Three Pakistan players suspended by ICC and charged under anti-corruption code The three Pakistancricketers at the centre of an alleged betting scam that has thrown world cricket into crisis were last night charged under the anti-corruption code of the game’s governing body and provisionally suspended. [Views:8] [Fri, Sep 03, 2010] [Full Article]
Pakistan credibility reaches breaking point The corruption scandal that exploded this week is the latest damaging blow to Pakistan cricket and former players fear it could be the one that finally crushes the credibility of the sport in the South Asian nation. [Views:31] [Thu, Sep 02, 2010] [Full Article]
Lanka match fixed The match fixing scandal involving Pakistani cricketers has begun to reveal more details with the main suspect saying even the Asia cup match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in June this year was fixed. [Views:63] [Mon, Aug 30, 2010] [Full Article]
Perera five-for takes Sri Lanka to final Sri Lanka came into the game needing to win to stay alive in the tournament. Their captain had made some prickly comments - "We don't try and hide behind the press or hide behind our board" - on the eve of the game. [Views:78] [Mon, Aug 23, 2010] [Full Article]
England 2018 World Cup bid team hires Octopus Paul London, Aug 20 (AP): The octopus that grabbed fame by predicting correctly the result of each of Germany’s matches at this year’s World Cup has switched allegiance to England. [Views:72] [Sat, Aug 21, 2010] [Full Article]
Match abandoned, fresh start tomorrow
The ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Rangiri stadium in Dambulla was abandoned for the day a short while ago due to persistent rain. A fresh match will be played tomorrow at the same venue. Tickets for today’s match will grant spectators admission for tomorrow’s match. [Views:77] [Fri, Aug 20, 2010] [Full Article]
No-ball row: Sangakkara takes full responsibility: Report Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has taken full responsibility for the no ball bowled to deny India’s Virendra Sehwag a century on Monday, and says the guilty will be punished. [Views:78] [Wed, Aug 18, 2010] [Full Article]
ICC welcomes SLC’s move to inquire no ball fiasco: BCCI unmoved The International Cricket Council today welcomed Sri Lanka Cricket’s decision to inquire into the deliberate no-ball controversy and said it would expect SLC to share the outcome of the report with the game’s governing body. [Views:70] [Wed, Aug 18, 2010] [Full Article]
Randiv clears out no-ball hype with Sehwag Sri Lanka Cricket sources told Ada Derana that Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv has personally cleared out the misunderstanding with Indian batsman Virender Sehwag regarding yesterday’s no-ball incident. Meanwhile Sehwag in his official twitter page wrote, “Randiv came to my room and apologised,” [Views:69] [Wed, Aug 18, 2010] [Full Article]
India trounce Lanka at Dambulla India (171/40 beat Sri Lanka (170) by six wickets in the third match of the Tri Nation series played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket stadium this evening. India won the bonus point as well. [Views:80] [Tue, Aug 17, 2010] [Full Article]
Anarkali faints in Kandy Southern Provincial Councilor and Actress Anarkali Akarsha while witnessing the Kumbal Perahara in Kandy had suddenly fainted and was rushed by the police to a hotel near the Dalada Maligawa to rest. [Views:97] [Tue, Aug 17, 2010] [Full Article]
Yuvraj has fever not dengue Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has not contracted dengue but is only suffering with a mild fever according to reports.
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‘Sri Lanka govt pressuring fans’ - MIA M.I.A. has claimed that the Sri Lankan government is forcing her fans to remove her videos from YouTube. [Views:102] [Fri, Aug 13, 2010] [Full Article]
Kolkata Knight Riders sign Mohammad Irfan Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has signed the 6′10 giant Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Irfan on the recommendation of team’s bowling coach Wasim Akram. [Views:90] [Fri, Aug 13, 2010] [Full Article]
Has Sri Lanka found Murali’s successor? Sri Lankan Cricket have found a possible successor to Muttiah Muralitharan but they will have to wait for the youngster to blossom. The Lankan board is now closely working with the school that coaches players with unconventional talent! [Views:112] [Thu, Aug 12, 2010] [Full Article]
India wins third Test by 5 wickets India managed to pull off a decisive win over hosts Sri Lanka in the third Test played at P. Sara stadium a short while ago. Raina brought up the series-leveling victory with a six over long-on. [Views:106] [Sun, Aug 08, 2010] [Full Article]
Three youngsters detained for heckling Yuvraj – Indian media Three youngsters, aged between 24 and 25, were detained by the police for allegedly heckling Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh here on Tuesday. [Views:115] [Thu, Aug 05, 2010] [Full Article]
Gambhir to miss third Test, Harbhajan also doubtful Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was today ruled out of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka after failing to recover from a knee injury which had forced him out of the drawn second match. [Views:105] [Tue, Aug 03, 2010] [Full Article]
MR offers Pakistan help President Mahinda Rajapaksa telephoned Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani today and offered to send a team of doctors along with medicines to support relief efforts for flood victims in the country. [Views:113] [Tue, Aug 03, 2010] [Full Article]
‘Stumpy’ joins ICC World Cup “Stumpy” the name of the mascot for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2011 was unveiled a short while ago at Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo. [Views:134] [Mon, Aug 02, 2010] [Full Article]
