Sri Lanka Premier League to go ahead as per schedule
The second edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League is to go ahead as scheduled, the sports ministry announced in Colombo on Tuesday.
June 5 2013, 12:57 pm
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The second edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League is to go ahead as scheduled, the sports ministry announced in Colombo on Tuesday.
June 5 2013, 12:57 pm
Read MoreDefending champions Australia will have to put David Warner's bar brawl controversy and questions surrounding their team culture behind them when they take on Sri Lanka in their final league fixture the Oval on Monday to decide the last of the remaining ICC Champions Trophy 2013 semifinal places.
June 16 2013, 3:45 pm
Read MoreIt is almost as if fate mysteriously conspires to setup India-Sri Lanka contests. While the two teams have faced each other innumerable times in bilateral and tri-nation tournaments in the last few years, they invariably clash at the big events as well. An Australian fight-back in the last league game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 ensured that Sri Lanka finished second in Group A — a result that setup a semi-final encounter against India on June 20 in Cardiff.
June 18 2013, 10:34 am
Read MoreSri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga insisted that SLC has "zero tolerance" policy towards corruption in the wake of reports emerging that some Indian bookies are benami owners of franchises in the Sri Lanka Premier League.
May 29 2013, 11:54 am
Read MoreThe Sri Lankan government is mulling to bring a tough anti-corruption law against unfair practices in sports in the wake of spot-fixing scandals in the Indian Premier League and Bangladesh Premier League.
June 6 2013, 5:03 pm
Read MoreThe spot-fixing and betting scandal in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches is unfortunate, but IPL should not be scrapped, former Sri Lanka fast bowler Ashanta De Mel said.
June 9 2013, 4:26 pm
Read MoreA Buddhist monk nationalist group Ravana Balaya (Ravana Force) protested against the ICC's faux pas during the opening ceremony of the Champions Trophy match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Cardiff where a Hindi song was played instead of the Sri Lankan national anthem. The monk group staged a demonstration in front of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) headquarters in Colombo.
June 10 2013, 4:01 pm
Read MoreThree outstation cricket teams, including a Sri Lankan outfit, will be the highlight of the Goa Premier League (GPL) which will kick off here from February 23, the organiser said.
February 13 2013, 5:29 pm
Read MoreThe Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board is ready to assist investigation that Indian bookies may have been involved with a tournament held in the island nation last year.
May 30 2013, 1:31 pm
Read MoreAngelo Mathews, born June 2, 1987, is Sri Lanka’s future in international cricket and their youngest-ever Test captain. Shrikant Shankar analyses the all-rounder’s career so far and what he has to offer the island nation going into a completely new generation.
June 2 2013, 11:25 am
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