Expanded Women’s Asia Cup to be played in Dambulla from July 19 The India vs Pakistan group-stage game is scheduled for July 21; once again the tournament will feature an all-female team of match officials Source:Espncricinfo The 2024 women’s Asia Cup will be played in Dambulla from July 19 to 28, in the T20 format. It will be an eight-team affair, featuring one extra team than the previous edition, with hosts Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the big teams, joined by UAE, Nepal, Thailand and Malaysia, the semi-finalists of the Women’s Premier Cup 2024. Unlike last time, when all teams played each other once before the semi-finals, this year they will be split into two groups. India join Pakistan, UAE and Nepal in Group A, while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia slot into Group B. The India vs Pakistan game is scheduled for July 21. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) ...

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Nostalgia of evoking courageous labours of Hon Late Gamini Dissanayake in conquering Test status – by Sunil Thenabadu The endeavours of the late Gamini Dissanayake, while holding several Ministerial Portfolios other than spearheading the Mahaweli project, have helped vastly to uplift to a large extent the basic living standards, especially of the average citizen and made a tremendous impact on the economic revival of the country, which is of course is no exaggeration. Besides being dynamically engaged in our development progression, he found the time to be actively involved in the game of cricket; having held office as the President of the Board of Control of Cricket in Sri Lanka, (BCCSL, now known as Sri Lanka Cricket,SLC) from June 1981 to June 1989 and thereafter, for a brief period of four months, immediately prior to his tragic death in 1994; during which period he made loads of momentous contributions. Throughout the tenure ...

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Asia Cup Super 4s to be moved out of Colombo? Source:Dailymirror The Super 4 stage matches of the Asia Cup, which are scheduled to be played in Colombo from September 9, could be moved to a different venue, with Pallekele and Hambantota the likely alternatives.  Discussions between the Asian Cricket Council and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are ongoing, an SLC official speaking to the Daily Mirror confirmed.  “A decision will be taken tomorrow or the day after,” the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said adding that Dambulla was not one of the venues being considered.  ...

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ACC confirms Asia Cup schedule, final on Sept. 17 at R. Premadasa Source:Dailymirror The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Wednesday confirmed the schedule for the Asia Cup starting in August, with Sri Lanka hosting a majority of its games at the R Premadasa. The tournament, which is being played in a hybrid-model with games split between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will kick off in Multan with Pakistan taking on Nepal on August 30, and Sri Lanka opening their campaign on August 31 against Bangladesh at Pallekele. Sri Lanka will travel to Lahore for their second game, against Afghanistan, the last of the group stage matches scheduled to be played in Pakistan. ...

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Sri Lanka prepared to host Asia Cup if asked to, decision expected on Sunday-by Shehan Daniel Source:Dailymirror A decision on the venue for this year’s Asia Cup will be made on the sidelines of Sunday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Ahmedabad, President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Jay Shah has said, with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) “prepared” to host the tournament if asked to.  Officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), along with counterparts from Bangladesh and Afghanistan, will be in India this weekend for the IPL final, on the sidelines of which a decision on the venue for the Asia Cup is expected to be made.  ...

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Remembering an indefatigable icon-HON GAMINI DISSANAYAKE – By Sunil Thenabadu Tribute to Gamini Dissanayake: The endeavours of the late Gamini Dissanayake, while holding several Ministerial Portfolios other than spearheading the Mahaweli project, have helped vastly to uplift to a large extent the basic living standards, especially of the average citizen and made a tremendous impact on the economic revival of the country, which is of course is no exaggeration. Besides being dynamically engaged in our development progression, he found the time to be actively involved in the game of cricket; having held office as the President of the Board of Control of Cricket in Sri Lanka, (BCCSL, now known as Sri Lanka Cricket, SLC) from June 1981 to June 1989 and thereafter, for a brief period of four months, immediately prior to his tragic death in 1994; during which period he made loads of momentous contributions. Throughout the tenure of ...

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SL ‘A’ to play Aussie ‘A’ concurrently with National team series in June-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Ashely de Silva, CEO SLC-Promodya Wickrmasinghe (Chairman – Selection Committee)-Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka Test Captain)-Dasun Shanaka (ODI and T-20 Captain) Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Cricket is planning to conduct Sri Lanka ‘A and Australia ‘A’ cricket series concurrently with Sri Lanka- Australia National cricket series from next June and its confirmed by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Chief Executive officer (CEO) Ashely de Silva yesterday. Australia’s National men’s cricket team will arrive in Sri Lanka to play all format cricket series which will work off from June 7 to July 12 while in this same period we have made arrangements to conduct Sri Lanka ‘A’ and Australia ‘A’ cricket series here. Sri Lanka ‘A’ cricket series itinerary has already finalized and it will announce very soon, said CEO Ashley de Silva. Earlier SLC has released their National ...

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Sri Lanka could lose hosting Asia Cup-by Rex Clementine Source:Island Board of Control for Cricket in India has raised concerns with Sri Lanka Cricket about the upcoming Asia Cup being held in Colombo and Kandy as scheduled. The Asia Cup is the Asian Cricket Council’s high profile event and it was India’s turn to host the event. However, upon a request made by SLC, India agreed for the event being staged in Sri Lanka. “BCCI has raised concerns about civil unrest in the country and if the tournament is interrupted, we would lose a sum to the tune of US$ six million. However, we indicated that protests around the country against the government have been peaceful and the tournament can be played without any issues,” an official told The Island. ...

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Six nations vie for Asia Cup in August-by Dhammika Ratnaweera ACC President Jay Shah (second from right) at the ACC AGM while Mahinda Vallipuram Malaysian Cricket President (left), ACC Vice President Pankaj Khimji( second from left ), SLC President and Chairman of Finance and Marketing Committee of the ACC Shammi Silva (on extreme right) at the head table.  Source:Dailynews The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Saturday decided that the upcoming edition of the Asia Cup will be held later this year from August 27 to September 11 The tournament will be played in T20 format. The Qualifiers for the same will be played 20 August 2022 onwards.After the successful ACC meeting held in Colombo on Saturday ACC said the forthcoming Asia Cup 2022 will have six teams – India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and a Qualifier. The Qualifier tournament will be played between UAE and Kuwait, who progressed from ...

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Asia Cup 2021 officially pushed back by two years   India won the most recent edition in 2018 in the UAE Source:Dailynews The 2021 edition of the Asia Cup has been officially postponed and pushed back to 2023 owing to the packed international schedule and the logistical challenges of the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic forcing the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to reschedule the multi-team event. “The ACC Executive Board, in face of the risks and restrictions posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, had made the difficult decision to postpone the Asia Cup 2020 to 2021,” the council said in a media release yesterday. ...

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