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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

Premier League reduced to 16 teams

The Sri Lankan cricket board has decided to reduce the number of Premier League teams to 16 next year, which means that at least two sides now face relegation

24-May-2001•Charlie Austin

Chasing the fourth innings target

23-May-2001•Arshad Chughtai

Samaraweera expected to be named Sri Lanka A captain

All-rounder Tilan Samaraweera is expected to be named as captain of the Sri Lanka A team for next month's three-match unofficial Test series against Pakistan A

23-May-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Roger Wijesuriya to head junior selection committee

According to a report in The Island newspaper today, former national spinner, Roger Wijesuriya, has been appointed Chairman of a seven-member Junior National Selection Committee

22-May-2001•CricInfo

Sports Ministry prepared to help cash crisis

The Sri Lankan Sports Ministry has reacted to the news that Thilanga Sumathipala had successful frozen the bank accounts of the Cricket Board by promising to fund the board from it's own coffers

22-May-2001•CricInfo

Sri Lanka committed to playing in Sharjah

India may be reluctant to play in Sharjah, but Sri Lanka have confirmed their commitment to the biannual triangular tournaments by signing a three-year deal with the Cricketer Benefit Fund Series (CBFS)

22-May-2001•CricInfo

Dav Whatmore: We want the Sri Lankan players to get fitter, leaner, and stronger

Dav Whatmore National Coach It may seem strange but five months of non-stop international cricket has had a slightly detrimental effect on the fitness levels of the Sri Lankan players

21-May-2001•Dav Whatmore

PwC Ratings: Gough is England's best since Willis

Darren Gough has climbed to fourth place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ratings for bowlers

21-May-2001•PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release

Sebastianites win the Premier Plate competition

Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic club won the Premier League Plate competition today when they defeated the Police by eight wickets

20-May-2001•Charile Austin

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