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“Their leagues want more patronage”: Sunil Gavaskar calls for Indian players to be allowed in foreign leagues
Franchise T20 leagues are currently a growing phenomenon in world cricket. After the concept became popular in countries like India, Australia and England, even South Africa and the United Arab Emirates have gone ahead with their own new franchise T20 leagues. IPL franchise owners control most of the teams in the two leagues. The prevalence […]
Mumbai Indians owners reveal names of T20 franchises in UAE and South Africa
Reliance Industries Limited, the owners of Mumbai Indians, today unveiled its franchise names and brand identity for the United Arab Emirates International League T20 and Cricket South Africa T20 League. The corporate body said in a press release that the two franchises will be known as the MI Emirates and MI Cape Town. MI Emirates […]
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza climbs on the rankings!!!
In the recent performance of Sikandra Raza, he climbed the ranking from 7th place to 4th place fourth in the ODI all-rounder rankings. Raza has played 116 ODIs for Zimbabwe and scored 3483 runs. He has managed to take 67 wickets and 48 catches. Bangladeshi player Shakib Al Hasan has managed to remain at the […]
Sri Lanka youth cricket team to England on 14th
The Sri Lanka youth team will leave for England on the 14th to participate in a one-day tournament against England. The coaching of this youth team has been assigned to Mr Jehan Mubarak and this is the first trip under his coaching. The Sri Lankan youth team will participate in a series of 2 Test […]
India and Pakistan announced their squads for the Asia Cup 2022…
India and Pakistan have announced their squads for the Asia Cup 2022. It is also special that several Indian popular players lost their places in the team. However, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are yet to be named to the team. This year’s Asian Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates from August […]
A famous Sri Lankan athlete has been banned for four years!!!
The Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency has imposed a four-year ban on Sri Lankan sprinter Himasha Eshan. It was confirmed that Himasha used doping in the year 2021, further, it has been confirmed that the urine sample taken from Himasha Eshan in the doping research conducted at Narahenpita Army Quarters contains doping. The Sri Lanka Anti-Doping […]
First time in its history Sri Lanka won a medal in a wrestling event in Commonwealth Games…
Nethmi Ahimsa, who for the first time managed to get a medal in the Commonwealth Games in the wrestling event, arrived on the island early today (08). Officials of the Mallava Pora Association, as well as a group of officials from the Ministry of Sports, also came to the airport premises to welcome her. At […]
Prabath Jayasuriya and Emma Lamb will be awarded the ICC Player of the Month for July.
The 30-year-old left-arm spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya, who won a Test debut in the second Test match against Australia recently, won the ICC Player of the Month award for July by the International Cricket Council. Sri Lankan spinner Prabhat Jayasuriya won the ICC Player of the Month award after defeating England’s great batsman Jonny Bairstow and […]
“I never wanted to play for Pakistan” – Sikandar Raza
The 36-year-old Zimbabwean cricketer Sikandar Raza, who was born in Pakistan, said in a recent interview that he had no intention of playing for the Pakistani national cricket team when he was living in Pakistan and that he wanted to become a fighter pilot. And while he was studying to become a pilot, his family […]
IPG comes forward as the Ground Rights Holder and the Broadcast Production Partner of one of Sri Lanka Cricket’s premier T20 domestic competition
The Innovative Production Group (IPG) wishes to announce that the company has come forward to support the SLC Skyexch Invitational T20 League. SLC, powered by Dafa News, is one of Sri Lanka Cricket’s premier domestic T20 competitions, as the tournament’s Ground Rights Holder and the Broadcast Production Partner. With this partnership, the IPG will take […]
An investigation by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Shakib Al Hasan…
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken steps to start an investigation regarding Shakib Al Hasan, an all-rounder of the Bangladesh cricket team. Shakib has promoted a betting website called Betwinner news through his Instagram and Twitter accounts and the website is ready to sponsor him. After the loss of the third T20 match between Bangladesh […]
Two of the three missing Sri Lankans athletes were found in Birmingham!!!
It was reported recently that three members of the Sri Lankan squad that went to Birmingham to participate in the 22nd Commonwealth Games have gone missing. On the first (1) of August, a 30-year-old Judo player named Marappulige Chamila Delaney and Tikiri Hannadige Duminda Asela de Silva a 40-year-old judo coach, 20-year-old Yodha Pedige Sanith […]
Victory for St. Peter’s College in the 48th Josephian-Peterite One Day Cricket Match!!!
On the 48th, St. Peter’s College managed to win the Josephian-Peterite one-day Cricket match held at the SSC ground in Colombo on 6th August 2022. St. Peter’s College batted first at the invitation of St. Joseph’s College who won the toss. At the end of the 50 overs, St. Peter’s College scored 245 runs for […]
Another tournament win for New Zealand!!!
The touring New Zealand team managed to defeat the Netherlands team by 2-0 in the T20 series which consisted of two matches between the touring New Zealand team and the Netherlands team. In response to the 148 runs scored by New Zealand in the first match, the Netherlands team could only score 132 runs. New […]
A 2-0 series win for South Africa…
South Africa defeated the Irland team by 44 runs in the last and second T20 match held on 5th August. Along with that, South Africa has managed to win four international T20 matches in the last ten days. Batting first, South Africa scored 182 runs for the loss of six wickets at the end of […]
Wanindu loses THE HUNDRED tournament…
Sri Lanka’s top spinner Wanindu Hasaranga won’t be participating in The Hundred tournament this year. This tournament will be held for a month from 3rd August to 3rd September. However, although Wanidu requested permission from the Sri Lanka Cricket Board to participate in this tournament, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board rejected his request. It was […]
A big defeat for the Sri Lankan Women’s Cricket team by ten wickets!!!
The South African Women’s cricket team managed to win by ten wickets in the match held on 04th August between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Group B of the Women’s T20 tournament of the Commonwealth Games. South African captain Sune Luus, who won the toss, decided to bowl first and the bowlers managed to […]
Sri Lanka Football to host SAFF U17 Championship…
Sri Lanka Football will be hosting the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U17 Championship for the first time. The tournament will take place from 5th–14th September in Colombo. This is the first time Sri Lanka is hosting a SAFF tournament since the 2012 SAFF Women’s Championship. This is another step in the development of Sri […]
Sri Lanka women’s cricket team’s medal dream faded away…
The New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to win by 45 runs in the match held yesterday between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Group B of the Women’s T20 tournament held under the Commonwealth Games. Batting first, the New Zealand women’s cricket team managed to score 147 runs by losing 7 wickets at the […]
Tamil Union Sports Club wins the SLC Major Clubs Limited Over Champions…
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club defeated Sri Lanka Army Sports Club by 7 wickets according to Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method and Tamil Union Sports Club managed to get an excellent victory in the final of the Inter Club First Class One Day Tournament today (02) at the SSC Sports Club Ground. In the semi-finals, Sri Lanka Army […]
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