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Australia to help out cash-strapped Sri Lanka

Cricket Australia has come to the aid of Sri Lanka's cash-strapped cricket board, agreeing to play two extra one-day internationals during next year's tour, a gesture of goodwill that will raise an estimated US$800,000

25-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Sri Lanka ends television dispute over England tour

A television dispute that had threatened coverage of England's winter tour to Sri Lanka was settled on Tuesday afternoon, as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) signed a broadcasting agreement with Taj Television

23-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Arnold reveals a new spring in his step

Russel Arnold will be playing for his international future when he leads Sri Lanka A during their tough tour of South Africa and Kenya starting on Monday

22-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo Staff

Sri Lanka players back in action after long lay-off

Sri Lanka's leading cricketers will return to action after a 10-week break as the Premier League Limited Over Tournament (PLOT) commences on the weekend

19-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

New provincial tournament introduced to raise standards

Sri Lanka Cricket has revealed plans to introduce a new super-competitive provincial tournament to raise the standard of the domestic cricket and help young cricketers adjust better to the demands of international cricket

19-Sep-2003•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka television dispute closer to settlement

A complex television dispute that could have jeopardised coverage of England 's tour to Sri Lanka now looks to be nearing a settlement following the decision by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to call for "expressions of interest" from companies interested

19-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo Staff

Sri Lankan cricketers nabbed at Heathrow

Two Sri Lankan club cricketers were nabbed at London's Heathrow airport by officers of the anti-terrorist branch when they were about to board a Sri Lankan Airlines flight to Colombo

15-Sep-2003•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

BCCSL agrees to new corporate identity

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has followed the recent example of Cricket Australia, and decided to change its corporate identity

15-Sep-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Dambulla to get floodlights before England series

The Sri Lankan board plans to erect permanent floodlights at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in time for England's arrival in November

13-Sep-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lokuarachchi to miss England series

Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Sri Lanka's legspinning allrounder, will miss the forthcoming tour by England after being banned from all cricket for four months by the Sri Lankan board (BCCSL)

13-Sep-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lokuarachchi banned for four months

Sri Lanka's allrounder Kaushal Lokuarachchi, who was recently involved in a fatal motor accident, has been suspended from all cricket for four months and will miss the forthcoming home series against England

13-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Mike Watkinson denies he is the heir apparent

Watkinson has played down suggestions that he is in line to succeed Duncan Fletcher, after accepting the position of assistant coach for this winter's tour of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

11-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

England win sets up Test table challenges

England's fighting comeback to tie their Test series with South Africa has added some spice to the southern-hemisphere season, starting with next month's New Zealand-India series

09-Sep-2003•Lynn McConnell

Clarke and Collingwood in - Bicknell, Kirtley and Smith out

England's selectors today named the tour parties for the first part of this winter's tour

09-Sep-2003•Steven Lynch

Dyson hopes to instil winning attitude in Sri Lankan team

John Dyson, Sri Lanka's new coach, and his Australian support team have started an intensive skills and fitness training programme to prepare Sri Lanka's cricketers for a tough summer ahead that includes home series against England and Australia

05-Sep-2003•Charlie Austin

Another television-contract dispute looms for BCCSL

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) faces the prospect of a possible legal dispute with Taj Television, a Dubai-based sports broadcaster, if it fails to recognise a three-year television and sponsorship contract signed in October

03-Sep-2003•Charlie Austin

Where next to conquer?

Cricket is a hard sell and takes time and effort to assimilate

01-Sep-2003•Gideon Haigh

Barmy Army face hotel shortage in Sri Lanka

England fans travelling to Sri Lanka this winter face a struggle finding accommodation for their trip

31-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Sri Lankan board closes in on television dispute settlement

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) is nearing a settlement with its former television partner WSG Nimbus, according to BCCSL sources

29-Aug-2003•Charlie Austin

Lokuarachchi suspended pending inquiry

Kaushal Lokuarachchi has been suspended from all forms of cricket pending a disciplinary inquiry, following his involvement in a car crash that killed a woman and injured her son, in the district of Gampaha in the early hours of Saturday morning

20-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

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