Category: Sports

Feb 6, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Coca Cola unit has teamed up with former cricket star Aravinda de Silva to launch ˜Cricket pathway’, a project to search for cricketing talent in rural areas in the country. “Coca Cola wants to see youngsters blossoming from school champions to world champions with guidance and support from […]

BRISBANE, Australia, Feb 5, 2008 (AFP) – A magnificent Gautam Gambhir century and an unbeaten 88 from captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India’s recovery in their one-day international against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.India finished their 50 overs on 267 for four at the Gabba after slumping to 83-4, losing three wickets for just three […]

Australia, Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team were looking to copy India and take the attack to Australia on their own turf during the triangular one-day cricket series. Sri Lanka play their first game in the tournament when they take on India at the Gabba here Tuesday, weather […]

SYDNEY, Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday said it has asked Cricket Australia for beefed up security in the aftermath of an egg attack on its touring cricketers and officials in Hobart, Tasmania. Sri Lankan team manager Shriyan Samararatne confirmed the incident happened on Thursday night and said an egg thrown from a […]

HOBART, Australia, Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) – Opener Sanath Jayasuriya was hit in the jaw as Sri Lanka slumped to a disappointing defeat here Saturday in their final warm-up match before the triangular series against India and Australia.The Sri Lankans beat the Prime Minister’s XI comfortably on Wednesday in Canberra, but Tasmania thrashed them by […]

Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) – South Africa’s decision to quit a triangular one-day series in 2006 caused Sri Lanka’s hard-up cricketing body to lose 11 million dollars, a top official said here Saturday.Ranatunga said SLC was currently surviving on a six-million dollar bank overdraft, but India’s Test and one-day tour of Sri Lanka in July-August […]

Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new cricket chief and former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has revealed his board has no money left and is banking on financial support from India to stay afloat.Ten Sports’ 50-million dollar deal ends in 2009 and there were allegations that the previous administration had extended it till 2012 without […]

CANBERRA, Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka kicked off their limited overs tour of Australia in good style, beating the Prime Minister’s XI by four wickets here Wednesday. Some quality fast bowling by the tourists helped them dismiss the PM’s XI, which featured some of Australia’s best young players, for just 152 after they […]

ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 29, 2008 (AFP) – Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was cleared Tuesday of racially abusing Australia’s Andrew Symonds, the International Cricket Council said. Harbhajan pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of using abusive language and was fined 50 percent of his match fee by appeals commissioner John Hansen, ICC spokesman Sami-ul-Hasan told reporters […]

MELBOURNE, Jan 21, 2008 (AFP) – A number of Australian Test hopefuls will get the chance to stake their claim for higher honours when they play for the Prime Minister’s XI against Sri Lanka on January 30 at Canberra’s Manuka Oval.Cricket Australia Monday announced a strong squad for the match and included in the side […]

Jan 14, 2008(LBO) – A Sri Lankan team which participated in the Malaysian Rainforest Challenge and emerged first runner up, relates the story of a challenging 10-day course through the Terengganu tropical rainforest. 2007 Rainforest Challenge news 2007 Rainforest Challenge photos Driver Indika Sanjaya and co-driver Navin Marapana were 21 points behind the winners, a […]

Jan 14, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Monday named a pace-oriented squad for the upcoming one-day series in Australia also featuring India.Sri Lanka’s one-day squad: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Dilruwan Perera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, […]