Sri Lanka to bid for three major ICC events between 2024-31
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced to bid to host three major ICC events in the next tournament cycle, which will begin from 2024 and will end in 2031. A media release from SLC on…
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Lanka Premier League’s second edition to start on July 30
The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), Sri Lanka’s premier domestic T20 tournament, will start from July 30 and will run till August 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced on Tuesday. The inaugural…
Sony Sports reveal schedule of India’s limited overs tour of Sri Lanka
Although the respective boards of India and Sri Lanka are yet to make an official announcement on the schedule for the upcoming ODI and T20I series, host broadcasters Sony Network on Monday tweeted the entire…
Dispute between SLC & players will be resolved ahead of England tour, expresses Sports Minister
Amid the ongoing tension between the Sri Lanka cricketers and their national board ober the new annual contract, country’s Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa has expressed hope that the dispute will be sorted out ahead of…
Sri Lanka cricketers to tour England without signing new contracts
The national cricketers of Sri Lanka’s have refused to sign the new performance-based contracts by a weekend deadline, but meanwhile also said they will participate in the upcoming England tour, scheduled to begin later this…
SL cricket team granted special permission to return home via Chartered Flight from B’desh
The Sri Lanka cricket team, which suffered a 1-2 loss in the three-match ODI rubber against Bangladesh in Dhaka, will return back to its country on Saturday via a Chartered Flight, reports have said. As…
Doors not closed for senior players: SL Coach after losing ODI series vs B’desh
After the young team selected under new captain Kusal Perera lost their ODI series away in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka head coach Mickey Arthur has said the door is not closed on any of the country’s senior…
SL pacer Fernando tests negative for Covid-19 ahead of 3rd ODI vs Bangladesh
Sri Lanka pacer Shiran Fernando, who had tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of first ODI against Bangladesh on Sunday, has finally returned negative after the third round of RT-PCR test. Fernando had tested positive ahead…
Postponed Asia Cup 2021 to now be held in 2023: ACC
The postponed Asia Cup 2021 will be held in 2023, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced. Earlier, the tournament, which was scheduled to be held in June this year in Sri Lanka, was indefinately…
Pay dispute between cricketers & SLC raises doubt over India’s tour to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne and several other senior cricketers including Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews have reportedly refused to sign the central contracts offered by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as they feel the…