Category: Sports

June 9, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket chief Jayantha Dharmadasa was granted 100,000 rupees (910 dollars) bail by the commercial court of Colombo over his alleged role in manipulating share prices.Dharmadasa, who heads Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing body of the sport, his son and seven others are charged with illegally boosting the share […]

BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2007 (AFP) – Shaun Pollock smashed a maiden one-day century, but failed to stop Asia from posting a 34-run win over Africa in the first match of the Afro-Asia cricket series here on Wednesday.The South African scored a robust 130 as his team were restricted to 283 while chasing a stiff […]

BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan hit an unbeaten 47 to guide Asia XI to a six-wicket victory over Africa XI in the one-off Twenty20 cricket match here on Tuesday.The Asian team were struggling at 34-3 before surpassing their opponents’ modest total of 109-8 with more than four overs to […]

SYDNEY, June 6, 2007 (AFP) – Australian provincial coach Trevor Bayliss will fly to Sri Lanka next week to be interviewed for the vacant national coach’s position, it was reported Wednesday.. The Sydney Morning Herald said New South Wales state coach Bayliss was a candidate for the position vacated by fellow countryman Tom Moody, who […]

June 6, 2007 (AFP) – A senior Sri Lankan air force officer has been appointed as the new manager of the national cricket team, replacing Michael Tissera, a Sri Lanka Cricket official said Wednesday.Air Vice Marshal Sriyan Samararatne, a strict disciplinarian, was picked after facing an interview panel Wednesday by Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing […]

BANGALORE, India, June 4, 2007 (AFP) – India’s cricket chiefs failed to name a new national coach on Monday even as South African Graham Ford replaced Dav Whatmore as the frontrunner for the post.“We have decided to invite Ford and another coach of foreign origin for discussions,” N.Srinivasan, treasurer of the Board of Control for […]

DHAKA, June 4, 2007 (AFP) – Bangladesh’s cricket selectors on Monday recalled left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and teenage wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim for an upcoming three-Test series in Sri Lanka.Razzak, who played his only Test against Australia in 2006, returned to the squad after his impressive performances in one-day cricket, chief selector Faruq Ahmed said. “Razzak […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 3, 2007 (AFP) – The Jamaican Police have requested a third pathology report on the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper quoted a senior police officer saying.The officer, who did not want to be named, said Woolmer was not murdered. “Certainly, in my view it was […]

LONDON, June 2, 2007 (AFP) – Jamaican police are set to announce that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered, but died of natural causes, a British newspaper said Saturday, citing a source close to the inquiry. The Daily Mail said Jamaican detectives would announce at a press conference next week that they are […]

DHAKA, May 28, 2007 (AFP) – Bangladesh’s outgoing coach Dav Whatmore on Monday denied as “mere speculation” reports he had been offered a job with India, saying nothing had been finalised yet.Indian media had reported for the past week that Whatmore, 53, had been offered a one-year contract by the Board of Control for Cricket […]

May 28, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s sports minister on Monday extended Asantha de Mel’s term as chairman of cricket selectors despite a call from the governing board of the sport for his dismissal.“I have appointed the same committee for another two months with Asantha as the chief selector,” Gamini Lokuge told AFP. De Mel, […]

May 28, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya said Monday he is delighted to captain the MCC against the touring West Indians.The three-day match which starts on Friday in Durham, northern England, includes Mali Richards, son of West Indian legend Sir Viv Richards, and Irish captain William Porterfield. “I am honoured to […]