Tickets Sold(out)
The second T-20 International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was played at the Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, yesterday. However, Sri Lanka Cricket says all tickets are sold out. Yes, indeed they are being sold right (out)side their premises. Impatient cricket fans gathered at Maitland Place in front of the cricket headquarters queued-up to seek their [...]
Schools outfit spring two surprises
Schools Under 19 team making their maiden appearance in the MCA annual open six-a-side tournament 2015 came out with flying colours in the preliminary round defeating the much fancied LB Finance ‘A’ and Hatton National Bank yesterday at the MCA Grounds. This tournament will be continued in three venues, namely MCA, Thurstan and Wesley, today [...]
Afridi legend mows the Lankans down
From nowhere the legend of Shahid Afridi struck upon the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium to take Pakistan to an unlikely win from a perilous 40 for 5 and succeeding to bring down the run chase to a mere six runs from the last over to romp home by just one wicket in the second [...]
Club-based zonal system to replace provincial tournament
Club-based Zonal cricket tournaments will replace the failed provincial cricket system from the next season. These tournaments will follow the Premier League Club Cricket tournaments which will be played in November and December. The SLC’s Head of Cricket Operations, Carlton Bernadus, explaining the new format, told the Sunday Times: “Unlike the provincial tournament where the players [...]
It is how you get to the ball
While Jonty Rhodes was here on a short stint at the invitation of the Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee to have a look at the fielding skills of our top rung players, he told them: “I can teach you how to catch and throw back, but I cannot teach you how to get to the [...]
SLRFU Junior 7s and that McCaw try
The SLRFU Under-20 Sevens at the Race Course last week saw Isipathana winning the championship beating ‘A Goal’ in the final. Science who beat Pathana in the league round failed to beat A Goal in the semi-final. This was also an opportunity for the selectors to name a pool in preparation for the Asian Under-20 [...]
Double dose of School Tennis?
In the study of the national Tennis rankings of a few countries in our Davis-Cup group and in the ones below, a pattern emerges to show that their ‘schools Tennis standard’ has become the national standard. It is particularly clear in women’s Tennis. In Sri Lanka, there is a board as one walks in to [...]
BLACK MARKET RATES?
Sri Lanka lost the first T/20 game at the Premdasa Stadium on Thursday. But before the game there was such a clamouring for tickets that the ticket counter at the Cricket Board announced that tickets were sold out. Nevertheless there were tickets aplenty in the black market and that too right outside the Cricket Board [...]
State Athletics goes to Kandy
For the first time the State Services Athletic meet will be held outside the main city as this year’s meet is scheduled to be held in Kandy at the Bogambara Grounds on September 4 and 5. The meet will be held in nine age categories for open and amathur men and women – 35-39, 40-44, [...]
Quality coaches – the need of the hour
Training in competitive sports today is a vast field of complexities and intricacies. Particularities of conditioning training, skills training, technique training, tactical training , runs into numerous branches, that taken as a whole the coach’s awareness and competence in these subjects in not only important but imperative. In support of the above is the role [...]
Former Ananda ruggerite “Wasthu” – is no more
The Anandian rugby team maintained a reputation as one of the leading teams playing in the schools “A” division tournament during the years from 2006 to 2009. “Wasthu” was one of the most versatile and outstanding members of the side. He played at No. 8 position and was the architect of many victories achieved by [...]
Come the real thing with Kholi and the lads
Over the last three to four years, we had Sri Lanka-Pakistan series almost ad nauseam Niro, after a lapse of five years; we have the “Real Thing” – a three match series against Kohli’s Indians. Sadly, a lot of the greats who adorned that series in July-August 2010 will be missing. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, [...]
Row…Row eight in a boat gently down the stream
The inaugural Bolgoda Endurance Challenge Regatta 2015 was held last weekend at the Bolgoda Lake within the premises of Ranmal Holiday Resort in Moratuwa with many firsts coming out from the two-day event. S. Thomas’ College, Ladies College, Sri Lanka Navy women and Sri Lanka Air Force men were the top achievers as they reached [...]
Familians K’gala netball queens for the eighth successive year
Holy Family Convent Kurunegala emerged the Milo schools netball queens for the eighth successive year when they emerged overall champions at the 24th Milo All Island Schools Netball Championship concluded at the Bernard Aluvihare Stadium in Matale. The Familians who fielded five teams in the three age groups of Under 14, 16 and 18 was [...]