Sri
Lanka and Aussies in first super-six match
[March
7, 2003 -
10.00
GMT] Sri
Lanka and Australia meet today at Centurion in their first match of the
Super Sixes. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka tie with South Africa; qualify for super sixes
[March
4, 2003 -
9.45
GMT] Sri
Lanka qualified for the ICC World Cup 2003 Super Six Monday, after a
rain-affected tie with host South Africa at Durban. [Full
Report]
Kenya
210 for 9
[February
24, 2003 -
11.00
GMT] Kenya
made 210 runs for 9 wickets when they took on Sri Lanka at the Nairobi
Gymkhana Ground today. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka: Third win in a row
[February
20, 2003 -
9.30
GMT] Sri
Lanka beat Canada by nine wickets in the ICC World Cup 2003 Pool B match
yesterday at Boland Park, Paarl. Playing in their third match, Sri Lanka
restricted the Canadians to just 36 runs, the lowest total in any one-day
international. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka look for second win today
[February
14, 2003 -
8.30
GMT] Having won their
first match of the 2003 World Cup against New Zealand by 47 runs, Sri
Lanka will play their second Group B match against Bangladesh at the
Pietermaritzburg Oval today. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka wins World Cup opener
[February
11, 2003 -
10.45
GMT] Sri
Lanka began the World Cup tournament on a winning note when beating New
Zealand by 47 runs at Goodyear Park yesterday. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka play New Zealand today
[February 10,
2003 -
9.30
GMT] Sri Lanka is
playing their opening Group B match against New Zealand at Goodyear Park
today. [Full
Report]
World
Cup: Count down ends tomorrow
[February
7, 2003 - 11.00 GMT] The
eighth ICC Cricket
World Cup will begin tomorrow in Cape Town with 14 teams vying for the
coveted title. [Full
Report]
The
world’s cricketing greats meet in Colombo
[September
10,
2002
-
9.00
GMT]
Twelve
international sides, a gallery of cricketing superstars, 15 games in just
18 days...It all happens in Sri Lanka when the ICC Champions Trophy begins
next Thursday, September 12.
[Full
Report]
Murali ruled out of first
Test
[May
10, 2002
-
11.30
GMT]
Off-spinner Muttaiah
Muralitharan has been ruled out of the first Test match against England on
May 16. Muralitharan is currently in
Australia under treatment after tearing ligaments in his left shoulder
during the Sharjah Cup final against Pakistan in April.
[Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan team leaves for England tomorrow
[April
20, 2002
-
10.00
GMT]
The
Sri Lanka cricket team led by Sanath Jayasuriya will leave for England on
Sunday for a 3-test, 10-week tour. The first test will begin on May 16 at
Lord’s. [Full
Report]
Pakistan
take home Sharjah Cup: Murali injured
[April
18, 2002
-
11.30
GMT] Pakistan routed Sri Lanka in the Sharjah Cup 2002
Final winning by 217 runs in a day-night match at the Sharjah Cricket
Association Stadium Wednesday.
[Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka vs. Pakistan in Sharjah Cup final today
[April
17, 2002
-
10.30
GMT] Sri
Lanka play Pakistan in the Sharjah Cup 2002 Final today.
[Full
Report]
Thrilling victory for Kiwis at Sharjah
[April
10, 2002
-
9.00
GMT]
New Zealand
recorded an exciting 11-run win over Sri Lanka Tuesday in the second match
of the Sharjah Cup 2002.
[Full
Report]
Sri Lanka meet New Zealand today with one
victory in the bag
[April
9, 2002
-
9.00
GMT]
Complementary half-centuries by Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya and Russel Arnold
helped the Sri Lankans to a 41-run win over Pakistan in the opening match of
the Sharjah Cup yesterday.
[Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan cricketers leave for Sharjah
[April
4, 2002
- 7.00
GMT]
The Sri Lanka cricket
team will leave for Sharjah today to participate in the Sharjah Cup 2002. [Full
Report]
Four Sri Lankan athletes
for Asian Grand Prix
[March
26,
2002
- 11.00
GMT]
Four of Sri Lanka’s leading athletes have been
selected to compete in the inaugural Asian Grand Prix series to be worked
off in India, Philippines and Thailand.
[Full
Report]
Ceat
International Cricketer for 2000/2001: Muttiah Muralitharan
[March
23,
2002
- 7.00
GMT]
Spin wizard
Muttaiah Muralitharan will be crowned Ceat International Cricketer for
2000/2001 in Mumbai today. [Full
Report]
Come
September; ICC Champions Trophy in Colombo
[March
20,
2002
- 5.00 GMT]
Sri
Lanka has been selected to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 the
International Cricket Council announced on Monday.
[Full
Report]
Asoka
De Silva in ICC Elite Umpires Panel
[March
14,
2002
-
10.00
GMT]
Sri Lankan Asoka de Silva
is one of eight selected to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s)
full-time Elite Umpires Panel.
[Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka win Asian Test Championship
[March
11, 2002 -
6.30 GMT] Sri
Lanka won the Asian Test Championship by eight-wickets defeating defending
champions Pakistan at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore Sunday. [Full
Report]
Sangakkara
joins cricket greats in Lahore
[March
8, 2002 -
6.00 GMT] Sri Lanka wicket keeper Kumar Sangakkara strode into
the record books, becoming the highest individual run-getter ever between
Pakistan and Sri Lanka and only the sixth wicket-keeper batsman to score a
double century.
