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New faces added to Sri Lankan squad
Although the Sri Lanka ODI and T20 squad for the West Indies on the 23rd of this month has not been officially announced yet, a 20-member Sri Lanka squad is due to leave the island. […]
Month: February 2021
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Chaminda Vaas fast bowling coach on Windies tour
Chaminda Vaas is the new fast bowling coach for the West Indies tour, it is learnt here. According to the highly placed sources in the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board, the top officials are discussing […]
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Sri Lanka’s 1996 world cup winning team back in action
The members of the legendary 1996 cricket World Cup winning team are set to participate in a ceremonial cricket match to mark the 25th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s historic world cup win. The legends are […]
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Players’ attitudes must be changed -Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan, a former spin bowling champion, says he admits that the game of cricket today is very different from the game he played at the time, but that he has not changed his attitude […]
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Sri Lanka go ahead with West Indies tour in spite of positive tests
Sri Lanka said Tuesday that it will go ahead with a West Indies tour which had been thrown into doubt after opening batsman Lahiru Thirimanne and coach Mickey Arthur contracted coronavirus. The national board said […]
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Murali addressed national players
Mr. Muttiah Muralitharan, the former Sri Lanka National Player, who is serving as a member of the present ‘Cricket Committee’ of Sri Lanka Cricket, addressed the National Players. His address to the National Players took […]
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Sri Lanka celebrate 25th Anniversary of winning 1996 Cricket World Cup
On 17th March 2021 Sri Lanka will be celebrating 25th Anniversary of winning the 1996 Cricket World Cup defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Sri Lanka’s first sports website […]
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Four players removed from West Indies tour
Sri Lanka Cricket has requested the Sri Lanka National Team Management and Selection Committee to strictly enforce the fitness guidelines for contracted players. Accordingly, it has been decided to remove the four players who failed […]
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Sri Lanka National Squad performs the ‘2 KM’ run fitness test
Sri Lanka Cricket today launched the ‘2 KM Run Fitness Test’ for the National Players to ascertain their fitness levels. Accordingly, 32 of the players out of a 36 member provisional squad training for the […]
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Vijayakanth Vyaskanth surprise insertion for IPL player auction
School boy Sri Lankan cricketer Vijayakanth Vyaskanth has been included in the final names of nine Sri Lankan cricketers for the 2021 VIVO IPL or Indian Premier League Cricket Tournament who have been shortlisted. Along […]