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Kenya's cricketers conjured up their best performance of a previously disappointing tour on Thursday, as the picturesque Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium welcomed back international cricket after a seven-month ownership dispute

Whitewashing visiting cricket sides is becoming quite a common feature with Sri Lankan national teams and Sri Lanka A are looking for a three-nil clean sweep when they take on Kenya in the final unofficial Test at Dambulla on Thursday

The Selection Committee of the BCCSL has chosen the following 14 players for the Sri Lanka `A' squad, from whom 11 players will be selected on the morning of the 3rd Unofficial Test Match versus the Kenya National Cricket Team, which is to be played

Kenyan coach Sandeep Patil admitted to being hurt by the manner in which his side slumped to defeat in the second unofficial Test against Sri Lanka A in Matara, calling it the worst performance in his three-year tenure

Kenya slumped to an innings and 152 run defeat against Sri Lanka A at Uyanawatte Stadium in Matara to give the home team an unassailable two-nil lead in the unofficial three-match Test series

Match ticket prices have been announced for the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa between Feb 8-March 23 next year

Sri Lanka A captain Upul Chandana dominated the second day of the unofficial Test at Matara on Friday when he launched a blistering assault on Kenya's hapless bowlers

Sri Lanka A's batsman capitalised on a fine batting pitch and clear skies to leave themselves in commanding position at the end of the first day of the second unofficial Test against Kenya at Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara on Thursday

The scene of the three match unofficial Test series between Sri Lanka A and Kenya now moves to the coastal town of Matara where the visitors will be striving hard to win the second four-day match and keep their chances of winning the series alive

The first unofficial four-day Test between Kenya and Sri Lanka A looked to be meandering towards a probable draw at the end of a soporific third day

Avishka Gunawardene and Ian Daniel shared an opening partnership of 106 before rain washed out the final session's play on the second day of the first four-day unofficial Test between Sri Lanka 'A' and the touring Kenyans at the Sara Stadium

Ravindu Shah and Hitesh Modi, two players of Indian origin held the Kenyan batting together with constrasting half-centuries on opening day of the first four-day unofficial cricket Test against Sri Lanka 'A' at the Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday

The Kenyan No 4 Maurice Ouma enlivened proceedings at Colin Maiden Park in Auckland today as he took the Papua New Guinea bowlers apart and led his team to victory in the two teams' final match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup

Kenya, keen to attain full Test status, have an opportunity to put forward their case for full membership status of the ICC when they start a series of three four-day unofficial Test matches against Sri Lanka A on Thursday at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium

Bangladesh Test player Mohammad Ashraful came good today at the ICC Under-19 World Cup when producing his best innings in his side's Plate Championship win over Kenya

In a brutally clinical fashion, the young Zimbabweans today demonstrated the gulf between Africa's junior Test-playing nation and those countries climbing the cricket ladder

Kaushal Lokuarachchi, a former Sri Lanka under 19 World Cup cricketer took nine wickets for 50 runs with his right-arm leg-spin to dismisse Kenya for 234 in the drawn two-day game between the Development Squad and the touring Kenyan cricketers at the

Kenya might have considered it a minor triumph in their tournament plan but their 114 runs scored off 49.3 overs were never going to be enough to stop the West Indies in their game at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Dunedin today

The national cricket selectors have appointed Sri Lanka all-rounder Upul Chandana to lead Sri Lanka A in the unofficial three Tests and three one-day international series against Kenya who arrive on Wednesday for a seven-match tour.

Scotland picked up a victory when beating Kenya in their pool match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup match in a rain-affected match in Dunedin today