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Crisis-ridden Sri Lanka Cricket secures $11.5 mn dues withheld by ICC since July 2018

IST 03 March 2019 •6:18 PM IST

Arjuna Ranatunga fails in bid to take control of crisis-hit Sri Lankan cricket

21 February 2019 •4:07 PM IST

Sri Lanka Cricket elections to go ahead tomorrow as planned

20 February 2019 •6:54 PM IST

ICC urges Sri Lanka to come clean on corruption

29 January 2019 •3:27 PM IST

Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva dismiss fixing charges

31 July 2018 •10:15 PM IST

Thilanga Sumathipala News

Sri Lanka Cricket overhaul selection panel after gambling allegations against President

Sumathipala has been accused of alleged links to gambling in breach of International Cricket Council regulations.

04 June 2018 •7:19 PM IST

Sri Lanka Cricket president unhappy with government regarding action against board

"I am saddened by the action of an individual, which has led to cricket being run by the government like nowhere else in the world."

01 June 2018 •2:06 PM IST

Sri Lanka Cricket polls postponed to May 31 on technical grounds

Sri Lanka's Sports Ministry had informed the board that the procedure followed in appointing the election commission was invalid.

02 May 2018 •8:56 AM IST

Thilanga Sumathipala wants BCCI to allow players outside the contract to play in Lanka Premier League

The Sri Lanka Cricket Board is once again planning about its T20 league which would be named Lanka Premier League in August.

13 March 2018 •3:38 PM IST

SLC to build international stadium in Jaffna

Jaffna, the northern capital and the cultural capital of the Tamil minority, has a long history of cricke

29 January 2018 •9:10 PM IST

Kapil Dev, Thilanga Sumathipala to deliver first Dalmiya Memorial Lecture

India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev and SLC Board chief Thilanga Sumathipala will deliver the first Jagmohan Dalmiya Memorial Lecture.

23 October 2017 •11:32 PM IST

Thilanga Sumathipala resfuses to step down as SLC President

Thilanga Sumathipala was elected to head the SLC in 2016 after a long reign by politically appointed interim committees.

29 August 2017 •12:01 PM IST

Arjuna Ranatunga: ICC should investigate SLC President Sumathipala

Former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed Sri Lanka's string of humiliating defeats on the country's cricket chief and demanded his investigation by the International Cricket Council.

09 August 2017 •1:37 PM IST

Mahela Jayawardene short of experience as senior coach, feels SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala

"Mahela Jayawardene is still short of experience as a senior coach, he may be good as a T20 batting or a fielding coach," Thilanga Sumathipala told.

26 June 2017 •4:03 PM IST

SLC join BCB, BCCI in opposing two-tier Test system

Despite the opposition of so many bards, Cricket Australia is keen on having such a two-tier system.

06 July 2016 •7:44 PM IST

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