[Full
Report]
ATC
- Sri Lanka dominates day one
[March
7, 2002 -
9.00 GMT] Sri
Lankan off-spinner Muttaiah Muralitharan snapped up four wickets for 55
runs as Sri Lanka dominated the first day of the Asian Test Championship
final at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka to host Asian Athletics Championship in August [March
7, 2002 -
7.45 GMT]
The
Sri Lanka will be the venue for the Asian Track and Field Championship
from the 12th to the 19th of August. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan cricketers retain their rankings
[March
5, 2002 -
10.10 GMT] Sri
Lankan spin wizard Muttaiah Muralitharan has maintained his number one
rating in the latest Pricewaterhouse Coopers ratings of Test Match
bowlers. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan moves closer to qualify for Futures Tennis
[March
5, 2002 -
9.10 GMT]
Young
Sri Lankan Oshada Wijemanne proceeded to the finals of the qualifying
rounds of the Futures Tennis Championships when he beat Ankur Singla of
India in straight sets on Sunday at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association
grounds Colombo. [Full
Report]
Two-mile
sea swim attracts over 500
[March
4, 2002 -
11.15 GMT] The
65th annual two-mile sea swim conducted by the National
Amateur Aquatic Sports Union (NAASU)
of Sri Lanka was held off
the coast of Mount Lavinia Sunday, with a record number of 583 swimmers
taking part in the event. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan take wing for Asian Test championship in Lahore
[March
4, 2002 -
9.30 GMT]
The
Sri Lanka cricket team left for Pakistan Sunday, for the final of the
Asian Test Championship beginning March 6. [Full
Report]
Pakistan
to host Asian Cricket Test Final
[February
23, 2002
- 7.15 GMT] The
final of the Asian Test Championship will be played in Lahore, Pakistan
from March 6 to 10. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka to meet Pakistan and New Zealand in Sharjah [February
13, 2002 -
10.15 GMT]
Sri Lanka will
meet Pakistan and New Zealand in the Sharjah Cup ODI tournament from April
8 to 17.
[Full
Report]
Muralitharan:
Cricketer of the Year 2001
[February
06, 2002 -
10.00 GMT] CricketNext.com
has declared Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttaiah Muralitharan Cricketer of the
Year 2001.The selection was based on a poll conducted among its readers. [Full
Report]
Indoor
cricket world champs due in Colombo
[January
21, 2002
- 9.30 GMT] The
Australian Indoor cricket team will arrive in Colombo today. Australia,
the current indoor cricket world champions will play three international
Test matches against the Sri Lankan team beginning Tuesday. [Full
Report]
Udanthi
crowned girls’ singles tennis champ
[January
19, 2002 -
9.00 GMT] Unseeded
Udanthi Narahenpitage of France won the girls’ singles of the 19th ITF
Junior Tennis Championship, in Colombo on Friday. [Full
Report]
Udanthi
in ITF Junior Tennis girls’ finals
[January
18, 2002 -
9.00 GMT] Sri
Lankan born Udanthi Narahenpitage of France entered the girls’ finals At
the Nineteenth ITF Junior Tennis Championship at the Sri Lanka Tennis
Association Courts at Greenpath, Colombo, Wednesday. [Full
Report]
Murali
youngest to join the 400 club
President
says “You’ve gladdened the hearts of Sri Lankans everywhere”
[January
15, 2002
- 7.30 GMT] In
a congratulatory message despatched to Galle within minutes of
Muralitharan reaching the record, President Kumaratunga said, ‘You have
brought fame to the motherland and gladdened the hearts of Sri Lankan
everywhere’ [Full
Report]
Michael
Tissera heads new Selection Committee
[January
11, 2002
- 10.15 GMT] Sports
Minister Johnston Fernando has appointed former Sri Lankan cricket captain
Michael Tissera as the new chairman of the four-man Selection Committee
for the national team. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lankan Under 19 cricket squad leaves for World Cup
[January
11, 2002 -
8.00 GMT]
The Sri Lanka
squad will leave today to participate in the ICC Under 19 World Cup 2002
in New Zealand.
[Full
Report]
Sri Lanka to host ICC
Mini World Cup in September [January
10, 2002 -
11.30 GMT]
Sri Lanka is preparing to stage
the International Cricket Council
(ICC) Knockout Trophy in September after India's decision not to
host the popular ten-team tournament. [Full
Report]
19th
ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in Sri Lanka
[January
10, 2002 -
10.30 GMT] The
19th International Tennis Federation [ITF] Junior Tennis
Tournament will be held in Sri Lanka form 14th to 20th
January 2002 at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts at Greenpath,
Colombo. [Full
Report]
19th
ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in Sri Lanka
[January
9, 2002 -
11.30 GMT] The
19th International Tennis Federation [ITF] Junior Tennis
Tournament will be held in Sri Lanka form 11th to 20th
January 2002 at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association Courts at Greenpath,
Colombo. [Full
Report]
Murali
tops world bowling ratings
[January
9, 2002
- 11.00 GMT] Off
spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s 13-wicket haul in the second Test against
Zimbabwe put him on top of the world bowling ratings for the first time on
Monday. [Full
Report]
Sri Lanka wins second
Test; Muralitharan sets new world record [January
7, 2002 -
11.15 GMT]
Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe today
to secure their third consecutive series win. [Full
Report]
Murali
continues top form in New Year
[January
5, 2002
- 9.45 GMT] The
dazzling ace-spinner Muttaiah Muralitharan continued to display his
outstanding bowling skills in the second Test against Zimbabwe. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka to host Men’s Futures Tennis Championship in March
[January
1, 2002 -
9.30 GMT] Sri
Lankan Tennis Association [SLTA] for the first time in its history has
been chosen to host the Men’s Futures Tennis Championship in Sri Lanka. [Full
Report]
Sri
Lanka win first Cricket Test by a record margin [January
1, 2002
- 9.00 GMT]
Spearheaded
by the off-spin of Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka recorded its sixth
consecutive Test victory – the first such run of victories by a
sub-continental side –The local side has now taken an early lead the
three test rubber. [Full
Report]
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