Vaas committed to 2011 World Cup

Sri Lanka’s most experienced opening bowler says he has no plans to retire until the next Cricket World Cup. Chaminda Vaas, who was a member of the 1996 team that won the World Cup believes he might be able to play in 2011 World Cup, to be played in the sub-continent. Vaas has no plans [...]

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Thank You And Good Bye Moody!

Australian Tom Moody ended his stint as coach of the Sri Lanka team. Mahela Jayawardene and his men dedicated their final match under Moody to their dedicated coach. It turned out to be a grand farewell when Sri Lanka crushed Pakistan by 115 runs to give a fitting present to Moody, who guided Sri Lanka [...]

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Moody returns to Western Australia

Tom Moody, Sri Lanka’s coach who guided the team to the 2007 World Cup final has decided to return home to Western Australia, Sri Lanka Cricket officials said on Monday. Moody took over as Head coach of the Sri Lankan team two years back and his contract ends this May. Moody, a former Australian Test [...]

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Sri Lanka to felicitate cricketers with commemorative coins

Sri Lanka plans to issue commemorative coins to felicitate cricketers, who emerged runners-up in the recently concluded World Cup held in the Caribbean, officials said. President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the island’s finance minister, has asked Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to begin work on issuing a new coin, his aides said. “Things are still [...]

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Lankan Cricketers Win Hearts of Fans around the Globe

By Dr. Elmo Rodrigopulle Although the Sri Lankan cricketers were unfortunate to lose the World Cup 2007 final to the Australians, they won the hearts of the millions of cricket fans all over the globe. And the winning of the hearts was more important than lifting the World Cup. In the final the cricketers who [...]

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President Welcomes Sri Lanka Cricket Team

President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse hosted a welcome reception for the ICC Cricket World Cup runners-up, Sri Lankan team at the Temple Trees, Colombo. Courtesy : Colombo Page

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Well Done and Welcome Home !

My hero: Sanath’s eldest daughter, Keshini is all smiles Murali and son Naren   Sanga and wife Yehali   Tired but happy to be home: Captain Mahela with his wife Christina and parents A hug for Malinga from his parents.   ——————————————————————————————- “After the match, Keshini, eldest daughter of Sanath Jayasuriya had asked her father, [...]

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Sri Lankan cricketers exemplary ambassadors

Elements and umpires mar prestigious world cup final: Richard DWIGHT The eyes and ears of all cricket playing countries and yet others, stayed focused on the World Cup cricket final that concluded on Saturday at the Barbados Kensington Oval. The high riding, domineering Aussies were one of the finalists, whilst the other was the impressive [...]

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Legality of Gilchrist’s innings questioned

CRICKET fans on the sub-continent have questioned Adam Gilchrist’s match-winning innings in the World Cup final because he had a squash ball inside his batting glove. Gilchrist belted 149 off just 103 balls to rip the rain-shortened final away from Sri Lanka but cricket bloggers in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India have now asked whether [...]

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Sri Lankan Captain addresses gathering

Captain Mahela Jayawardene addressed the gathering at the official welcome ceremony held at the Sri Lanka Cricket Head-Quarters on the 3rd of May, 2007. Courtesy : ITN

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