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Why Aravinda was denied contract

The main reason for not recommending the renewal of Aravinda De Silva's contract was the comparatively small number of Test Matches involving Sri Lanka this season, one of the members of the selection committee has revealed

07-Jun-2001•Rex Clementine Fernando

Hemantha Devapriya: The players have an opportunity to impress

The Pakistan A team is soon to arrive in Colombo where they will play threeunofficial Test Matches and three One-Day matches

06-Jun-2001•CricInfo

HNB and Seylan Bank clash for Mercantile league title

Reigning champs Hatton National Bank and challengers to their title Seylan Bank recorded contrasting victories as the Mercantile 'A' division league entered its penultimate day of matches before it draws to a conclusion on Wednesday

06-Jun-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

HNB surrender Mercantile 'A' title to Seylan Bank

Hatton National Bank's three-year dominance of the Mercantile 'A' division cricket title was ended at the NCC grounds on Wednesday evening when Seylan Bank defeated them easily by seven wickets to emerge League champions.

06-Jun-2001•Saadi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka have to wait for Barry Richards to start as batting coach

The Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka will have to wait to bring in Barry Richards as batting coach

06-Jun-2001•Clementine Fernando

Dav Whatmore: The new Sri Lankan squad provides hope for the future

The Sri Lankan selectors have named a 24-man squad - Upul Chandana andKaushalya Weereratne will join the 22-man squad when they have recoveredfully from injury - for the forthcoming triangular against India and NewZealand and Test series against

06-Jun-2001•Dav Whatmore

HNB, Seylan to decide league crown

Hatton National Bank and Seylan Bank put themselves in line to win the Mercantile 'A' division league cricket title after torrential rain washed out all four matches of the Singer sponsored tournament on Sunday

04-Jun-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Samaraweera to lead Sri Lanka A in 'Test' series

Sri Lanka selectors have appointed all-rounder Tilan Samaraweera to lead the Sri Lanka A team against Pakistan A in the three-Test unofficial series commencing this month

02-Jun-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Ousted BCCSL president expresses no confidence in probe team

Ousted Sri Lanka Cricket Board (BCCSL) chief Thilanga Sumathipala said that he had no confidence in the probe committee appointed by Sports Minister Lakshman Kiriella to investigate alleged misdeeds and financial malpractices during his term of

01-Jun-2001•Saadi Thowfeeq

Aravinda de Silva refused contract by Sri Lanka board

Sri Lanka's leading run-getter in both versions of the game, Aravinda de Silva, has not been offered a contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL)

01-Jun-2001•Saadi Thawfeeq

ICC clears the air for Sri Lanka

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has accepted Vijay Malalasekera and Anura Tennekoon as Sri Lanka's representatives for its annual general meeting which will be held at Lord's later this month

01-Jun-2001•CricInfo

Charlie Austin: Interim Committee must grasp opportunity for change

The Sri Lankan cricket board has revealed that the number of teams in the Premier League - the flagship domestic competition in Sri Lanka - is to be reduced to 16

01-Jun-2001•Charlie Austin

Bad weather report forces change of venue

Reports of bad weather over the next fortnight or so have forced the Sri Lanka Interim Cricket Board to move the venue of the first unofficial cricket Test against Pakistan A from the NCC grounds to Dambulla Cricket Stadium

01-Jun-2001•CricInfo

Most wickets in a Test Match for Pakistan

Harbhajan Singh's recent marvelous feats against Australia, claiming 13 for 196 at Calcutta and 15 for 217 at Chennai , prompted me to take a look at instances of 11 or more wickets in a Test by Pakistani bowlers

31-May-2001•Arshad Chughtai

A Silver Lining on the horizon for Asian cricket?

The black clouds that hovered over Indo-Pak cricket relations seem to have partly blown over and lo and behold, there appears a silver lining in Asia's cricket horizon

28-May-2001•Rafi Nasim

Bad weekend for Sampath Bank

Sampath Bank suffered their second successive defeat of the weekend when they lost by 26 runs to Access Group in a Mercantile 'A' division cricket match played at Moors SC grounds on Sunday.

27-May-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

National cricketers steal limelight

Sri Lanka cricketers stole the limelight in the four Mercantile `A'division cricket matches played on Saturday.

26-May-2001•Saadi Thawfeeq

Technology tide will rise, despite ICC decision

In deciding to maintain the existing balance between umpiring and technology, the ICC's cricket-playing committee has predictably adopted a "wait and see" policy on lbw decisions

25-May-2001•Stephen Lamb

India to play in Pakistan in September - ACC

India will clash with Pakistan, in Pakistan, in the second match of the Asian Test Championship, which gets underway from September 1, 2001

25-May-2001•Mahmood Ahmad

No threat to Indian and New Zealand tours

The Sports Ministry in Sri Lanka denied on Wednesday that the forthcoming India and New Zealand tours to Sri Lanka in July would face any disruption because of the cash crisis that engulfed the cricket board on Monday when their bank accounts were

24-May-2001•CricInfo

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