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IPL Fantasy Cricket Game Invitation
Monday, 4 April 2011 - 2:29 PM SL Time
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Ramz would like you to join a League in the game `T20 League 2011` at Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket.
To join the league,
Step 1: Go to Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket
Step 2: Login with your Cricinfo ID (you will need to register if you do not have one)
Step 3: Create a team for yourself (this step is optional if you already have one)
Step 4: Click on `Join a League` on the Left Hand Navigation
Step 5: On the page which appears, select your team, copy and paste the unique invitation code(LPIN) generated for you as shown below
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Out-Goint Coach Slams SLC Management
Friday, 8 April 2011 - 7:38 PM SL Time
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Trying to Filly the Vacuum left by Zaharan till he come back :)
Sri Lanka news
Bayliss calls for improvement in management
ESPNcricinfo staff
Trevor Bayliss, the former Sri Lanka coach, has said there has to be an improvement in management and administration backing the national team. Bayliss` tenure as coach ended after the World Cup, where Sri Lanka finished as runners-up, and Stuart Law was named as an interim replacement.
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Pressure on SLC with more Controversies
Sunday, 10 April 2011 - 12:51 PM SL Time
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Has Sri Lanka`s World Cup Director passed GCE (O/L)?
April 9, 2011, 12:00 pm
by Rex Clementine
The first week after the ICC Cricket World Cup has seen several high profile resignations. It started with Kumar, then Mahela, followed by the inimitable Aravinda and his committee. But there is no news about the Cricket Interim Committee, the one that should have gone immediately after the Cricket World Cup.
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Who Should be next ODI and T20 Captain?
Monday, 11 April 2011 - 1:00 PM SL Time
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Who should be ODI and T20 Captain?
Submitted by SunJ on April 5, 2011 - 13:25
Tillekaratne Dilshan 12% (135 votes)
Angelo Mathews 82% (950 votes)
Upul Tharanga 5% (60 votes)
Lasith Malinga 1% (10 votes)
Total votes: 1155
poll in island cricket
lets discuss our opinions here
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Duleep Mendis Looks for New Blood
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 - 12:34 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
Sri Lanka selectors to look for new blood
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 11, 2011
Sri Lanka`s new chief selector Duleep Mendis said they would announce a new captain in a week AFP
With Sri Lankan cricket undergoing a complete change at their helm, new head of selectors Duleep Mendis said there will be new blood in the team as well. Kumar Sangakkara, when quitting the captaincy, said it was because Sri Lanka needed to build a new team for the 2015 World Cup, and Mendis echoed those sentiments, saying the team needed to rebuild.
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Sanga defends his decision to step down and calls SLC to think `long term`
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 - 4:00 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
SLC should appoint a long-term captain - Sangakkara
Sriram Veera
April 12, 2011
Kumar Sangakkara believes his decision to step down as captain is the right one for Sri Lanka AFP
Kumar Sangakkara has said that the Sri Lankan board should choose a long-term captain as his successor and not succumb and give someone a caretaker role. Sangakkara believed both Tillakaratne Dilshan and Angelo Mathews were ready for captaincy but said they should be given longer runs if they are to be successful.
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Antoo Jata Bahi Jata - SLC in debt after WC
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 - 8:08 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
SLC in debt after World Cup
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 12, 2011
The stadium in Hambantota, one of two new constructions for the World Cup that have left Sri Lanka Cricket in debt Getty Images
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The World Cup has left Sri Lanka Cricket in debt to the tune of $23 million thanks to cost overruns and heavy expenses incurred in building stadiums. Sri Lanka, which lost the final to India in Mumbai, built two new grounds, one in Hambantota and the other in Pallekele, while the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo received an extensive renovation.
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Shaminda Eranga - a Grooming Fast Bowler for Sri Lanka, will he fill the gap left by Malinga
Wednesday, 13 April 2011 - 12:17 PM SL Time
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Home Interviews
I can bowl at 140 kph - Eranga
April 11, 2011
Upcoming speedster Shaminda Eranga could make his debut this year. Island Cricket/ Shaminda ERANGA.
