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Sri Lanka Cricket has penalised national cricketers for, refusing to travel to Pakistan for the last T20 even as the team’s head coach and another member of the support staff backed down from the Lahore trip over security concerns.
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All-rounder Thisara Perera has been named the captain for the three-match T20 series against Pakistan after several senior players expressed their unwillingness to travel to Lahore for the third and final T20 to be held in Lahore on October 29.
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Pakistan finished off the fourth ODI in style, with Shoaib Malik hitting back to back boundaries to conclude a domineering victory over Sri Lanka, who had managed 173 against a relentless bowling attack in the match played in Sharjah on Friday.
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Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva was the only spark in an otherwise horrendous batting effort by the Sri Lanka A players against West Indies A in Jamaica yesterday. Hosts declared overnight on 364 for 8 but soon wrest control of the four-day game reducing Sri Lanka for 201 for 7 at stumps.
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The second edition of the ICC Women’s Championship gets underway with the series between the Windies and Sri Lanka in Trinidad from 11 to 15 October amid rising expectations after the success of the first cycle from 2014-16 won by Australia.
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Is it the end of international cricket for Lasith Malinga? On Wednesday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) selectors announced a 15-man squad for the five-match ODI series against Pakistan starting October 13 but Malinga, a veteran of 204 ODI matches did not find a place.
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Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera last week appointed Attorney-at-Law Palitha Kumarasena to reconsider the ban imposed on Kalutara PCC and Panadura SC players after fresh evidence emerged of gross manipulation of the inquiry process.
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Soon after accepting a request to join a Cricket Advisory Committee formed by the Minister of Sports, former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena said this would be his last attempt to help transform the game. Jayawardena is part of the six-member committee headed by Hemaka Amarasuriya to make sweeping changes to the way Sri Lanka Cricket is administered and the game is managed.