Confident Lankans looking to stem the ODI rot
Upbeat after its landmark win in the Test series (2-0), Sri Lanka will look to keep the momentum going as they begin their 2019 World Cup preparation in the five-match ODI series against South Africa starting today in Dambulla. Once a major force in white-ball cricket, Sri Lanka has slipped to its lowest since the [...]
Did Gunatilleke get lured into a honey trap?
Did opener Dhanushka Gunatilleke who is now in the centre of a controversy over the hotel room incident really did get lured into a honey trap? Former Sri Lanka Cricket’s Anti Corruption chief Lakshman de Silva thinks so. Gunatilleke and a male friend allegedly brought two Norwegian women into a plush hotel room in Colombo [...]
Malinda and Kaushal lead SL Emerging’s fightback
Left arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara wrecked the second innings of the South Africa Emerging Players XI’s batting as he led the fight back for the Sri Lanka Emerging Team to make a comeback with a vengeance in the first two sessions of play on day three of the first unofficial Test match played at the [...]
It was all Science when the Joes were sent packing
The shocks were reserved for the last. St. Joseph’s, one of the leading rugby schools in the island, were sent packing by unheralded Science College and find themselves out of the Cup Segment at the end of Day One of the SLSRFA organised under 18 seven-a-side tournament. Parts of the crowd at the Royal Complex [...]
Pawan steers Mahanama to stunning win over Ananda
An allround performance by Pawan Ratnayake who bagged three scalps and made an unbeaten 74 helped Mahanama Colombo record a stunning four wicket win over fancied Ananda in a second round match of the Under 17 Division One cricket tournament played at Moratu MV ground in Moratuwa. Ananda taking first lease of the wicket made [...]
Thirty two teams qualify to second round
The completion of the first round matches of the All Island Under-17 inter-schools cricket tournament saw 32 two teams qualify to the second round. The first round matches saw 74 teams divided into ten groups in the fray. The 32 teams that qualified to the second round have been divided into eight groups of four [...]
I will announce when I am ready to throw in the towel – Malinga
Goldilocks of Sri Lankan cricket, Lasith Malinga is wondering why he keeps missing the bus. He finally admits his outspoken personality and straightforwardness may have hurt his chances of coming back to the national side despite having done enough to warrant an automatic place in the shorter version of the game, T20. In April, Malinga [...]
Sandaruwan of Hayleys ‘B’, a cut above the rest
Sandaruwan Fernando stole the limelight with two sterling batting performances for Hayleys Group ‘B’ in the ongoing 8th Stafford Motor Co.- ‘Honda’ Trophy – MCA ‘G’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018,continued last week. Fernando carried his bat out on two occasions, scoring 52 not out vs Ceyline Holdings and 108 not out in 72 balls, [...]
27th Milo All-Island Schools Netball Championship at Bogambara
The All-Island Schools Netball Championship conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Netball Association with the blessings of the Minister of Education and sponsored by Nestle Lanka PLC for the 27th successive year is scheduled to be held from August 2 to 4 at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy. The championship will see 480 schools around the [...]
RCGC Captain Avancka and Louise win
The Havelock Trophy another foursome event which is open to all members of the RCGC where partners are drawn randomly and probably the luck of the draw could matter was played with 30 competitive partnerships vying for the prize which is also an annual Board event. The event open to Men and Ladies with a [...]
India in easy 4-1 win over Lanka
World champions India made amends for their 1-2 ODI defeat in the Indo-Sri Lanka bilateral Cricket series by pulling off an easy 4-1 victory in the T20 series concluded at the BRC grounds last Tuesday. In the T-20 5-match series, India started off with a 7-wicket win in the 1st match and went on to [...]
MAS Holdings Men, Women Paddlers KO opponents
MAS Holdings stole the limelight at the Mercantile Table Tennis (TT) Association’s 60th Anniversary Knockout Team Championship 2018, when their Men’s and Women’s teamsemerged ‘A’ Division champions last weekend at the S. Thomas’ College Indoor Stadium. In the Men’s ‘A’ Division final MAS scored a hard fought 3-2 victory over Seylan Bank to win Gold, [...]
Travel Trade Hardball Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2018 on August 5
Fun Holidays is the latest to join the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) band wagon, when they took over sponsorship of the 35th TTSC Hardball Cricket ‘Sixes’ 2018, to be held on August 5 at Thurstan College Grounds. Entries are called from the 170 strong TTSC membership and will close with Asanka Fernando, C/o Cinnamon [...]
Rukmalgama CC end quota on a winning note
Rukmalgama CC (RCC) completed their quota of matches on a winning note with a convincing 48-runs win over Darusalam CC (DCC) in the Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III 50-Over League Tournament, 2nd Round match played at Padukka, last Sunday. Earlier they beat Royal Warriors CC and lost to Bloomfield. RCC batting first, was [...]
The anatomy reveals the rot within SLC system
As head of coaching, one man who was passionate about his vocation was Jerome Jayaratne. There was hardly a frill in his work style and he knew what he was doing. Jayaratne’s factory was the strip of land behind the Premadasa Stadium, where Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) conducts its daily training sessions. There, he used [...]
