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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sri Lanka to play 80 tests in eight years
Sri Lanka will play 80 test matches and more than 175 One Day Internationals in the next eight years according the recently documented Future Tour Programme (FTP). The document was done in the recently concluded ICC meeting in Hong Kong. The FTP for 2012 to 2020 Dates Venue Opponents Tests ODIs T20 2011 [...]
Chilaw Marians go Hambanthota for home matches
Chilaw Marians will play three of their six matches at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket stadium, Sooriyawewa, in the up-coming U-23 inter club tournament. Chilaw will play against CCC, Bloomfield and Leo SC in the remote stadium, located in Southern Province. The 14 team tournament gets underway on July 1. The upper segment is classified as [...]
A one off test for Sri Lanka ‘A’
Sri Lanka 'A' will play only a single un official test against English Lions in their tour of England 2011. In addition to that, Kaushal Silva and his men will take on English Lions on three un-official One Day Internationals. Itenarary Jul 20 – 23 Sri Lanka 'A' v Leicestershire at Leicester Jul 27 – [...]
Aussies to start SL tour in Pallekale
Australia will start their tour of Sri Lanka in a T-20 encounter on August 6 at at Pallekale International Stadium, Kandy. Kangaroos from down under will play couple of T-20 internationals, five One Day Internationals and three Tests against Sri Lanka during the seven week tour. The itenarary Aug 06 1st T-20 at Pallekale Stadium [...]
14 SLPL games under lights
Fourteen of the 24 games will be played under lights in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League T-20 cricket tournament, which is due to start on July 19th. All the 24 matches of the 16 day tournament will be played at R. Premadasa stadium. There will be three rest days in between. Dashing opener T. [...]
Sri Lanka, Pakistan to play in non-test playing countries
Two of the giants in test arena, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, will lend a helping hand to Ireland and Scotland in this summer as the Asian nations have agreed to play two short series in Ireland and Scotland. Ireland in England 2011 May 28 Ireland v Pakistan – 1st ODI at Belfast May 30 [...]
Sri Lanka in England (May – July 2011)
Sri Lankans will start feeling chilly English conditions from Saturday, 14th at Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground but the all-important three match test series starts on 26th at Cardiff. Sri Lanka will play three test matches, a T-20 and five One Day Internationals in their tour to England this summer. Soon after the ODI series, Sri [...]