In November last year, with the then chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva disclosing that Sri Lanka`s fast bowling department was in a transitional phase, the selectors included a virtually unknown 24-year-old Shaminda Eranga in the squad for the second Test against West Indies.
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SL IPL players been asked to leave IPL by May 5th
Thursday, 14 April 2011 - 12:35 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
Sri Lankan cricketers to leave IPL on May 5
Sa`adi Thawfeeq
April 13, 2011
The Sri Lankan cricketers playing in the 2011 IPL have been asked to report to Colombo by May 5 to prepare for the tour of England. The squad is due to depart for England on May 10 whereas the IPL goes on until May 28.
`For the past two months or so they [the Sri Lankan players] have been playing one-day and T20 cricket and it is time they switched on to playing the longer game,` said Duleep Mendis, who replaced Aravinda de Silva as the new chairman of selectors after the World Cup. `The first half of the English summer is not going to be easy and we want the players to report for training and to concentrate on getting used to the change of playing white balls to red.`
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Murali slams SLC`s sudden u-turn, Sanga urges to follow board`s directives
Sunday, 17 April 2011 - 1:04 PM SL Time
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Indian Premier League 2011
Murali criticises SLC decision to recall players
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 16, 2011
IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin has said that the controversy surrounding Sri Lanka Cricket`s (SLC) decision to recall the Sri Lankan players participating in the IPL by May 5 to prepare for the tour of England will be resolved shortly.
`The BCCI top brass is in touch with SLC and they will resolve the issue,` Amin told the Times of India. `It is an issue between SLC and its players who are playing in IPL four. We are expecting that the issue will get solved by next week.`
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Another Young Blood (Taranga in Making) for SLC to take care of - Kithuruwan Vithanage
Monday, 18 April 2011 - 1:27 PM SL Time
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Profile
Kithuruwan Vithanage is a left-handed batsman who was selected for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand as the vice-captain. He had a good tour of Australia with the U-19 team in 2009, finishing as the third-highest run-getter. His idol is Adam Gilchrist.
you can see some of the classy `Sanga` shots from him here
[http://www.islandcricket.lk/videos/sri_lankan_batsman_watch_out_for_kithuruwan_vithanage]
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Dilshan Appointed Captain of SL Team to England, but without a deputy so far
Monday, 18 April 2011 - 7:26 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
Dilshan named captain for England tour
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 18, 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan has been appointed Sri Lanka`s captain for all three formats during the upcoming tour of England in May following Kumar Sangakkara`s resignation from the post after the World Cup. Sri Lanka Cricket have not yet named a vice-captain to fill the role vacated by Mahela Jayawardene because `the prospective candidates are nursing injuries, and their availability for the forthcoming tour is still in question.`
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Dilly`s Captaincy Job: A tricky job for an uncluttered brain
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 - 12:37 PM SL Time
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Dilshan`s captaincy will surely mark a new era in Sri Lankan cricket. A mistake could set them back by years, but success will put him among the all-time Sri Lankan greats.
Sidharth Monga
April 19, 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan will need to tackle this job with as much care as he does his beard Associated Press
Kumar Sangakkara didn`t leave them any choice, did he? At 33, he said, he was not sure if he would be available for the next World Cup, and said he favoured a leader who would take the side into the next event, four years down the line. Except there was only one probable candidate younger than he: Angelo Mathews, who is yet to become a permanent fixture in the Test side.
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ICC may reconsider its 10-teams decision for 2015WC
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 - 7:04 PM SL Time
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ICC news
Pawar requests relook at World Cup 2015 format
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 19, 2011
Sharad Pawar`s request could give the Associates and Affiliates a chance at playing the 2015 World Cup AFP
The ICC`s executive board will discuss again the composition of the 2015 World Cup during the ICC `s annual conference in Hong Kong in end-June. This follows a request from the president Sharad Pawar, in response to strong and widespread criticism of the ICC`s decision to drop the Associate members from the 2015 tournament.