Access edges-out Sri Lankan to win Shakespeare shield
The Shakespeare Shield presented by Carson Cumberbatch & Co; in 1911, in memory of their Chairman Mr. W. Shakespeare, has being an annual feature event in the Royal Colombo Golf Club since then and is continued to be sponsored by Carson Cumberbatch PLC including the 2018 edition. The unique feature of the Shakespeare Shield event [...]
Cricket at Kathmandu South Asian Games
The news from Kathmandu is encouraging. Cricket will be a Medal sport at the South Asian Games (SAG) in March, 2019. The return of Cricket to the SAG was greeted with broad smiles of the National Olympic Committee officials Suresh Subramaniam (President), Maxwell de Silva (Secretary General) and Bhuweneka Herath (Director General of Sports Development, [...]
Schools Rugby to promote “Respect the game we love”
“Respect the game we love”, was a theme promoted during the ‘Milo Knockout’ tournament. The importance of that message is not to deny children the taste of the child’s world. They are children who are denied that innocent world, by adults. Children take to sport in Sri Lanka, while fitting into a regimented schedule forced [...]
Japanese Football team, fans demonstrate selflessness to the world
A popular video clip going around in social media shows how the Japanese Football team, after they lost their World Cup match recently, and getting ready to leave for home, cleaned and tidied its dressing room and their fans the stands. To some, this was surprising and even unbelievable. Having been to Japan over 30 [...]
Retain Galle International Cricket Stadium at same venue
To most of us who lived and received our education in Galle, the Galle Esplanade currently renamed as the Galle International Cricket Stadium bring fond memories. In the good old days the Esplanade was used not only for cricket but also for other popular sports such as athletics and football. However, in terms of the [...]
Shangri-La Hambantota 2nd anniversary Golf tournament
To celebrate 2 years of good Golf at the Resort & Spa of Shangri-La Hambantota, it had a shotgun start on July 14. The tournament was the perfect opportunity to experience both the new Driving Range and the magnificent Golf Course, and look back on the evolution and accomplishment of the annual Golf membership. “It [...]
Lankan team in cricket encounter with Caribbean Island of Dominica
NEW YORK — Sri Lanka, which established diplomatic relations with the Caribbean island nation of Dominica (population about 71,000) back in May 2018, inaugurated a friendly cricket match in New York last week. The two teams, comprising of expatriates, met at a friendly cricket encounter at the Canarsie Park in the New York City borough [...]
FIFA World Cup an inspiration to small nations, a boost to the aspirations of SL Football!
The FIFA World Cup (WC) has now passed into history. We have witnessed the afterglow of national pride in the victorious nations of France and Croatia. New stars have been born and the big names left to wonder what happened. What is clear is that, while the money is always useful, it is not the [...]
Money and more money! When will it be ours?
US-Open offers US$ 53 million In Australia and in England, there was a time when players were banned from tournaments for accepting money. Just for sparing with club players in an afternoon to make ends meet. It did not happen eons ago, just a few decades back. Since then, the sporting world has changed unrecognisably. [...]
Brandix ‘B’ maiden winners of fairfirst Insurance Trophy
Defeat Akbar Bros. by 13 runs Brandix Essentials ‘B’ defended a moderate total through their penetrative bowling attack of Heshan Kumara, Sathira Fernando and Tharaka Silva, to lift the new fairfirst Insurance Trophy, overcoming Akbar Bros. by 13 runs, in the MCA ‘F’ Division 25-Over League Tournament 2018 Final, at the MCA Grounds, last weekend. [...]
Rowing to make waves islandwide
The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka (ARASL) is planning on a widespread programme to introduce Rowing to outstations, to increase its populairty islandwide. ARASL President Rohan Fernando told the Sunday Times that the programme has already been initiated in the South, adding that, it will reach the North and East soon. “The ARASL started [...]
LV expects Trinity bounce back
The Ekanayake brothers, Lakshman and Priyantha, carried a niche for themselves in the sporting history of their Alma Mater – St. Anthony’s College Katugastota. The younger, Priyantha, has just stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Rugby. Let’s dwell for the moment on the exploits of ‘LV’. He played rugger [...]
Mahesh the unsung hero yet to be rewarded
Mahesh Weerasinghe is a prolific cricketer in his hey days and later became a giant among cricket coaches in Sri Lanka, be it schools, clubs, mercantile, ladies level and he has the proud record of having produced 63 champions and 30 runners-up titles. To set the record straight of his champion winning titles in his [...]
Sri Lanka Billiards and Snooker Association celebrates 70th anniversary
The Billiards and Snooker Association of Sri Lanka celebrated its 70th anniversary on a grand scale, attended by a large gathering of Billiards and Snooker players, at the Women’s International Hall, Colombo 7, recently. The occasion was marked with the presentation of mementos to veteran Cueists, Susantha Botheju and K.H. Sirisoma. Six Red Snooker Champion [...]