Category: Sports News

Hashan Tillakaratne alleges match-fixing in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Dropping a bombshell, former Sri Lanka skipper Hashan Tillakaratne has claimed that match-fixing is common in his country since 1992 and promised to reveal names of those involved, soon. Tillakaratne, who played 83 Tests and 200 ODIs for Sri Lanka, made the sensational claim while appearing in a TV show. […]



Retirement due to injury fears – Malinga

Sri Lankan star bowler Lasith Malinga today said that he had taken the decision to retire from test cricket, before the 2011 World Cup due to his physical condition and injuries and hoped to play in the shorter forms of the games until the next World Cup  in 2015. […]



Sangakkara, Jayawardene support Malinga’s decision

Former Sri Lankan captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have backed fast bowler Lasith Malinga’s decision to quit Tests on account of a degenerative knee condition. Malinga announced his retirement last week, when the Sri Lankan board questioned his participation in the IPL after withdrawing from the upcoming England Tests citing fitness issues. Sangakkara pointed […]



Malinga took the right decision, says Mahela

Jaipur Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene feels speedster Lasith Malinga has taken the right decision in bidding adieu to Test cricket and said it would help his dream of playing in the 2015 World Cup. The Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper said Malinga has been suffering from this injury for quite some time and quitting […]



SLC asks Malinga to return from IPL

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s selection committee has asked Lasith Malinga to return home from the IPL and undergo rehabilitation after the fast bowler made himself unavailable for the upcoming Test series in England citing injury. Sri Lanka’s new chairman of selectors Duleep Mendis has said that Malinga wrote to the Board to say he was unavailable […]



Sri Lanka name Atapattu as batting coach

COLOMBO (AFP) – Former captain Marvan Atapattu has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s batting coach, the cricket board said on Tuesday. Atapattu, 40, joins interim coach Stuart Law for next month’s tour of England, where Sri Lanka will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20. […]



Dilshan named captain for England tour

Tillakaratne Dilshan has been appointed Sri Lanka’s captain for all three formats during the upcoming tour of England in May following Kumar Sangakkara’s resignation from the post after the World Cup. Sri Lanka Cricket have not yet named a vice-captain to fill the role vacated by Mahela Jayawardene because “the prospective candidates are nursing injuries, […]



BCCI, SLC likely to meet on SL players in IPL: Mahela

KOCHI: Senior Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene on Sunday said that his country’s cricket board and the BCCI are likely to meet on Monday for a “dialogue” over the return of the players taking part in the IPL midway in the Twenty20 league for a tour of England. […]



Those late from IPL’would be replaced’says minister

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage warned that Sri Lankan cricketers who do not return from Indian Premier League (IPL) 2011 tournament before the 5th of May would be replaced. Cricketers from Sri Lanka taking part in the IPL have been asked to come to Colombo by the 5th of May by minister Aluthgamage. […]



Mendis to head Sri Lanka’s new selection committee

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday appointed a new selection committee that will be headed by former skipper Duleep Mendis. Former Test players Brendon Kuruppu, Don Anurasiri and Ranjith Madurasinghe form the rest of the committee, sports ministry officials said here on Saturday. […]





Sri Lanka Cricket new captain shortly – SLC Secretary

Sri Lanka cricket selectors will appoint a new captain to the team shortly as it has to tours England in may. Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Nishantha Ranathunga said that the Selectors will met shortly to select a suitable successor as the team is scheduled to tour England in May. […]



Murali ‘never used’ computers

Sri Lanka’s great spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan, says he has “never touched” a computer and “hates” the thought of it. Murali was speaking to the BBC at a reception given in honour of the national team by President Mahinda Rajapaksa two days after they lost the ICC Cricket World Cup final to India. […]




Sangakkara to lead Chargers

HYDERABAD: Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara will lead Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League starting on April 8, according to Gayathri Reddy, owner of Chargers. […]