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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 ...

“SRI-LANKANS”, ALL.(GOD SAVE THE QUEEN) By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ “Sri Lankans, all, having a “ball”, Most are short, but some are tall, A few are rich, but many are poor, But all are Lankan, that’s for sure. The “count” was on, in the “census” that “crashed”, The “Sinhalese” top-scored, “Burghers” abashed, The “Tamils” were there, somewhere in-between, Sri Lankans, all, God save the Queen.” As per usual, to coin a phrase, a general census was carried out in Australia in the year of 2016. General Censuses (hope I got that plural right)! Anyway, it could have been “Censui”, who cares? . As far as Lankans are concerned, “knowing people only know, we are who, are”!. Before, I go any further (with the broken-English), let me “invite” Sri-Lankans, all, to simply “print in” the name eLanka on your latest “technical-device”, and join “our mob” on a “Website” that ...

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“SRI-LANKANS”, ALL.(GOD SAVE THE QUEEN) – By Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’