Is Hathurusingha worth the cash?
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) appointment of Chandika Hathurusingha as Head Coach for a record salary was justified owing to his previous record in Bangladesh where the perennial minnows reached unprecedented heights during his first stint with a Test team. Twelve months into his 36-month contract with the Sri Lankan team, however, it is being questioned [...]
All-Island leader Navod relaxes after giant leap
After his giant leap last week, with a staggering vote addition of closer to 5500, Navod Paranavithana of Mahinda College has settled in at top position of the All-Island Schools segment, as the 14th week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2019 contest reaches an end. Navod manages [...]
Sri Lanka struggle in tour opener
Sri Lanka and the Cricket Australia XI have drawn their three-day tour match in Hobart, with the tourists struggling with the pink ball ahead of the first Test. The CA XI declared its second innings on day three at 3-224, before Sri Lanka batted out 51 overs to be 6-131 — trailing by 233 runs [...]
Australia’s Hazlewood ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests
MELBOURNE AFP Jan19, 2019; Australia suffered a big blow Saturday with star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood ruled out of their two upcoming Tests against Sri Lanka with a back injury, and Jhye Richardson replacing him. The vice-captain has hurt the same part of his back that sidelined him last year. But Cricket Australia physiotherapist David [...]
Kandy huff and puff to down spirited Police
To all intents and purposes, Kandy SC doesn’t seem to have got over that demoralizing defeat at the hands of the soldiers. Yesterday at Police Park, they barely survived the constant threat posed by a fighting Police team to crawl out winners by 27 points (2 goals 2 tries a penalty) to 20 (a goal, [...]
Sachithra slams second double ton of the week
Burly Sachithra Serasinghe slammed a blistering double ton– 204 for Tamil Union against SSC, helping his side reach a massive total of 536. Tamil Union resumedfrom their overnight score of 314 for 5, at the NCC ground and added 222 runs. This was the second double ton of the week in the Premier Super Eight [...]
Fresh investigation after Sports Minister’s bribe claims
Sports Minister Harin Fernando this week claimed he was offered a bribe to include certain players to the national team sparking a fresh investigation by the International Cricket Council, the game’s global gate-keeper. The Minister’s shocking revelation came just a day after ICC started a 15-day Amnesty for Sri Lankans, cricketers and officials, on January [...]
High scores in all three matches
The three Premier Plate Championship matches played around the metropolis saw the batsmen dominating proceedings on the second day with scores of over 400 runs being scored and five centuries being recorded. In the match between Negombo CC and Ragama CC saw Negombo CC resuming from their overnight score of 312 for 3 going on [...]
Army record second giant kill
The Army came from behind to elbow out the Navy, thanks to a late, decisive penalty by Gayan Salinda, by 27 points (2 goals, 2 tries, 1 penalty) to 25 (1 goal, 3 tries, 1 penalty) in a second round match of the Dialog League Rugby at Welisara yesterday. The Navy, who had a better [...]
Mahinda overtake Rajans in drawn game
Dharmaraja batted for almost the whole of the first day and Mahinda paid them the same coin by utilising the whole of day two to compile a mammoth 475-9 in the drawn Under-19 School Cricket encounter played at Lake View yesterday. As for individual performances, Kasun Gunawardene and Isuru Dayananda shone for the Rajans with [...]
Nimnaka takes match bag of 10/84 as Antonians win
Antonian left-armer Nimnaka Jayatilleka took pride of place with a match bag of 10 for 84 as the Antonians achieved their fourth win in the season. This time over St. Perer’s Negombo. After the batsmen had plundered 470 runs and batted into the second day, a victory seems out of the question. But weak-kneed batting [...]
Local shooters badly need a range – Sports Ministry representative
The Ministry of Sport representative, Gamini Costa, who came in as an observer for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of National Shooting Sports Federation of Sri Lanka (NSSF), stated that he is overwhelmed with the unity of the affiliation and its members, while pledging his fullest co-operation to help the sport reach its desired heights. [...]
