dananjaya was reported with a suspect ...

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