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The final game of England’s tour ended much like the first: with Shai Hope clinching victory for West Indies with a match-winning six. His unbeaten, run-a-ball 43 was the highest score of a tense low-scorer in Tarouba, and his clean strike over cover off Chris Woakes sealed the series decider with four balls remaining. Something […]
- Salt 109 not out, Brook late cameo fire England to dramatic chase of 223 (Category: Breaking News)
- Brandon King, Rovman Powell turn on the power as West Indies surge to 2-0 lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Salt’s second ton leads England to series-levelling victory (Category: Breaking News)
- Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks, Jos Buttler seal 203-run chase (Category: Breaking News)
Nicholas Pooran produced a T20I career-best as West Indies showcased their six-hitting chops once again in Grenada’s National Stadium. Phil Salt then did the same on the way to a maiden T20 hundred as England rediscovered their batting mojo. And at the end, an explosive assault from Harry Brook was the clincher, as England burgled […]
- Brandon King, Rovman Powell turn on the power as West Indies surge to 2-0 lead (Category: Breaking News)
- Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks, Jos Buttler seal 203-run chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Samson, Boult star as Royals overpower Lucknow Super Giants (Category: Breaking News)
- Warner stars in landmark outing, Zampa’s class seals victory (Category: Breaking News)
Impressive debuts from two young players at opposite ends of the experience spectrum led India to an impressive first-innings total on the opening day of their Test against England. Satheesh Shubha representing her country for the first time, and Jeminah Rodrigues, playing her maiden Test after 113 white-ball appearances for India, both scored half-centuries on […]
- Deepti Sharma’s 5/7 headlines spin-dominant day (Category: Breaking News)
- Sutherland, Litchfield seal series for Australia in tight finish (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia have a Litchfield day to complete clean sweep (Category: Breaking News)
- Litchfield, Perry, McGrath fifties help clinical Australia go 1-0 up (Category: Breaking News)
For the first time in their cricketing history, Uganda qualified for the T20 World Cup after brushing aside Rwanda in their final game of the Africa region qualifier. In the process, they denied Zimbabwe a spot in the main event next year that is scheduled to be held in the West Indies and the USA
- Karunaratne pushes for increase in priority to Test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Dasun Shanaka ruled out of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli, Gill hundreds power India to 390 (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahim sends legal notice to media channel for spot-fixing report (Category: Breaking News)
In a media release issued today (29) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced its Men’s future tours program for 2024. Sri Lanka will commence their 2024 international calendar with a white-ball home series against Zimbabwe in January, which will consist of three ODIs and as many T20Is. This will be closely followed by the arrival […]
- Karunaratne pushes for increase in priority to Test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Shanaka dropped for Afghanistan ODIs; Nissanka and Karunaratne return (Category: Breaking News)
- Mathews becomes first batter to be timed out in international cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Dominant Sri Lanka claw back to level series (Category: Breaking News)
Josh Inglis smashed his maiden T20I century, but Suryakumar Yadav responded masterfully in his captaincy debut to lift India past Australia in a tense series opener. Just four days after being part of Australia’s World Cup title, Inglis tore apart a new-look India attack in batting friendly conditions in Visakhapatnam with 110 off 50 balls. […]
- Iyer, Gill, Suryakumar and Ashwin stud India’s series-clinching win (Category: Breaking News)
- Shami, batters help India go 1-0 up (Category: Breaking News)
- Under-19 World Cup Super Six: 12 teams, two groups, and why there is no India-Pakistan clash (Category: Breaking News)
- Top order sets up India’s comfortable win (Category: Breaking News)
The ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2024 in January will be held in South Africa after the ICC Board that met today confirmed Sri Lanka would be replaced as hosts. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was recently suspended by the ICC for breaching its obligations as a Member, namely for failing to manage its affairs […]
- SLC defends decision not to cover full cost of Kusal’s surgery (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahela to join Sri Lanka team as consultant coach (Category: Breaking News)
- Arjuna Ranatunga to chair 15-member National Sports Council (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajith and Sports Minister declare war on Sri Lanka Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
President of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Shammi Silva has admitted to taking several persons, including family members, to watch the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has to decide whether he wants me or 'Betting' Shammi, Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe told Parliament while dropping bomb shells on Sri Lanka Cricket ( SLC).The post ‘Betting’ Shammi or Roshan; President must decide: Roshan appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- SLC files defamation lawsuit against Sports Minister, seeks Rs. 2.4bn in damages (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC rejects Sports Minister s allegations on ICC suspension (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC files complaint with Bribery Commission against ex-Sports Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- President sacks Sports Minister after Parliament outburst (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Mohan de Silva resigned from his board position on Saturday (03 November 2023). His resignation comes after both widespread criticism of the board following Sri Lanka’s crashing out of the Men’s ODI World Cup, as well as a release from the nation’s sports minister asking SLC’s executive committee to resign or […]
- Sri Lanka Cricket suspended by ICC board (Category: Breaking News)
- No decision on 2024 Under-19 World Cup yet as SLC suspension row rumbles on (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee dissolved (Category: Business)
- US$ 187,000 heist at SLC angers Foreign Minister (Category: Breaking News)
