Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee Pramodya Wickramasinghe pointed fingers at certain individuals vying for power in the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, brokers involved in match-fixing and those attempting to secure spots in the national team as contributors to the challenges faced by Sri Lankan cricket.
Court of Appeal President Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the issuing of an interim order against Sri Lanka Cricket’s interim committee appointed by the Sports Minister, recused himself today from hearing the case.
A motion application filed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe requesting the Court of Appeal to revoke its previous interim order issued against the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee is to be taken up for support today (14).
Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon yesterday refuted the claim that he had accepted a confidential consultancy role with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and asserted that if there were any substantiated proof demonstrating that he had received any form of benefits from SLC, he would promptly resign from his current position.
In a shocking turn of еvеnts, Bangladеsh’s crickеt captain, Shakib Al Hasan, along with BCB Prеsidеnt Nazmul Hasan Papon and CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury, has bееn sеrvеd a lеgal noticе following thе tеam’s dismal pеrformancе in thе ongoing ICC Crickеt World Cup 2023.
A match bag of nine wickets by spinner Prabath Jayasuriya and a half ton by Manoj Sarathchandra helped SSC to record a comfortable innings and 62 run win over Colts CC in the Major Club three day cricket tournament played at the Colts ground. This was SSC’s third outright win of the tournament.
The 21km half marathon of the All Island School Games conducted by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Nestle Lanka Pvt Ltd under the brand Nestomalt which concluded at Galle saw D.A.D.G. Peramune of Vidyaraja Vidyalaya Ratnapura and W.D.D. Rangadari Kumarasinghe of Sri Devananda Central Welimada coming out on top in the boys and girls categories.
It is a cricketing miracle that could sit alongside Ian Botham 1981 or Ben Stokes 2019. But instead of Headingley, this latest incredible comeback took place in the humble surroundings of the Carrara Community Centre on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Morne Morkel has resigned as the bowling coach of the Pakistan Men’s team. The former South Africa fast bowler joined the Pakistan team on a six-month contract in June this year. Morkel’s first assignment with the men’s team was their tour to Sri Lanka for the two-match Test series.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was described as ’’depressed’’ and under pressure to save his job Sunday after the team crashed out of the Cricket World Cup, failing to make the semi-finals for a second successive tournament.
Rassie van der Dussen hit an unbeaten 76 to lead South Africa to a comfortable five-wicket win over Afghanistan in their last World Cup group game on Friday as their opponents were eliminated from the semi-final race.
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