The Sri Lanka cricket team is facing a crisis since captain T.M. Dilshan was acting according to the advice of his manager Roshan Abeysinghe, ignoring the team coach, Jeff Marsh’s instructions, sources said. Coach Jeff marsh after inspecting the wicket before the third test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa had asked Dilshan to [...]
The main problem with Sri Lankan cricket at present is that the players are not playing as a unit, Nishantha Ranatunga, the newly elected secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has said. Sri Lanka have struggled since reaching the 2011 World Cup final in April, losing Test and ODI series against Australia and Pakistan, and [...]
The Indian Premier League released its 2012 tournament schedule on Friday, confirming that no matches will be played in Sri Lanka despite a request from the island’s cricket authorities. Upali Dharmadasa, the new president of Sri Lanka Cricket, said earlier this week that he had asked the Indian board to hold some IPL matches on the island [...]
South Africa won their first home series since 2008, a period in which they had been denied on five occasions, prevailing over Sri Lanka by 10 wickets, to take the rubber 2-1. An innings defeat seemed the most likely result at the start of the day, but a wicketless pre-lunch session and another century from the resurgent ThilanSamaraweera helped [...]
England will face Norway and Belgium in their final fixtures before Euro 2012, with two friendly dates having been put in place. With the countdown to this summer’s European Championship well underway, the Three Lion are busy piecing together their plans for international glory. Their first outing of 2012 will come on 29th February when [...]
Sri Lanka ended a run of 15 Tests without a victory to claim their first ever win in South Africa by 208 runs at the second Test in Durban, owing to two century knocks of 102 and 108 by Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara respectively, in the 1st and 2nd innings. Rangana Herath took 5-79 [...]
Those who have served in recent interim committees have no moral right to contest the upcoming elections for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), says the last man to hold the elected office. Thilanga Sumathipala told BBC Sandeshsaya that former interim committee members are accused of ruining the cricket administration in Sri Lanka. Mr Sumathipala who declared [...]
Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Monday he would like to continue as Sri Lanka captain for another tour before deciding about his future after losing his third one-day series in a row. A Shahid Afridi-inspired Pakistan edged out Sri Lanka by 26 runs on Sunday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. The [...]
The cabinet has decided to grant a Rs. one billion loan to cash-strapped Sri Lanka Cricket, which has been unable to even pay employees’ salaries, reports said. Ministers who met on November 16 approved a paper presented in this regard by sports ministerMahindananda Aluthgamage. SLC needs Rs. 23.2 m every month to pay salaries, and an additional Rs. 7.8 m [...]
Star Sri Lankan bowlerLasith Malinga is sorry that he is yet to be recognized by local cricket authorities despite his brilliant performance with the ball. Malinga is the first and only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and [...]
Sri Lanka’s cricket board (SLC) has been officially warned for the “poor” quality of the pitch at Galle, which hosted the first test in their recent series against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday. The SLC was in line for a sanction after the pitch was criticised as “too dry” by both [...]
Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan is hoping to be picked up by another franchise after the BCCI terminated Kochi Tuskers Kerala from the Indian Premier League on Monday. The Indian Board took the step at the AGM held in Mumbai after the Kochi outfit defaulted on paying the annual guarantee money to the tune [...]
The international football governing body, Fifa, has admitted that the headquarters of Sri Lanka Football Federation (FFSL) is rented out to private business. Denying any wrongdoing, Fifa earlier said that the FFSL headquarters “only hosts FFSL and the FIFA development office.” In an email communication to BBC Sinhala service, Sandeshaya in July it said that [...]
A hugely proud Kumar Sangakkara hopes Sri Lanka will celebrate his 100th Test appearance with a series-levelling victory over Australia in the final match in Colombo from Friday. “It’s a great honour to have represented my country for a period of time, and also a great honour to play 100 Test matches,” Sangakkara told reporters [...]
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