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Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:27th September 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –England all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after a nightclub incident in Bristol early on Monday.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:25th September 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Sunday confirmed that the International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has commenced a preliminary inquiry with regard to various allegations that had been circulating in the recent past.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:21st September 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Sri Lanka allrounder Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi later this month with a calf strain. He had sustained the injury during training on Tuesday, before undergoing scans on Wednesday.

Written by:lankapuvathheroadminPosted on:16th August 201716th August 2017

SLC has just approved for the team to travel to Pakistan later this year. This will be the first cricketing nation to tour Pakistan after the 2009 attack. The National Cricket team may tour Pakistan later this year for a single Twenty 20 game, Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathiapala announced at the 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) citing that security assessments ‘look positive.’ Speaking at the AGM, he said…

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:20th March 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Australian Open champion Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 in an all-Swiss final to win the BNP Paribas Open – his fifth Indian Wells triumph.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:16th March 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Roger Federer played superbly to claim a third straight win over Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career and reach the last eight in Indian Wells.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:15th March 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Shashank Manohar, the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has stepped down after 8-months in the role.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:11th March 2017

(GALLE, LANKAPUVATH) – Sri Lanka Cricket team’s Rangana Herath became the most successful left-arm Spinner in Test Cricket on Saturday (11), claiming 6 for 59 to bowl his team to an emphatic 259-run victory against Bangladesh National Cricket team in the first Test at the Galle International Stadium.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:9th March 2017

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala revealed that Sri Lanka Cricket’s present administration has been able to earn a record Rs. 400 million income within a year.

Written by:chanaka inojPosted on:8th March 2017

(AUCKLAND, LANKAPUVATH) – Hughie Fury, cousin of former World Heavyweight Champion Tyson, will fight New Zealand’s Joseph Parker for the WBO Heavyweight Title in Auckland on 6 May.