South Africa were taken aback by a riveting slog-overs assault from Netherlands led by skipper Scott Edwards with entertaining cameos from Roelof van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt. A whopping 104 runs came off the final nine overs of the innings as the Dutch ended with a more than handy score of 245 in the […]
- Netherlands stun South Africa at a World Cup again (Category: Breaking News)
- Captain Edwards, Nidamanuru help Netherlands secure first points (Category: Breaking News)
- Disciplined Bangladesh withstand Edwards fifty to keep Netherlands to 229 (Category: Breaking News)
- Engelbrecht, van Beek record rescue act lifts Netherlands to 262 (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has fully lifted the ban imposed on Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka.The post Sri Lanka Cricket lifts ban on Danushka Gunathilaka appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka Cricket hires new lawyers for Dhanushka Gunathilaka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka suspend Danushka Gunathilaka after arrest over alleged sexual assault (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka to face rape trial in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka granted bail (Category: Breaking News)
Cricket’s return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 has been confirmed after International Olympic Committee members voted to include the sport in the 2028 Games. Flag football, squash, lacrosse and baseball/softball have also been accepted for Los Angeles. Only two delegates at the IOC session in Mumbai on Monday voted against the […]
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Nordic nations join calls for ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine accuses IOC of ‘double standards’ over Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- World Athletics proposes new transgender eligibility rules (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been found not guilty of sexual assault by a Sydney judge who said the evidence established there was “no opportunity” for him to have removed a condom during sex, and that he was truthful in his police interview.The post Danushka Gunathilaka found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Late...
- Danushka Gunathilaka found not guilty of sexual assault (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian woman ‘felt fearful’ for her life during alleged rape by Danushka (Category: Breaking News)
- Hearing of Danushka Gunathilaka’s case concludes, verdict to be delivered next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka cleared of rape in Sydney (Category: Breaking News)
It’s official – Sri Lanka will be without Dushmantha Chameera and Wanidu Hasaranga at the ODI World Cup. Dasun Shanaka, whose role as captain had been under much speculation over the past few weeks, will lead the side in India through October and November. The rest of the 15-member squad has formed up as expected, […]
- Injured Theekshana out of Asia Cup final, will be fit for World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Chamika replaces injured Shanaka in Sri Lanka squad (Category: Breaking News)
- Dasun Shanaka ruled out of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Chameera and Mathews to join Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad as reserves (Category: Breaking News)
The journey to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the USA continues, this time, Bermuda opens her doors to host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier from 30 September to 7 October 2023. Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands and Panama will battle it out in a double round
- Kumar Dharmasena picked as on-field umpire for WC opener (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand pick new ODI captain for series against Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
- India 2023 World Cup brand launched (Category: Breaking News)
- England’s T20 World Cup winner announces shock retirement (Category: Breaking News)
Sachithra Senanayake, the former Sri Lanka offspinner, has been granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court, the police media division has confirmed. Senanayake had been arrested on September 6 on charges related to match-fixing. Bail was granted on two sureties of LKR 5,000,000 each, while the previously court-imposed travel ban is still in effect. […]
- Blue Diamonds and Daya Senanayake are forever! (Category: Business)
- Former Minister Senanayake dies (Category: Breaking News)
- Ajantha Mendis on the mend for Super Eights (Category: Business)
- Senanayake demolishes Australia A (Category: Sports)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday that Kumar Dharmasena and Nitin Menon will be the on-field umpires for the opening fixture of the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup taking place between England vs New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on October 5 England’s group-stage clash against New Zealand will be a […]
- Aleem Dar steps down from ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires (Category: Breaking News)
- Key South Africa pacer ruled out of third ODI against Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- India 2023 World Cup brand launched (Category: Breaking News)
- Match officials for World Test Championship Final revealed (Category: Breaking News)
Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago have been confirmed as the Caribbean venues for the 2024 T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies and the USA. The ICC had earlier announced the three US venues –
- Karunaratne pushes for increase in priority to Test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Dasun Shanaka ruled out of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli, Gill hundreds power India to 390 (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahim sends legal notice to media channel for spot-fixing report (Category: Breaking News)
Dallas, Florida and New York have been named as venues for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024 when USA hosts the event for the first time. The tournament, to be co-hosted by West Indies, will be the biggest in history, with 20 teams competing. A 34,000-seat modular stadium will be built
- Novak Djokovic wins 24th major by beating Daniil Medvedev (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazilian football legend Pele has died (Category: Breaking News)
- Women’s World Cup 2023: Tournament in Australia and New Zealand to get under way (Category: Breaking News)
The alleged victim of a cricket star accused of raping a woman after an international sporting event in Sydney told a court she “feared” for her life.The post Alleged rape victim of Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka ‘feared’ for her life, court appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Alleged victim of Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka grilled over intimate acts (Category: Breaking News)
