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Australian pace bowler Brett Lee on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career, saying his body and mind were no longer up to the stresses of touring. The 35-year-old said a calf muscle strain that forced him home from Australia’s recent one-day tour to Britain was the final straw after a ...
- Aussies No. 1 by default: Maxwell (Category: Business)
- Lee ruled out with appendicitis (Category: Business)
- Clarke targets cricket world domination (Category: Business)
- Australia sweat on Lee fitness (Category: Business)
Sandeep Bhammer is the CEO of the Singapore based Somerset Entertainment Ventures (SEV) and above all an avid sports enthusiast. It is this interest in sports and an astute understanding of its commercial potential which inspired SEV to acquire overall sponsorship rights to exclusively partner with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to launch the Sri Lankan ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League names Gayle, Angelo as international icons (Category: Business)
- Dilshan Munaweera on his inclusion in Sri Lankan World Twenty20 Squad (Category: Business)
- SLPL boost for tourism next month (Category: Business)
- $ 100,000 Gayle most prized player in SLPL; Lankan top stars fetch $ 50,000 each (Category: Business)
Virender Sehwag feels break after IPL-V will hold the Indian team in good stead in against the LankansGreater Noida: Virender Sehwag believes that for the success of a team depends on the composition of the team. In fact, Sehwag believes that India’s World Cup success, in T20s and ODIs, in recent years has been mainly ...
- India’s Sehwag feted by peers after record 219 (Category: Business)
- Dhoni warns against India ‘panic’ at Oval (Category: Business)
- Indian pride, Sachin quest add spice to final test (Category: Business)
- Away test failures puncture Dhoni’s leadership aura (Category: Business)
MUMBAI (Reuters): Opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan returned to India’s limited overs squad for the Sri Lanka tour but Sachin Tendulkar made himself unavailable, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Sehwag, Zaheer and fast bowler Umesh Yadav were rested during the four-nation Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March, which Pakistan ...
- Australia take charge after restricting India (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar returns to India’s ODI squad for Tri-series (Category: Business)
- Dhoni warns against India ‘panic’ at Oval (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar wait continues but India takes command (Category: Business)
SYDNEY (Reuters):Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month in what is likely to be a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Full details of the match, including the format, have yet to be finalised, CA said in a news release, but the Australians view the ...
- CA to undergo independent scrutiny (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Five Tigers win CA contracts (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- CA pays out overdue T20 prizemoney (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- ICC, CA play down umpiring error during India-Sri Lanka match (Category: Business)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced today that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 to be staged between 18 September and 7 October have already been sold and the majority has gone to the Sri Lankan market. Commenting on the ticket sales, Upekha Nell
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka crosses 100,000 tickets-sold mark (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka during September 2012. The International Cricket Council says the majority of them have gone to the Sri Lankan market with the highest demand coming for the matches featuring Sri Lanka. Ticket sales
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- World Cup T20 ticket sales rise (Category: Breaking News)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- More Than 100,000 Tickets Already Sold For ICC World Twenty20 In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for the ICC World Twenty20 Cup in Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement here Thursday. .
Matches featuring Sri Lanka, semi-finals and final in big demand
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 tickets selling quickly (Category: Sports)
- 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 begins (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 tickets go on global sale today (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 ticket sales to be launched in Colombo (Category: Sports)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 to be staged between 18 September and 7 October have already been sold and the majority has gone to the Sri Lankan market. Commenting on the ticket sales, Upekha Nell
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- More Than 100,000 Tickets Already Sold For ICC World Twenty20 In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO: India’s limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka starting next month has been revised with the first one-dayer now scheduled for July 21, Sri Lanka Cricket said. The five-match one-day series, followed by a Twenty20 international, was originally due to start on July 22, but was amended
- Pakistan cricket team to tour Sri Lanka in June (Category: Business)
- Pakistan cricket team’s Sri Lanka tour itinerary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India in turmoil (Category: Breaking News)
- Stats: Kohli's superb feat in ODIs (Category: Breaking News)
Cricket’s chief executives on Monday backed the mandatory use of video umpires in Tests and one-day internationals, a year after they were made optional at the request of powerful India. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executives’ committee said independent tests had proved the reliability of the Decision Review System (DRS), which incorporates ball-tracking and ....
