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Colombo, Aug 31 (newsin.asia) - Over 1000 police personnel will be deployed at the 4th One Day International cricket match which will be played between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday, police said. Police Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told reporters here that in addition to the deployment of security personnel, CCTV camera surveillance will also be utilized to maintain...

Colombo, Aug 29 - The Sri Lanka selection committee headed by Sanath Jayasuriya has decided to resign following the recent sequence of poor results. As they had already picked the squads for the last two ODIs and sole T20 of the India tour, they will remain in force in case any additions need to be made. The committee will step down...

Colombo, Aug 29 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lankan Police, on Tuesday said it had launched an investigation to identify suspects who had stirred trouble at an international cricket match played between Sri Lanka and India on Sunday. Police Chief, Pujitha Jayasundara told local reporters that police had commenced a special probe to identify suspects who had thrown water bottles onto the field forcing...

Colombo, Aug 24 - Sri Lankan cricket, in crisis with the national team plunging from one low on the field to another in the ongoing India tour, scrambled on Wednesday to limit the public relations disaster that followed defeat against Virat Kohli’s side in the first One-day International at Dambulla at the weekend. Sri Lankan cricket team’s interim coach, Nic...

Colombo, Aug 15 - Sri Lanka is committed to playing at least one Twenty20 International against Pakistan in Lahore in September if all logistical and operational plans fall in place. Thilanga Sumathipala, the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket, at the conclusion of the Asian Cricket Council Annual General Body meeting in Colombo on Sunday (August 12) said that his cricket board had...

Colombo, July 12 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka's national cricket captain, Angelo Mathews, on Wednesday announced his resignation as captain from all three forms of cricket - One Day International's, Test Cricket and T20's after Sri Lanka suffered a loss against Zimbabwe in a recently concluded ODI series. In a media briefing held in capital Colombo, Mathews said the loss suffered...

Colombo, July 4 - Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day internationals at the Hambantota stadium. Experts will be on hand for all three ODI games at the 35,000-capacity stadium, which is next to an elephant sanctuary, a wildlife official told AFP...

Colombo, June 24 (newsin.asia) - The Head Coach of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, Graham Ford, on Saturday announced he would be stepping down from his post, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. The 56 year old South African, who was more popularly known as ‘Fordy’ was appointed as the Head Coach in February 2016. Under him, Sri Lanka...

Colombo, June 22 - Sri Lankan cricket has hit new lows following an update of the ICC Rankings for ODI cricket as the national cricket team slipped to number eight in the official rankings. Prior to the ICC Champions Trophy, Sri Lanka were placed seventh and Pakistan were eighth, but an impressive show during the competition has helped Pakistan to secure...