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LNP – Rajapakse handed one-year ban, suspended for 2 years

Sri Lanka batsman Bhanuka Rajapakse was on Monday handed a one-year ban from all forms of cricket, suspended over two…

3 years ago

LNP – Sri Lanka sets a dubious world record in ODIs

Nothing is going right for the Sri Lankan cricket team, after Thursday’s defeat against England produced a new world record.…

3 years ago

LNP – England beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in second T20

Sam Billings and Liam Livingstone burnished their Twenty20 credentials as England withstood a top-order wobble to seal a series win…

3 years ago

LNP – SLC to offer 60 domestic contracts

Sixty domestic cricketers are to be awarded annual contracts, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said yesterday. This will be in addition…

3 years ago

LNP – Kumar Sangakkara inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

Kumar Sangakkara was among the 10 cricket icons that were inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame…

3 years ago

LNP – SLC, cricketers reach truce

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) were spared the ignominy of having to potentially pull out of the tour of England this…

3 years ago

LNP – LPL 2nd edition from 30 July to 22 August: SLC

The 2nd edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) will be held during July and August 2021, as earlier announced,…

3 years ago

LNP – Players agree to go to England without tour contracts

Sri Lanka’s cricketers have agreed to tour England, it is reliably learnt. According to sources at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC),…

3 years ago

LNP – Niluka Karunaratne becomes 6th Sri Lankan to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

National badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne will be representing Sri Lanka in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The two-time Olympic shuttler is…

3 years ago

LNP – Jayasuriya to coach Aussie cricket club

Former Sri Lanka captain and chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed head coach of a club in Australia on Friday,…

3 years ago