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`Captaincy will be a challenge for Dilshan` - Which he`ll take with his Dilscoop :)
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 - 3:56 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka news
`Captaincy will be a challenge for Dilshan`
Sa`adi Thawfeeq
April 20, 2011
Will Tillkaratne Dilshan be able to lead by example? AFP
Former Sri Lanka cricketers and administrators have reacted with caution to the appointment of Tillakaratne Dilshan as Sri Lanka captain for the upcoming tour of England following Kumar Sangakkara`s resignation from the post. Dilshan, who was the top run-scorer in the World Cup, was named captain across all three formats and ended speculation over whether he or 23-year-old allrounder Angelo Mathews would be named as Sangakkara`s successor. Sangakkara, in a recent interview with ESPNcricinfo had said that Dilshan, if selected, was likely to do a `good job, because he has these little touches for success.` However, not all have the same degree of optimism.
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Salutes to Dilly for his stands in 1st Press Meeting: and SLC to call back Slinga from IPL
Thursday, 21 April 2011 - 12:23 PM SL Time
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Part I: Dilly Press Meeting
Sri Lanka news
Playing for Sri Lanka bigger than IPL - Dilshan
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 20, 2011
The blond streaks and the ear-rings are gone Manoj Ridimahaliyadda
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Sri Lanka`s newly appointed captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has said he doesn`t mind leaving the IPL early in order to prepare for the upcoming tour of England. Dilshan is among the 11 Sri Lankan players who have been asked by Sri Lanka Cricket to return by May 5, in order to attend a training camp before leaving for England on May 11.
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The Metamorphosis of Dilshan
Sunday, 24 April 2011 - 1:21 PM SL Time
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The Metamorphosis of Dilshan
April 23, 2011, 7:54 pm
by Neil Perera
The article that appeared in The Island of 21st April titled `Country before Money says Dilshan` indicates the apparent metamorphosis of Dilshan, who for all intents and purposes appeared to be a maverick in the cricket arena and gives us cricket lovers a glimmer of hope that Sri Lanka Cricket will recover from the depths of ignominy it has fallen in recent times. We only hope that Dilshan will go a step further and put more responsibility into his batting and reveal to the world that he is a far better batsman than his records show.
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Dilly May Return Earlier
Monday, 25 April 2011 - 12:31 PM SL Time
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Dilshan could return early
April 24, 2011, 9:22 pm
Discussions are underway with Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan to forego his Indian Premier League fortunes and join Sri Lanka`s squad to England on the departure date.
Sri Lanka leave for England on the 10th of May.
Earlier Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage had stated that all IPL players needed to return home by the 5th of May for training ahead of the tour, but was forced to make a u turn after the Board of Control for Cricket in India pressurised the local board.
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Dilly to return on 10th, seeking to create and help team bond
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 - 1:40 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka in England 2011
Dilshan could leave IPL by May 10
ESPNcricinfo staff
April 25, 2011
Dilshan could be saying an early goodbye to Bangalore AFP
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka`s newly appointed captain, is reportedly considering leaving the IPL on May 10 to join the Sri Lanka squad on their way to England, a week before the rest of the country`s players currently playing in the Indian league are to depart.
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Slinga slams at SLC for the careless treatment to him in 2008 and clarifies latest issues
Wednesday, 27 April 2011 - 12:52 PM SL Time
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Sri Lanka Cricket forces Malinga to retire from Test cricket
By Hilal Suhaib
April 26, 2011 (Island Cricket): Upon his return to the island from India today, Lasith Malinga pointed the finger directly at the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) interim committee for aggravating his knee injury in 2008. Malinga also accused SLC of not caring for his well-being during his time away from international cricket as a result of the injury.
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IPL: The land where player priorities forgotten
Thursday, 28 April 2011 - 12:31 PM SL Time
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IPL: The land where player priorities forgotten
April 26, 2011, 9:57 pm
by Chathura Pinnawala
Same old monster which sent shivers upon the spine of cricket enthusiasts around the world, barring India, has raised its ugly head again. Heard around every corner of the town since 2008 for its unmatched potential to disrupt a cricketer`s thought process, scarily enough IPL has risen to the mountain where calling shots among the ICC is a mere formality. Aided unerringly by the misled spectator`s thirst for instant entertainment, this version of cricket which is surplus to requirements for the survival terms of cricket has no clear depths of spreading the virus.
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