100 plus rugby matches in two months
May and June becomes un extraordinary busy months for school rugby players and referees as 105 matches of the Singer League 2012 will be played during the 60 days. This figure does not include most of the traditional fixtures between the schools. Schools rugby fixtures during May & June Date Team 01 Vs Team [...]
Six FA Cup matches during the weekend
Six matches of the Holcim FA Cup Football tournament will be played on Saturday & Sunday despite Wesak Full Moon poya, the most prestigious poya day of the year, falling on Saturday. Only one match will be played in Colombo City limits while all other matches are played in suburbs and outstations. "Holcim" F.A Cup [...]
Sri Lanka v Pakistan series to start off from Sooriyawewa
A strenuous series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will start off at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Sooriyawewa, with two T20 Internationals in the first week of June. The tour will consist of two T/20 internationals and five ODIs followed by three match test series. The three test matches will be played in Galle, Colombo (SSC) and [...]
Sri Lanka women cricketers leave for WIndies on Saturday
Sri Lanka Women’s cricket team will be leaving to West Indies for an eight match tour on Saturday. Sri Lanka women, led by wicket keeper Dilani Manodara, will play three WODIs and five WT20 Internationals during the two and half week tour of West Indies. The tour schedule Apr 25 – West Indies Women's v [...]
More than 350 matches in Singer Rugby League 2012
More than 350 matches will be played in the next two and half months as Zahira meets St. Benedict's at Zahira Ground, Maradana on Wednesday to kick off the 2012 Singer League Rugby tournament. The premier inter school tournament will feature more than 90 schools, playing in three divisions. The total number of players in [...]
Eight international rugby tournaments for 2012
The rugby season will kick start with Asian Five Nation Division -1 Tournament scheduled to be held from 14th to 21st April, 2012 in Philippines. The national rugby calendar will feature eight international tournaments including the first and second legs of Carlton Super Sevens in Sri Lanka. National Rugby Calendar – 2012 March – [...]
Commonwealth Bank Triangular Schedule
Fri Feb 5- 1st match (D&N) Australia v India at Melbourne Cricket Ground 03:20 GMT | 14:20 local / 8.50 SL Time Wed Feb 8- 2nd Match (D & N) India v Sri Lanka at WACA Ground, Perth 04:20 GMT | 12:20 local / 9.50 SL Time Fri Feb 10 – 3rd match (D&N) [...]
Sara Trophy League Tournament
Date Host Opponent Venue 3-4 Dec Kalutara PCC Galle CC Mahinda – Galle Kandy YCC Kandy Customs SC Pallekale Prison Matugama CC Negombo CC Matugama United Southern SC Abepussa Sinha SC Galle Stadium Kalutara TC Xavirites CC Kalutara Esp Antonian SC Malay CC Surrey Rio SC Sebastinites C Ratgama [...]
Sara Trophy Limited Over Tournament
Date Host Opponent Venue 7th Dec Malay CC United Southern SC Malay Kandy YCC Ambalangoda Singha SC Pallekale Prison Xavirites CC Kalutara TC Harendra Koraya Old Dharmapalian SC Antonian SC Pannipitya Galle CC Rio SC Galle Stadium Kandy Customs SC Kurunegala SC Thurstan Leo's CC Matale CC Albert Peiris [...]
Premier League “Tier B”
Date Host Opponent Venue 20-21-22 Jan KYCC Army SC Welagedara BRC Panadura SC BRC Police SC SLPA SC Police Park Navy SC CCC Welisara Saracens SC Air Force SC Riflegreen 27-28-29 Jan Army SC BRC Panagoda Panadura SC Police SC Panadura Navy SC KYCC Welisara Air Force [...]
Premier League “Tier A”
Date Host Opponent Venue 18-19-20 Jan Bloomfield C & AC Colts Cricket Club Bloomfield 20-21-22 Jan NCC Badureliya CC NCC Tamil Union C & AC SSC P Sara Ragama CC Lankan CC Colts Chilaw Marians CC Moors SC Moors 26-27-28 Jan Chilaw Marians CC Bloomfield C & AC Bloomfield Moors [...]
Premier Limited Over “Tier B”
Date Host Opponent Venue 3rd Dec 2011 BRC Army SC BRC Navy SC Panadura SC Welisara Police SC Seeduwa RCC Police Park Air Force SC Kurunegala YCC Riflegreen 6th Dec BRC Panadura SC BRC Army SC CCC Panagoda Police SC Air Force SC Police Park Seeduwa RCC Saracens SC [...]
Premier Limited Over “Tier A”
Date Host Opponent Venue 4th Dec 2011 Nondescripts CC Singhalese Sports Club NCC Badureliya CC Tamil Union C & AC P Sara Colts CC Chilaw Marian CC Colts Bloomfield C & AC Ragama CC Bloomfield 6th Dec Singhalese Sports Club Tamil Union C & AC SSC Lankan CC Nondescripts CC NCC [...]
Phoenix Cup Knock Out Football Fixtures
Date Time Match Venue QF 1 19-Nov-11 3.30 PM New Youngs Vs Java Lane City Football Ground QF 2 20-Nov-11 3.30 PM Don Bosco Vs Renown City Football Ground QF 3 26-Nov-11 3.30 PM Colombo Vs Saunders City Football Ground QF 4 27-Nov-11 3.30 PM Old Bens Vs Ratnam City Football Ground SF 1 [...]
Asia Cup not for minnows
Asian cricketing giants will meet at Mirpur, Bangladesh next year for the Asia Cup tournament. Host Bangladesh meets Pakistan in the curtain-raiser and the 10-day event will consist of seven 50-over matches. The other two Test playing nations of the region Sri Lanka and India will also feature in the tournament where Asian minnows like [...]
Umesh leads Sri Lanka U-23 to Maldives
Umesh Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka Under-23 squad for the SAARC T20 cricket tournament scheduled to be played in Maldives from October 31 to November 7. The squad of 14 comprises the cream of young cricketers who have played in the recently concluded Under 23 domestic cricket tournament. Umesh’s deputy will be Angelo Perera which [...]
Short Course Swim Champs on Oct 1 and 2
The Association of the Technical Officials of Aquatic Sports of Sri Lanka will conduct the 2nd Short Course Novices Swimming Championships at the SSC Swimming Complex on October 1 and 2. The meet will commence at 8.30 a.m. on both days with the girls events on the first day and the boys on the second [...]
U 19 Quadrangular starts Tuesday
Angelo Jayasinghe of Maris Stella College, Negambo, will lead a strong Sri Lanka Under 19 team to a quadrangular ODI Series to be played in Visakhapatnam, India, from September 27. Sri Lanka U-19 play West Indies U-19 on Tuesday and each team has to play each other twice before the top two teams advance to [...]
Test cricket returns to Sharjah after nine years
Test Cricket will return to Sharjah Cricket Stadium after nine years as Sri Lanka take on Pakistan in a three match test series in the United Arab Emirates, next month. Sri Lanka will play its third and final test against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Association grounds where the islanders have played 75 One Day Internationals [...]
Sri Lanka inter-provincial T-20 next week
Wayamba will meet Basnahira on July 21 to start off the Sri Lanka Inter-Provincial T20 cricket tournament which has replaced the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL). The five team competition will consist of 12 matches played over 10 days. However, instead of Basnahira North and Basnahira South, two teams that took part in the last year's [...]
