This was revealed by SJB MP, Thushara Indunil Amarasena who questioned as to how SLC spent this amount despite the assurance that the organisation of the tournament was handed over to a private company.

“Most of the sports could start in a few weeks under the medical guidelines which have been issued by the Ministry of Health,” Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror in an interview on Wednesday.

Although the exact dates of the tournament are still to be announced, Daily Mirror understands that the tournament could be organized within the space of two months and played in a bio-secure bubble adhering to health guidelines.

“I am more than happy to have sports personalities who are eligible to represent Sri Lanka. We should also remember they have the right to represent the country, so I have opened the gates, and would give my total support to make sure Sri Lanka spo

“I have not been told anything yet, but I assume that that must be the case (opening the batting). I see the top four as pretty similar roles to be honest and I bat pretty similarly in all of them. So, I am happy to bat in any of those positions bu

According to sources, the second PCR tests were conducted for all players and support staff and the result of Ali’s test was adverse, while all other players were negative.

Regular opener Warner has been racing to be fit for the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) test starting Thursday after missing the first two matches in Adelaide and Melbourne with a groin strain.

Veterans Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal and senior seamer Suranga Lakmal are all due to rejoin the squad, captain Dimuth Karunaratne said after his side were beaten by 10 wickets by South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium.

South Africa knocked off a target of 67 runs without loss as openers Dean Elgar (31 not out) and Aiden Markram (36 not out) saw them to victory at the Wanderers Stadium with two and a half days of the contest still remaining.

Ali, who is part of the England squad that landed in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a two-Test series, returned a positive result on the PCR test conducted on arrival at the Hambantota Airport.

But the tourists were still in deep trouble, losing first innings top-scorer Kusal Perera in the third over of their second innings.

The 38-year-old, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, said a lengthy break had enabled him to work on his fitness and he was itching to play test cricket for the first time since August, when he reached the 600-wicket milestone against Pakistan

Nortje made full use of seamer-friendly conditions at The Wanderers Stadium for a return of 6-56 off 14.3 overs as Sri Lanka collapsed from 71-1 to be dismissed for 157 before tea on Sunday.

The third test in the four-match series is slated to start at Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday after Cricket Australia decided not to move the match in the wake of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the city’s northern beaches.

“I think the format is exactly what the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympics would be looking at. A maximum eyeballs delivery of cricket. The Olympic charter has objectives and including short form ten-over cricket will be a massi

There have been some suggestions in the media that the coach is to blame for the team’s massive loss against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test played at the Centurion, having engaged as a commentator during the LPL and not coaching the training s

On Tuesday, when India’s right-arm off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled Australia’s Josh Hazlewood in the second innings of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) he became the bowler to dismiss the most left-handers in Test cric

They will need to bat the entire final day on a deteriorating Bay Oval pitch in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to stop the hosts taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Needing only 70 runs for victory after bowling Australia out for 200 by lunch, opener Shubman Gill (35 not out) and stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane (27 not out) guided India home to square the series at 1-1 ahead of the third test.

The tourists resumed their second innings on 65 for two on a wicket that provided plenty of assistance for the seam bowlers and when dangerous opener Kusal Perera was out for 64, their hopes of saving the Test were realistically over.

Competing against national and international stars, the teenager finished in fourth place clocking an impressive time of 4 minutes 33.40 seconds, improving on the time of 4:35.70 set by Sriyani Dhammika Menike at the Junior Nationals in 1985.

Opener Dean Elgar fell five runs short of a century as South Africa climbed to 317 for four at the close of play on day two of the first Test against injury-hit Sri Lanka at Centurion Park on Sunday. Elgar looked

The 30-year-old de Silva had to be taken off the field following, what was later diagnosed as, a thigh injury.

’’It looks like he has a thigh strain. At present he is being treated at the ground but after the match will be taken for ultrasound scans and the reports only will decide his fate in the Test,’’ de Mel said during the tea break.

’’He failed the fitness tests and will not be playing the first Test,’’ Team Manager and the Selector on Tour Ashantha de Mel said from Pretroria.

“Due to Oshada’s injury we will need a new opener. I think Kusal Perera has a decent chance of playing as he has exhibited his skills before and has opened for us in the limited overs format. We feel he will do well on these playing surfaces,”

Dialog Axiata joined hands with SLC as the official sponsor of the national team on June 1, 2013 and this latest extension will carry the partnership onwards till September 2023. Through the sponsorship, Dialog Axiata will help facilitate the growth

The results of the second PCR test given by all players and support staff members were found to be negative for Covid-19.

The introduction of two home team umpires for bilateral series after nearly two decades due to the logistical challenges of travelling given flight restrictions in place globally will mean South African umpires will officiate in both the Tests.