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Sri Lanka Emerging cricketers to play in Australia Eight young and talented emerging Sri Lanka cricketers are in lucks way and if everything goes well they will be playing in the Australian domestic cricket tournament called Dandenong League. This tournament was to begin in October but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has been pushed back. The agreement between Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Cricket Australia was signed last year and the cricketers were to take wing in September this year. ...

Nov 14, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (OCTOBER 2020) – Compiled by Victor Melder With England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) not willing to put their players through a two-week quarantine and the sudden spike in COVID-19 positive cases in Sri Lanka, there is uncertainty surrounding the proposed England Test tour to the country. England was in Sri Lanka in March to play the two-match Test series but returned home just days ahead of the first Test following the global outbreak of the virus. Though dates are yet to be confirmed, both Boards agreed to play it in January next year. “We are working to ensure the business of international cricket keeps going,” Tom Harrison, the ECB Chief Executive, was quoted as saying. “(But) the Bangladesh tour to Sri Lanka is an understandable situation for the Bangladeshi team; two weeks of quarantine is not an easy thing to agree to for players and ...

Nov 1, 2020 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , Comments 0
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Dean Jones – Sri Lanka’s friend indeed-by Rex Clementine Source:Island The Aussies were in Galle for the first Test of the series in 2004 and Dean Jones joked in commentary. He said that it took him less than four hours from Singapore to Katunayake but five hours to get to Galle from Katunayake! He was driving home some pertinent points. Travel in Sri Lanka before the highway days was a nightmare. Sri Lanka Cricket did not raise objections with the television company that employed Jones nor did the Sports Ministry. His criticism was well taken by all and sundry. Jones didn’t mince any words. He was a bold critic. As The Island’s former Editor Mr. Gamini Weerakoon used to say, ‘A good journalist works with his resignation letter in the pocket.’ Jones was a huge fan of Sri Lanka. After the death of Tony Greig, he was an ideal ambassador to ...

Sep 26, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , Comments 0
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Sony strengthens its cricket portfolio with the exclusive global media rights to Sri Lanka Cricket-By Kunal Dhyani Source:Insidesport As reported earlier by InsideSport in July, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has officially announced that they have acquired the exclusive global media rights for Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC). Also Read: Cricket Business: Sony sole bidder for the rights, Sri Lanka cricket ready to accept the ‘low offer’ The agreement provides SPN exclusive TV and digital rights to air all 92 days of LIVE cricket comprising 10 Test Matches, 24 ODIs and 18 T20Is sanctioned by the ICC and conducted by SLC between the senior men’s national cricket team of Sri Lanka and visiting ICC member national cricket teams along with access to Sri Lanka Cricket’s archival content. The deal also include rights to broadcast India touring Sri Lanka to play 6 T20Is and 3 ODIs with one of the series scheduled for July 2021 that will feature 3 T20Is while the date for the other ...

Aug 25, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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Sri Lanka Cricket willing to host India’s Test series against England next year Sri Lanka Cricket logo. Image Credit: Official website Source:Firstpost Sri Lanka Cricket has sounded out BCCI its willingness to host India’s Test series against England scheduled early next year, if the neccesity arises in view of the raging COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report here. With India’s COVID-19 cases surging, England’s scheduled five-match Test series in India early next year could be in doubt and the SLC is willing to fill in to play host to the contest, according to a report in ‘The Island’.   ...

Aug 18, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , Comments 0
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    SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – (JANUARY 2020) – Compiled by Victor Melder The national cricket team will undertake their first assignment of this year taking wings to India today for a three match T-20 series. The opening encounter will be played on Sunday (January 5) in the eastern city of Guwahati. The port city in the state of Assam is bordering China. The remaining two games will be played in Indore (January 7) and Pune (January 10). The team will fly to Madras today morning, where they have a five hour layover before taking the next flight to Guwahati. The Sri Lankan series is sandwiched between the tours of West Indies and Australia. Lasith Malinga’s side will not be playing in any of the major cities with all premier cricket centers allocated for the West Indies and the Australians. The tour was not on the Future Tour Programme ...

Feb 3, 2020 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments 0
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (OCTOBER  2019) Compiled by Victor Melder Pakistan beat the touring Sri Lankans by 5 wickets to win the third and final One-Day International, played at Karachi National Stadium. Scores: Sri Lanka – 297/9 in 50 Overs (Gunathilaka 133, Shanaka 43, Thirimanne 36, Bhanuka 36, Amir 3/50, Nawaz 1/24, Shinwari 1/41) Pakistan – 299/5 in 50 Overs (Zaman 76, Ali 74, Sohail 56, Azam 31, Pradeep 2/53, Jayasuriya 1/39, de Silva 1/54, Kumara 1/55) Player of the match: Abid Ali (Pakistan) Pakistan won the 3-match series 2-0. ODI debut: Minod Bhanuka (Sri Lanka) The touring Sri Lankans beat Pakistan by 64 runs to win the first T20 International, played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Scores: Sri Lanka – 165/5 in 20 Overs (Gunathilaka 57, Fernando 33, Rajapaksa 32, Hasnain 3/37, Khan 1/35) Pakistan – 101 in 17.4 Overs (I. Ahmed 25, S. Shamed 24, Udana 3/11, Pradeep 3/21, ...

Nov 4, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News Tagged , , , Comments 0
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Sri Lanka……. Whipping boys of world cricket – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE   Chandika Hathurusinghe  Sri Lanka’s current form suggests that they are in the worst place since gaining Test status in 1982 and sporadic bursts such as the unlikely series win over Pakistan in the Arab Emirates throws a shadow over the actual happenings in the oil rich nation.  To even suggest that they are capable of beating anyone in the top ten at the moment is laughable let alone possible as the current series against the world’s top team India, is proving in no uncertain terms. All the excuses thrown around about departing stars is now wearing thin as the Island nation struggles to find genuine talent with a tag of consistency attached to it as they offer themselves as cannon fodder to everyone they come up against.  Over the past two years Sri Lanka have managed ...

Dec 3, 2017 Posted by In Articles, Home, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , Comments 0
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