Category: Sports

PALLEKELE, July 26, 2013 (AFP) – David Miller and Lonwabo Tsotsobe played key roles as South Africa stunned hosts Sri Lanka by 56 runs in the third one-dayer in Pallekele on Friday to stay afloat in the five-match series.Miller plundered a robust 85 not out off 72 balls to steer South Africa to 223-7 after […]

COLOMBO, July 23, 2013 (AFP) – Rangana Herath took two crucial wickets as Sri Lanka defeated South Africa in the rain-affected one-dayer in Colombo on Tuesday, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.South Africa, set a revised target of 176 from 29 overs, were 104-5 in 21 overs when a heavy downpour at the […]

July 20, 2013 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara smashed his highest one-day score of 169 off 137 balls as Sri Lanka piled up 320-5 against South Africa at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Saturday. But the inexperience of the depleted touring squad told in the end as the Sri Lankans batted fluently on the slow […]

COLOMBO, July 17, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket administrators scrapped their Twenty20 league Wednesday after franchise holders defaulted on payments for the tournament and failed to guarantee payments to players, a top official told AFP.Sri Lankan Cricket decided not to go ahead with the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) tournament and sack the seven […]

COLOMBO, July 18, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lankan cricket chiefs handed down a fine Thursday of nearly ,000 to a batsman who tried to force open a cabin door of a British Airways flight at 35,000 feet (10,600 metres).Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said Ramith Rambukwella had been fined 50 percent of his tour fees after […]

July 17, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities will decide later Wednesday whether to scrap their Twenty20 league after all franchise holders defaulted on payments for the tournament, officials said.He said the franchise holders had also failed to come up with bank guarantees to underwrite match fees for players.Sri Lanka played its inaugural Twenty20 […]

NOTTINGHAM, July 15, 2013 (AFP) – If ever confirmation was needed the umpire’s decision is no longer final, at least at international level, the first Test between England and Australia at Trent Bridge provided the proof.An enthralling match, which England won by 14 runs, was beset by controversies over the use of the Decision Review […]

PORT OF SPAIN, July 12, 2013 (AFP) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni dragged his side to a pulsating one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday.Returning to the team after seeming to be ruled out from the rest of the tournament with a hamstring […]

PORT OF SPAIN, July 9, 2013 (AFP) – India overcame Sri Lanka and the almost continuous threat of inclement weather on Tuesday at Queen’s Park Oval to advance to the final of the Tri-Nation Series two days later against the same opponents.In yet another match in Trinidad severely affected by rain, the World Cup and […]

PORT OF SPAIN, July 8, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka weathered a middle-order revival by the West Indies and held on for a 39-run victory on the Duckworth/Lewis Scoring Method in a rain-affected fifth match of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen’s Park Oval on Monday.Sangakkara’s 95-ball knock, his 76th half-century in one-day international cricket, included […]

COLOMBO, July 9, 2013 (AFP) – Sri Lanka cricket bosses on Tuesday banned two umpires named by an Indian television programme last year that claimed they were willing to make favourable decisions during matches for cash.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it banned Sagara Gallage for 10 years from umpiring in domestic matches, and Maurice de […]

PORT OF SPAIN, July 6, 2013 (AFP) – West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has been suspended from his team’s encounter with Sri Lanka in the fifth match of the Tri-Nation Series at the Queen’s Park Oval on Sunday.In a decision handed down by the International Cricket Council match referee Jeff Crowe and released on Saturday, […]