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Mahinda Rajapaksa
Wed, January 30 2013
Hashan Tillakaratne joins Sanath Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka’s selection panel
Just two days after the naming of Sri Lanka's new cricket selectors' panel, Hashan Tillakaratne has been included as a new member, the sports ministry announced today.
Sun, October 07 2012
Sri Lankan President gives green signal to side’s tour of Pakistan: Reports
The 2009 Lahore terror attack is yet to become even a distant memory but Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has reportedly given his consent to the country's cricket team touring Pakistan again.
Tue, September 18 2012
ICC T20 World Cup 2012: Sri Lanka ready for its biggest-ever sports event
Hosts Sri Lanka open cricket's World Twenty20 against Zimbabwe Tuesday, kicking off the country's biggest ever sports event -- and just three years after the end of a bloody civil war.
Mon, September 17 2012
ICC T20 World Cup 2012: Sri Lanka banking on cricket to restore stained image
Sri Lanka is banking on cricket to repair the damage to its blood-stained image after the brutal end to a 37-year ethnic war as it stages the biggest tournament in the nation's post-independence history.
Sun, February 12 2012
PCB to invite Sri Lankan women’s team to tour Pakistan
The PCB will invite the Sri Lankan women's team to Pakistan next month after receiving positive vibes from the Sri Lankan government on helping Pakistan revive international cricket in the country.
Mon, December 19 2011
Thilanga Sumathipala withdraws his application for SLC chairmanship
Former Sri Lanka Cricket President turned parliamentarian Thilanga Sumathipala has withdrawn his application to run for the chairmanship in the upcoming board elections.
Thu, October 27 2011
Sri Lanka cricketers unpaid since ICC 2011 World Cup
By CricketCountry Staff
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have confirmed that about 100 contracted players have not received their salaries since the ICC 2011 World Cup, which the island nation co-hosted with India and Bangladesh.
Wed, September 21 2011
ICC confident of Sri Lanka successful hosting T20 World Cup
The ICC chief executive officer Haroon Lorgat expressed confidence that Sri Lanka will host successful Twenty20 World Cup Cricket on par with arrangements at three previous editions in South Africa, England and the West Indies.
Wed, June 08 2011
Tillakaratne denies naming de Silva, Jayasuriya in match-fixing
Former captain Hashan Tillakaratne has denied that he had named ex-skippers Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya as being involved in match-fixing, which he had claimed to have been going on in Sri Lanka since 1992.