National Sports Council here to stay despite winds of change
A dynamic team led by the former Commander of Sri Lanka Army and ex-President of Athletic Association of Sri Lanka, Maj. Gen. Daya Ratnayake were given appointment letters as members of the new National Sports Council (NSC) on Thursday. The move was initiated by the Ministry of Sports the Duncan White Auditorium in Torrington with [...]
Avishka, Milinda hit tons to help Sri Lanka record crushing win
A splendid batting effort by the Sri Lanka ‘A’ top order helped them towards a crushing 60-run win over Ireland ‘A’ in the first of the five-match unofficial ODIs played at the Sooriyawewa International Cricket ground yesterday. All what Ireland ‘A’ managed was 305 runs after Avishka Fernando and Milinda Siriwardana stroke quick-fire centuries to [...]
Shenal, Kavindana deny S. Thomas’ victory
S. Thomas’ having virtually dominated proceedings against Wesley, had to be satisfied with a first innings win as Shenal Dangalla and Kavindana Perera who both cracked half tons denied the sea side boys victory in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. S. Thomas’ resuming from their overnight score of 46 [...]
32 days of excitement, before cricket gets new admin
Besides the General Election or a Presidential Election, the next big quest to power is the race to the hot seat of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Erasing all doubts of the appointment of a potential Interim Committee, the Ministry of Sports finally agreed to hold SLC elections as initially planned after discussions with the International [...]
Rumesh Tharanga qualify for Asian Youth Athletics C’ships
Rumesh Tharanga of St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya qualified for the 3rd Asian Youth Athletics Championships to be held from March 15 to 17 in Hong Kong. Tharanga cleared a distance of 51.90 metres at the selection trial held at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday where 199, under 18 athletes – boys and girls participated. The qualifying [...]
Resolute Havies hand revamped CR third straight defeat
In a game that eventually turned out to be a true battle Havelocks Sports Club managed to salvage over a resounding CR&FC with a scoreline of 31-24 in a Dialog Rugby League second round game played under light at Havelock Park yesterday. The Red Shirts, who were coming out from two straight defeats, were tipped [...]
Was Malinga the right choice?
How if someone suggested that, as things are, it is difficult to visualise a great show by the Lankans at the 2019 World Cup in England and must begin to focus on the picture ahead of them. At that, the one of the main ingredients could be where we want to be placed when it [...]
1st centurion Sachin Devage’s 125 runs to no avail
The 8th ‘BMW-Hyundai’ Trophy, Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd. sponsored MCA ‘C’ Division 50-Over League Tournament 2019 got off to a start last weekend. The 1st centurion of the tournament, Sachin Devage, who hit a gutsy 125 runs in 132 balls, inclusive of 6 sixes and 12 fours, went from hero to zero, as his team [...]
The Ceylonese Legend who captained three nations!
The modern generation may not have heard of Mahadevan Sathasivam (1915-1977), generally referred to as ‘Satha’, and certainly not watched this mercurial batsman in action. He is considered by most of the older brigade as the best-ever batsman Ceylon/Sri Lanka produced. He captained three nations, Ceylon, Malaysia and Singapore! In the two decades ending 1960, [...]
Transition in global Tennis control
The 1st of the 4 Grand Slams, the Australian Open, commenced on Sunday, January 14, in Melbourne. Australia. This year, control of Tennis will come under some grey clouds. The International Tennis Federation [ITF] controlled the game from 1915. In the last two decades, Professional bodies have wrested most of it away. The Davis Cup [...]
When will they ever learn…?
Infamous decisions of referees continue to linger in the memory and the one most talked about is the goal scored by Diego Maradona at the 1986 Football World Cup. Memories of World Cup Rugby include the ‘forward pass’ missed by Wayne Barnes in 2007 and the wrong call in 2015 by Craig Joubert, in awarding [...]
Muditha Lakshan a pillar of strength to DSS
Spearheading the batting and bowling departments of DS Senanayake College this season is Muditha Lakshan, their key allrounder. With one more year’s of school cricket left ahead of him, Lakshan will be a cricketer to be reckoned with in the forthcoming season. So far in this ongoing 2018-19 season, Lakshan has scored 890 runs and [...]