- Hearing of Danushka Gunathilaka’s case concludes, verdict to be delivered next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka allowed back on social media after court ruling (Category: Breaking News)
- Police ‘unreasonable’ to charge Danushka Gunathilaka with stealthing: Australian court (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka made his Tinder date fearful for her life as they had sex inside her home in Sydney’s east before he removed a condom against her wishes, a court has heard. Gunathilaka, 32, is facing a judge-alone trial in Downing Centre District Court after pleading not guilty to one count […]
- Australian Police accused of being unreasonable in Danushka Gunathilaka case (Category: Breaking News)
- Harin meets rape accused Danushka Gunathilaka in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- Alleged victim of Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka grilled over intimate acts (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunathilaka has three sexual assault charges dropped (Category: Breaking News)
Liam Livingstone’s 95 not out rescued England and set up a series-squaring victory over New Zealand at the Ageas Bowl. His highest ODI score enabled England to set New Zealand 227 to win in a match reduced to 34 overs a side by rain. And despite Daryl Mitchell’s 57, the visitors fell a long way […]
- Malan, Moeen headline England’s series-clinching win (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit, seamers maintain India’s unbeaten run (Category: Breaking News)
- Seifert, Phillips and Chapman counter Bairstow’s fireworks to seal New Zealand win (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma’s 87 headlines India’s essay on unpredictable Lucknow surface (Category: Breaking News)
England’s rejigged T20I team powered out of their mothballs with a crushing seven-wicket victory under the floodlights at Chester-le-Street, as they hunted down a sub-par target of 140 with six full overs to spare. A fine home-town debut from the seamer Brydon Carse denied New Zealand any momentum despite a misleadingly run-laden first over from […]
- Seifert, Phillips and Chapman counter Bairstow’s fireworks to seal New Zealand win (Category: Breaking News)
- Livingstone 95*, bowlers help England level series in rain-shortened contest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sam Curran, England spinners star as Will Jacks, Jos Buttler seal 203-run chase (Category: Breaking News)
- Knight leads from the front as England take opening T20I (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, declared in Parliament that the winners of LPL (Lanka Premier League) 2023 B-Love Kandy had been sponsored by an enterprise that was banned in the country. The statement was made in Parliament on 24th August. The one-time President of the Bar Association found fault with SLC […]
- In terms of RTI Act House releases names of MPs who voted for new law (Category: Breaking News)
- All praise for Lanka’s saviours! (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez should explain why he scrapped time-tested exchange controls – NFF (Category: Breaking News)
- Impact of foreign-funded projects on Parliament’s standing as sole sovereign and supreme body (Category: Breaking News)
Incessant rain in Malahide, Dublin forced the abandonment of the final T20I between Ireland and India without a ball being bowled. Match officials Jareth McCready and Paul Reynolds as well as Match Referee Graham McCrea took the call after a final inspection at 17.45 local time. While the shower had passed, it had left plenty […]
- Karunaratne pushes for increase in priority to Test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Dasun Shanaka ruled out of World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Kohli, Gill hundreds power India to 390 (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahim sends legal notice to media channel for spot-fixing report (Category: Breaking News)
An independent anti-corruption tribunal has found the former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels guilty of four offences under the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) anti-corruption code. Samuels, who was charged by the ICC in September 2021, was found guilty after he exercised his right to a hearing. The tribunal will decide on a sanction after considering […]
- Marlon Samuels slapped with six-year ban under anti-corruption code (Category: Breaking News)
- Tribunal finds Zoysa guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
- Tribunal finds Zoysa guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
- Tribunal finds Zoysa guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunthilaka, who has been stranded in Australia for more than eight months, will be allowed to travel domestically after his bail conditions were eased on Tuesday (August 08).The post Danushka Gunathilaka’s bail conditions eased appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Trial of rape-accused Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Sexual assault case against cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka adjourned for evidence to be collated (Category: Breaking News)
- Danushka Gunathilaka allowed back on social media after court ruling (Category: Breaking News)
- Sexual assault trial against Danushka Gunathilaka hit by delay (Category: Breaking News)
Akey player from England’s T20 World Cup winning squad from 2022 has called time on his international career. Alex Hales has announced his retirement from international cricket after a career spanning more than a decade. “I’ve made some memories and some friendships
- ECB announce equal match fee for England cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- Kumar Dharmasena picked as on-field umpire for WC opener (Category: Breaking News)
- India 2023 World Cup brand launched (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand pick new ODI captain for series against Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Auditor General W.P.C Wickramaratne yesterday (26) said that the National Audit Office (NAO) firmly stood by its draft report on Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia for the T20 World Cup (Oct. 09-Nov. 13), in 2022. The National Audit Service Commission (NASC) appointed in April
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- SJB: SLC spent Rs 67,693,679 for 14 persons to watch cricket World Cup in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB MP alleges misuse of funds at SLC (Category: Breaking News)
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