Category: Sports

HONG KONG, October 24, 2008 (AFP) – Big hitting Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been confirmed for the annual Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament, organisers said Friday. The former 1996 Cricket World Cup winner will join an All Star team that includes West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Australian Justin Langer, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming […]

TORONTO, October 13, 2008 (AFP) – Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, with his trademark big-hitting, and newboy Ajantha Mendis, delving into his bag of bewildering spin tricks, led Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Canada Twenty20 final here on Monday.Chasing 133 to win, Sri Lanka registered their first win over Pakistan in the […]

TORONTO, October 10, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s latest spin sensation Ajantha Mendis took three wickets and was named man of the match as his side clinched a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first game of the Canada T20 event here on Friday. Mendis, recently named the ICC’s Emerging Player of the Year, finished […]

COLOMBO, September 27, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Saturday named a 15-member squad Saturday for the inaugural four-nation Twenty20 tournament to be played in Toronto next month.The squad does not include a specialist wicket-keeper, with Tillakaratne Dilshan standing in for regular keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who recently underwent finger surgery in Australia and will miss the […]

September 21, 2008 (AFP) – A selection dispute has hit the announcement of the Sri Lankan national team for the 20Twenty competition in Canada, officials said Sunday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge told AFP he was considering a […]

September 21, 2008 (AFP) – A selection dispute has hit the announcement of the Sri Lankan national team for the 20Twenty competition in Canada, officials said Sunday. Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge told AFP he was considering a complaint from batsman Indika de Saram who had complained after not being selected for the team to play […]

DUBAI, September 10, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis was named as the International Cricket Council (ICC) emerging player of the year at an awards ceremony here Wednesday.Players eligible for this award must be under 26 years of age at the start of the voting period (August 9 2007) and have […]

NEW DELHI, September 8, 2008 (AFP) – West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and South African Dale Steyn are set to dominate the fifth ICC awards night on Wednesday. The three were nominated for both the cricketer of the year and the Test player of the year awards that will be announced […]

August 29, 2008 (AFP) – Nuwan Kulasekara wrecked India’s top order with a career-best haul of 4-40 to bowl Sri Lanka to a consolation 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-day international here on Friday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 India, who already […]

August 27, 2008 (AFP) – India survived Sanath Jayasuriya’s explosive half-century to clinch the series against Sri Lanka with a 46-run victory in the fourth one-day international here on Wednesday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 India restricted the hosts to 212 under lights after […]

August 27, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas on Wednesday became the fourth bowler to complete 400 wickets in one-day internationals, achieving the feat during the fourth match against India here. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The left-arm seamer had Yuvraj Singh caught […]

August 25, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s top cricketers had a shot at Bollywood stardom when they were filmed for an upcoming movie that features some of the best players in the world. Type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 to recieve instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile. Scenes for “Victory,” a […]