Mr. Chris Silverwood, head coach of the national team, has tendered his resignation from the position, citing personal reasons. “Being an international coach means long periods away from loved ones. After lengthy conversations with my family and with a heavy heart, I feel it is now time for me to return home and spend some quality time together,” said Silverwood. “I …
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Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce that Mr. Mahela Jayawardena, who served as the ‘Consultant Coach’ of the SLC, has tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Jayawardena, during his tenure, helped implement significant changes to the structure of the national team ecosystem and the High-Performance Center. Sri Lanka Cricket takes this opportunity to wish Mahela all the best in his …
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After sealing arguably their greatest ever cricketing win, Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib promises this is just the beginning. They have done it. If Afghanistan’s group stage domination of New Zealand wasn’t quite impressive enough, try Auatralia in the Super Eight. Judging by the reactions, as they sealed their most famous ever cricketing win and first over the Aussies, this meant not …
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The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee selected the following 18-member Sri Lanka squad to tour England. The Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Harin Fernando, approved the squad. The team during the tour will play three One Day Games and two Four Day Games. sources by – Sri Lanka Cricket
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Strong performances from Roston Chase and Shai Hope helped the West Indies to an easy victory against the USA. The West Indies have stayed in the race for a semi-final berth at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with an impressive nine-wicket victory over USA in Barbados on Friday. Roston Chase (3/19) and Andre Russell (3/31) were in good touch …
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Veteran NBA and WNBA Players Conduct Training, Leadership Sessions For Youth From June 8-14, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in collaboration with Foundation of Goodness and IImpact Hoop Lab, hosted a veteran National Basketball Association (NBA) player and veteran Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player as part of the U.S. Sports Envoy program. During their trip to Sri Lanka, former …
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India will travel to South Africa for a four-match T20I series to be played in November later this year. Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have officially announced the fixtures for India’s tour of South Africa in November 2024, which will feature four T20I matches. India and South Africa have engaged in …
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Veteran NBA and WNBA Players Conduct Training, Leadership Sessions For Youth From June 8-14, the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, in collaboration with Foundation of Goodness and IImpact Hoop Lab, hosted a veteran National Basketball Association (NBA) player and veteran Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player as part of the U.S. Sports Envoy program. During their trip to Sri Lanka, former …
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Sri Lanka ended their world cup campaign today on a winning note handing the Netherlands a 83-run defeat on a 201 scoreline, their best performance in the tournament on Player of the match cameo 46 by Charith Asalanka and 46 by Kusal Mendis too, but far too late for the liking in an apparent coming good by the batsmen with …
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Sri Lanka Women had it easy making light of the West Indies Women handing out a 6-wicket thrashing with 95 balls to spare in their first ODI played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota yesterday. The West Indies Women, put into bat, totaled 195 in 47.1 overs coming a cropper against the twosome of Sugandika Kumari and …
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