Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga and fellow ex-skipper Sanath Jayasuriya have joined street protests demanding the president step down over the country’s economic crisis. Cricket is avidly followed in the Indian Ocean island nation and the pair called on other former...
Apr 1 (NDTV) World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga blasted Tamil Nadu politicians on Sunday for their calls to keep Sri Lankan players out of the IPL matches in Chennai. He said while he believes sports and politics should be kept separate, it is not the case in reality. "Politics ...
Dec 30 (AFP) Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is to be formally appointed as head of the cricket administration next week, officials said. "His appointment is confirmed and he should take over next week as chairman of the cricket interim committee," a senior presidential...
Cricket board:Sri Lanka Cricket ICC titles:3 Sri Lanka Men's Cricket Team History Cricket has been Sri Lanka's most popular sport since the country gained independence from the British in 1948, but it was in 1996, when the men's team won the 1996 ODI World Cup, that the island's cric...
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Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain, said the success had brought more money into the domestic game, and that made it more attractive for people to get into the administration of the sport. “Before we won the World Cup, there was (not much) money involved . . . ...
In the seventh match, Sri Lanka were pitted against a marauding Aussie outfit with unrelenting pace as its main weapon. What followed was a display of guts and grit from the plucky Sri Lankans. Winning the toss, Australian captain Ian Chappell elected to bat first. In the allotted 60 overs...
Colombo, June 18: Sri Lanka’s former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has alleged that his country “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, a claim ridiculed by former captain Mahela Jayawardene who demanded evidence for it.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the U19 team for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which consists of six players from the Devapathiraja College in Rathgama, Galle. According to a SLC statement, a 15-member squad has been selected for the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup to be hel...
Cricket: Sri Lanka Captain Revels in Return of Jayasuriya; WORLD CUPByline: By Richard Gibson in AntiguaThe Birmingham Post (England)