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Media Release14th November 2022 Sri Lanka Cricket donated Rs. 120 million to the National Sports Fund, earned by selling match tickets during the Australia Tour of Sri Lanka in 2022.The grant was made in keeping with a promise Sri Lanka Cricket made to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs...The post Sri Lanka Cricket donated another Rs. 120 million to the National Sports Fund appeared first on...
- Sri Lanka Cricket earned a record net profit of Rs. 6.3 billion in 2022 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Cricket earns a record net profit of Rs. 6.3 billion in 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s victorious Cricket, Netball teams and Commonwealth medal winners felicitated (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister unhappy with SLC but promises to pay cricketers on time (Category: Business)
ICC Media Release The Sri Lanka team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the side’s ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 Super Eight fixture against West Indies on Saturday. Javagal Srinath of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fines after Mahela
- Jayawardene fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate in fifth ODI (Category: Sports)
- Dhoni and India team fined for slow over-rate in first Hambantota ODI (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in third Test (Category: Sports)
West Indies and New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals of the women's World Twenty20 with big wins over South Africa and Sri Lanka respectively
Akila Dananjaya is doubtful for the World Twenty20 Super Eights match against West Indies on Saturday after suffering an injury to his face during Thursday's game against New Zealand in Pallekele
A round-up of Group B matches of Women's World Twenty20 played on September 28, 2012
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in a Super Over after the teams played out a tie in their Super Eights match in Pallekele.
- New Zealand aims to climb up rankings (Category: Sports)
- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka – Match I (Category: Sports)
- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka – Match II (Category: Sports)
- Media Accreditation for India, New Zealand Tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
At a Selection Committee meeting held the following squads were selected to participate in the above series to be held in China on the above stated dates. T20 Squad – Womens Team 1. Shashikala Siriwardane (Capt) 2. Sandamali Dolawatha (V.Capt) 3. Chamari Athapattu 4. Inoka Galegedara 5. Dilani Manodara 6. Eshani Lokusuriya 7. Chamani Seneviratne 8. Sripali ...
- Press Release – SLPL Local Players Offer Letters (Category: Sports)
- Scorecard: Wayamba v Basnahira (Category: Sports)
- T.M. Dilshan Appointed as National Captain (Category: Sports)
- Press Conference – Muralidaran’s Retirement (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka and New Zealand begin the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 in Pallekele
The ICC Womenandrsquo;s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 kicks offandnbsp; today in Galle, with host Sri Lanka taking on South Africa in the opening match at Galle International Cricket Stadium.
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
- Seeking Direction (Category: Business)
COLOMBO (Reuters)andnbsp;- Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla ripped through the England batting to lead their side to a crushing 90-run win in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup Group A match on Sunday.
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 32 runs in a reduced ICC World Twenty20 match in Pallekele on Saturday.
- SA v SL – 1st Test – Centurion (Category: Sports)
- Duminy guides South Africa to 2-0 lead (Category: Sports)
- SL Women beaten (Category: Sports)
- Fernando & Pradeep see Lankans tame Lions (Category: Sports)
Jacques Kallis recorded the best Twenty20 figures for his country to inspire South Africa to a convincing 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a Group C match at Hambantota on Thursday.
The ICC piloted a partnership with the educational non-profit Room to Read during the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 and the success of this initiative convinced both parties to extend the relationship through to 2015. Room to Read works to One of the early fruits of this partnership, has been the development of local language cricket books to promote literacy, the first of which features local sta...
- Sangakkara banks on home advantage at ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena praised spinner Ajantha Mendis following a dramatic impact on his international return.
- Jeewan Mendis to make ODI debut (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka National Team for the upcoming tour of England (Category: Sports)
- Damp conditions expected at the start (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka to play two spinners (Category: Sports)
Rising from the ruins of war to challenge the worldandrsquo;s cricketing establishment, Afghanistanandrsquo;s rag-tag team hopes to inspire the conflict-ravaged nation with a strong showing at the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
Kumar Sangakkara has been named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012 at the LG ICC Awards after an extraordinary 12 months for the batsman.
- LG ICC Awards 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Kumar Sangakkara claims the LG People’s Choice Award (Category: Sports)
- LG Abans Series – Launch (Category: Sports)
- Short-lists announced for LG ICC Awards 2010 (Category: Sports)
New Zealand will visit Sri Lanka for a series of two Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 in October and November
All nine players who were nominated in two teams in next month's Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa have opted to represent their respective IPL teams over their domestic sides
Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan hit half-centuries as hosts Sri Lanka prepared for the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket win over the West Indies yesterday.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said a phalanx of allrounders will be his side's biggest strength in the upcoming World Twenty20, because of the balance and flexibility they afford the team
United Trading Company Private Limited (UTC) has been appointed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as an official licensee for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka.
The ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies were ceremoniously accepted at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka today. The trophies arrived on board an Emirates flight from Dubai.
The first edition of the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) came to an end in a rain curtained final at Colombo on August 31, with Uva Next taking the title after overcoming Nagenahira Nagas by 19 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
- SLPL International Player List (Category: Sports)
- SLPL postponed to next year (Category: Sports)
- Press Release – SLPL Local Players Offer Letters (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Premier League – Icon Player Appointments (Category: Sports)
Kumar Sangakkara has said that Sri Lanka will be one of the favourites at the upcoming World Twenty20, despite Sri Lanka's pitches having become less spin-friendly
Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez feels playing in the Sri Lanka Premier League has given his teammates a fair idea of the conditions before the upcoming T20 World Cup, getting started next month.
Shashikala Siriwardene will lead Sri Lanka in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in September
Ajantha Mendis has returned to the Sri Lanka squad for the World Twenty20. Mendis last played for Sri Lanka in South Africa in January this year before suffering a back injury
men’s and women’s squads for the ICC World Twenty20 coming up in September in Sri Lanka.
- Welagedara replaces Maharoof (Category: Sports)
- Welagedara & Malinga return (Category: Sports)
- Npower Test Series – SL v ENG – 3rd Test – Southampton (Category: Sports)
- Under 23 Division I Tournament 2010/11 – Final (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that the ICC disbursed $2.5 million to them, to help with the costs of hosting the World Twenty20 that begins on September 18
The ICC have extended the deadlines for naming World Twenty20 squads, although the chances of Kevin Pietersen being included for England remain very slim
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