IPL experience ‘unbelievable’
It would be an overstatement to place him in the class of Chaminda Vaas, one of Sri Lanka’s finest left-arm seamers with an unparalled impact on the game which includes 520 wickets across all formats. Isuru Udana was brought in as Vaas’ replacement for the 2009 T20 World Cup in England. While he did reasonably [...]
LPL: Team owners, TV rights not finalised
With 25 days remaining for the curtain-raiser of the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL), the organisers of Sri Lanka’s franchise-based Twenty20 cricket extravaganza are yet to finalise the owners of three teams and confirm the process of TV Rights, which will make a huge impact on the future of the competition. According to sources, the [...]
South Africa tour in December to go ahead
The Sri Lanka tour of South Africa is likely to go ahead as planned, ending a near year-long COVID enforced break from international cricket. The series will begin with a Boxing Day Test, followed by the second Test in early January. However, for this to go through, both boards will have to agree on the [...]
Protectors to Promoters
From Olympic medallists Duncan White to Susanthika Jayasinghe, the Sri Lanka Army could proudly claim to have produced some of the greatest athletes the country has ever seen. Captain Duncan White who joined the SL Army in 1943 as an officer of the Light Infantry Regiment dazzled at the 1948 London Olympic Games to bag [...]
Clive Inman kept our flag flying abroad scoring fastest 50 in 8 minutes
Left-hand batsman, Clive Clay Inman (born 29-1-36), played for St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, with great distinction, and crowned his school cricket career by scoring a glorious double century (204) in the ‘Big Match’ against St. Joseph’s College, Colombo. He played for the school’s First XI cricket team for five seasons, and captained it to victory [...]
Sachini and Deshan destined to bring glory to Sri Lanka in weightlifting
Renowned weightlifting coach Chanaka Subasinghe has unearthed two uncut gems from Galle who are destined to bring glory to Sri Lanka. They are 14-year-old Sachini Laksarani and 15-year-old Deshan Kapila Kumara who have battled adversity to rise to the top in the sport of weightlifting. Subasinghe, a Sports Officer attached to the Niyagama Division in [...]
NOC Sri Lanka launches ‘Harassment is No Game’ campaign
In a proactive bid to eradicate harassment at all levels of the sports arena in the country, the Women’s Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOC Sri Lanka) officially launched its ‘Harassment is No Game’ campaign on October 13 via a Facebook Live Event on its official Facebook page. The committee announced [...]
Ashvini and Tharushi shine for Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Women’s National team qualified to the second round of the Asian Nations Cup 2020 Online Chess Championships convincingly after they beat fourth seed Australia in the penultimate round and securing a draw with strong Singapore team in the last round. Two consecutive victories by Ashvini Pavalachandran and Tharushi Niklesha paved the way [...]
Black Lions win fourth successive title
The Black Lions clinched Thora Tennis Challenge Cup ’20 for the fourth successive year when they beat Blue Sharks 7-2 in the finals of the annual Matale Thora Tennis League Tournament ’20 which was played at Matale District Tennis Club courts. Two teams — Black Lions and Blue Sharks — with ten players in each [...]