- DRS no longer mandatory, says ICC (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- DRS Out Of Sri Lanka – Australia Series Due To Cost Cutting By SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- New ICC boss defends technology U-turn (Category: Business)
The International Cricket Council has asked Sri Lanka to incorporate domestic anti-corruption codes before the start of the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 tournament which is scheduled for August. This decision by the ICC has been taken when the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) met
- ICC start investigations on a “taped conversation” revolving SLPL (Category: Breaking News)
- Nuwan Zoysa found guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
- Nuwan Zoysa found guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
- Nuwan Zoysa found guilty under ICC Anti-Corruption Code (Category: Breaking News)
REUTERS: Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has declared himself available for the Black Caps’ World Twenty20 campaign a year after bowing out of cricket’s shorter formats to prolong his test career. The 33-year-old all rounder played his last Twenty20 international in May 2010
- Kevin Pietersen misses World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- Twenty20 can peacefully coexist with Test, one-day cricket: Warne (Category: Business)
- Dhoni excited to face ‘intelligent’ new skipper Bailey in T20 series against Oz (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will look to improve their dismal Test record over the past year when they take on a self-destructing Pakistan side in a three-match series from Friday. The Sri Lankans have won just two of their last 14 Tests and lost six, but remain a force on home soil where they drew a two-match ...
- Pakistan v Sri Lanka scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka wins first test series since 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan win Sri Lanka series as 3rd Test drawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket: Pakistan win Sri Lanka series after third Test drawn (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been suspended from this week's Galle Test after his side was found guilty of a serious over-rate offence during the fifth and last ODI against Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.
- Sri Lanka bat out safe draw to win Pakistan series (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in third Test (Category: Sports)
- Umar Akmal left out of Pakistan Test squad (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 3rd Test – Pallekele (Category: Sports)
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team will be playing five One-day matches and two Twenty20 matches in Sri Lanka from the third week of July. According to sources, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was initially interested in playing a full-fledged series against India, including a short Test series
- Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODIs to have reserve days (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
A Governance Analysis of Frequency Allocation & TV Rights in Present Sri Lanka Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corruption? Understanding the state capture by Kleptocrats does not require a dedicated study; it is easily recognizable. For the benefit of keen students of governance, let me begin this article with the definition of Kleptocracy: “A form of political and government ...
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Pallekele, June 11: More than 350 school children from Kandy district formed a giant ‘100’ at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, celebrating the 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012.
The 100-day countdown to the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka from September was launched yesterday at a special event held to commemorate the day. T the International Cricket Council, together with Sri Lanka Cricket, donated 100 cricket bats amongst the girls and boys who participated
- More than 100,000 tickets for World Twenty20 sold (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka’ to be shown to fans in the U.S.A. without a cost (Category: Breaking News)
- Fans invited to welcome cricketing heroes (Category: Breaking News)
- President Extends Best Wishes to Sri Lankan Cricket Team Heading to T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
Pallekele, Jun 11: The 100-day countdown to the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka from September 18 began on Sunday with more than 350 school children from Kandy district forming a giant '100' at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. At
School children in Kandy make a formation to celebrate the 100 days to go countdown for ICC World Twenty20 2012.
- National team sponsor for the ICC WorldT20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC Awards 2012 – Colombo (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 1st T20I – Hambantota (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 2nd T20I – Hambantota (Category: Sports)
ICC Media Release More than 350 school children from Kandy district formed a …
- ICC World Twenty20 tickets go on global sale today (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- More than 100,000 tickets for ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 sold (Category: Sports)
The 100th day countdown for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 to be conducted in Sri Lanka from September 18 to October 7 was launched in style at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium, yesterday.
Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has hit back at suggestions of bias over the ICC’s plan to retain the Duckworth-Lewis method of deciding interrupted matches instead of adopting an alternative system from India. V. Jayadevan, who devised the alternative VJD method, has written to International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar to criticise last week’s decision. ...
- MCC says putting off Test Championship a setback (Category: Business)
- Cricket-ICC chief happy with 50-over format (Category: Business)
- ICC chief executive Lorgat to step down in June 2012 (Category: Business)
- Lorgat likely to join Sri Lanka Cricket as consultant (Category: Business)
DUBAI, (Reuters): Umpire Billy Doctrove, who along with Australian Darrell Hair was at the centre of the controversial Oval test which Pakistan forfeited against England in 2006, has announced his retirement. The West Indian was due to umpire Thursday’s one-dayer between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele but withdrew because of a family bereavement and ...
- ICC elite panel umpire Billy Doctrove retires (Category: Breaking News)
- Madugalle, Mahanama, Dharmasena, de Silva for World Cup (Category: Sports)
- Du Plessis clinches series for South Africa (Category: Business)
- Pakistan hoping for ‘fresh start’ against England (Category: Business)
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday unveiled Sri Lanka's star pacer Lasith Malinga as the official ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012.
Dubai, Jun 8 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka's star pacer Lasith Malinga, as the official event ambassador for the Twenty 20 World Cup.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka's star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012.
- 100 days to go countdown celebrations for ICC World Twenty20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lankan Team with children from the charity ‘Room to Read’ (Category: Sports)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lankas star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012. The cricketing icon is renowned and admired for his unique cricketing style and vibrancy and is one of the worlds best Twenty20 players. .
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