Category: Sports

Jan 13, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket chief and World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Sunday called for a revamping of the umpiring system in international matches.“My personal view is that two local umpires must officiate with the ICC (International Cricket Council) panel umpire sitting in the box with the match referee,” Ranatunga told […]

DUBAI, Jan 9, 2008 (AFP) – New Zealand judge John Hansen has been appointed as commissioner for the appeal of Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh against the finding that he made racist comments during the second Test against Australia.In the meantime, Harbhajan may continue to play pending the verdcit of the appeal being given.The BCCI announced […]

Jan 2, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new cricket chief Arjuna Ranatunga took up his post Wednesday, vowing to stamp out corruption in the running of the sport. The 1996 World Cup winning captain said an independent audit group would scrutinise the accounts of the cash-rich Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) body before he took responsibility […]

Dec 31, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket chief Jayantha Dharmadasa on Monday stepped down, clearing the way for former captain Arjuna Ranatunga to take over in the top job. “He has offered his resignation in writing to the Sports Ministry secretary and will cease to be in office with effect from this evening,” Sri […]

Dec 30, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is to be formally appointed as head of the cricket administration next week, officials said Sunday.“His appointment is confirmed and he should take over next week as chairman of the cricket interim committee,” a senior presidential official, who did not want to be […]

LONDON, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) – By the end of a year where Australia continued to remain supreme as the leading Test and one-day side it was easy to think little had changed in world cricket.They won a third straight World Cup and, after a run of 14 consecutive Test wins, they were closing in […]

LONDON, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) – England captain Michael Vaughan was on Monday fined 40 percent of his match fee for his team’s slow over rate during the third and final Test against Sri Lanka. The tourists failed in their bid for victory in the match in Galle last week, with the drawn result meaning […]

DUBAI, Dec 22, 2007 (AFP) – England might have been scrambled to a rain-affected draw against Sri Lanka on Saturday, but the result could not prevent them from slipping three places to fifth position in the ICC Test Championship table.When time was called on the match in Galle on Saturday, England had battled to 251-6 […]

LONDON, Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) – After a dismal performance at the crease on Thursday in Galle, Sri Lanka, where they were bowled out for just 81 in the final match in the three-Test series, England’s cricketers will not want to eye the British newspapers. Described as “pathetic” and “spineless”, England were blasted in Friday […]

GALLE, Sri Lanka, Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) – Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten half-century as England began a long vigil to avoid defeat in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday.The tourists, following on 418 runs behind after being dismissed for a new low of 81 against Sri Lanka in the […]

GALLE, Sri Lanka, Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) – A heavy downpour that began at the lunch interval washed out the afternoon session on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test between England and Sri Lanka here on Friday. Continued wet weather has been forecast for the next 48 hours. The ground was […]

GALLE, Sri Lanka, Dec 19, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene was one run away from becoming his country’s leading centurion as England paid dearly for missed chances in the third Test here on Wednesday.Jayawardene was unbeaten on 99 as Sri Lanka took their overnight total of 147-4 to 287-6 by tea on […]