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Chaminda Vaas Ready To Face England If Call Comes From Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 1 June 2011 - 2:14 PM SL Time

Vaas says he would consider a Test comeback at Lord`s

Veteran bowler would strengthen Sri Lanka pace attack

Chaminda Vaas, who took 355 Test wickets for Sri Lanka, has told the Guardian he would consider returning to represent his country in the second Test, which starts at Lord`s on Friday.

The 37-year-old opening bowler retired from the long form of international cricket in July 2009, but the skill and stamina he showed in taking seven Glamorgan wickets for Northamptonshire on Tuesday confirmed he would unquestionably strengthen the tourists` weak and inexperienced pace attack.

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Sri Lanka Faces Day Of Judgment At Lord`s
Thursday, 2 June 2011 - 1:24 PM SL Time

Sri Lanka`s new captain Tillekaratne Dilshan will have just two days to pick up the pieces and regroup with his under-fire team as he seeks to overcome a devastating blow of losing the first Test unlike any he had ever seen that would have left even the host country England shocked.

`It`s very difficult to explain things. I can`t simply imagine that we got out in 24 overs, given that we have a good batting line up. Unfortunately we lost the match because we batted really bad`, said Dilshan who was virtually thrown into the deep end to see his team swim or sink like a stone.

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Dilshan Challenges England Bowlers For A Shoot-Out
Friday, 3 June 2011 - 11:22 AM SL Time

By Callistus Davy at Lord`s, London

Beleaguered Sri Lanka skipper Tillekaratne Dilshan yesterday threw down the gauntlet for England`s fast bowlers to come after his batsmen saying he`ll accept no kindergarten approach from his team in the second cricket Test which starts here at Lord`s in London today.

Dilshan claimed the team had brushed off the psychological hangover of the first Test defeat and were only focussed on the second Test at a venue where Sri Lanka is yet to record a victory with the previous five encounters at Lord`s ending in two wins for England with the rest drawn.

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Sri Lanka Ready For Lord`s Test: Dilshan:
Friday, 3 June 2011 - 2:19 PM SL Time

Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan says his side will draw on their `good memories` of playing at Lord`s as they seek to bounce back in the second npower Test.

Dilshan`s first Test as captain ended in a traumatic innings and 14 run defeat in Cardiff as their highly rated batting line-up were bundled out for just 82 on the final evening.

The 34-year-old backed his batsmen to draw on the experience playing at the Home of Cricket though as they seek to avoid a series loss.

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Ex Sri Lanka Skipper Hashan Tillakaratne says Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya Were Match-Fixers
Saturday, 4 June 2011 - 12:16 PM SL Time

Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has alleged that fellow former captains Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya were involved in match-fixing, according to a report on a Sri Lankan website.

Lanka News Web claims that Tillakarante made the revelations at a meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The report claimed that the meeting was facilitated by Ven Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero, a popular Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka.

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England Rally After Top Order Collapse
Saturday, 4 June 2011 - 4:33 PM SL Time

England fought back after losing their first three wickets in the space of half an hour to reach 342 for six on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka at Lord`s on Friday.

Alastair Cook gave another display of immense concentration and application after watching Andrew Strauss (4), Jonathan Trott (2) and Kevin Pietersen (2) depart in swift succession. Opener Cook was only four runs short of what would have been his sixth century in nine tests when he skied an attempted pull off Dilhara Fernando and was caught at mid-on.

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Dilshan Leads Lankan Charge
Sunday, 5 June 2011 - 12:22 PM SL Time

By Callistus Davy at Lord`s, London

Sri Lanka skipper Tillekaratne Dilshan lived up to his challenge of proving England were wrong to brand his team sitting ducks against short-pitched fast bowling as Sri Lanka overcame some frightening moments to set a packed Lord`s cricket ground alight with the highest opening stand of 207 on English soil and a maiden century on the second day of the second cricket Test here in London yesterday.

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Cricketers Play Without Pay
Sunday, 5 June 2011 - 4:33 PM SL Time

By Champika Fernando

The current financial quandary baffling the cricket`s controlling body at the Maitland Place has hit the cricketers hard, as the SLC has not only delayed signing the fresh player contracts, but has not paid their dues for the last two months running.

Sources said that the contracts including the central contracts of the national players expired on March 31, but the empty coffers had forced them to delay it indefinitely with false promises.

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Legend At Lord`s Wounded Warrior Tillekaratne Dilshan Rewrites The Record Books At The Home Of Cricket
Monday, 6 June 2011 - 12:16 PM SL Time

By Callistus Davy at Lord`s, London

A battered and bruised Tillekaratne Dilshan rewrote history by making the highest individual score for his country at the home of cricket here in Lord`s, London on the second day of the second cricket Test against England yesterday.

It was the stuff that makes legends and Dilshan booked his place among them, an elite club that does not include the names of the top five run-makers in world cricket Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis who have never made a century at Lord`s.

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Will Lankans Get The Service Of Sanath and Vaas?
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 - 12:28 PM SL Time

Elmo Rodrigoppulle reporting from England

There is strong talk here and a newspaper carried the story that former Sri Lanka captain and blaster of bowling Sanath Jayasuriya has been picked in Sri Lanka`s squad for the Five one-day and Twenty20 Internationals against England which begins after the Three Npower Test series.

I spoke to Chairman of Selectors and Selector on tour here Duleep Mendis and asked him for confirmation whether the Jayasuriya story was true.

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National Cricket Selectors Divided?
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 - 7:49 PM SL Time

By Channaka de Silva

Divided National cricket selectors are having serious differences as they are about to pick the Sri Lanka One Day International squad and the Sri Lanka `A` squad for the forthcoming tours of England.

Sources said that the differences have escalated after the Selector on tour in England had allegedly taken some arbitrary decisions over-ruling the collective decision of the rest of the selectors who are based in Sri Lanka.

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Dilshan May Not Play In Third Test Against England
Wednesday, 8 June 2011 - 1:49 PM SL Time

Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said that he was likely to miss the third and final Test match against England, to be played at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on June 16, due to a fracture in his right thumb.

`At the moment, I believe I`m going to miss the last Test match, but we`ll see over the next couple of days,` he told reporters in London today.

`We have 10 days until the next test match. The doctors advise to rest three to four weeks, but we`ll see how we go.`

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Sanath Jayasuriya Recalled
Thursday, 9 June 2011 - 11:01 AM SL Time

By Channaka de Silva

Legendary Sanath Jayasuriya will make a welcome return to the Sri Lanka T20 and One Day International fold as the national selectors picked the former Sri Lanka captain yesterday to join the squad for the series against England starting on June 25 with aT20 at Bristol. The series also features five ODIs against England and one ODI each against Ireland and Scotland.

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A Statistical Review Of An ODI Legend
Thursday, 9 June 2011 - 3:12 PM SL Time

They say statistics never lie and in the case of Sanath Jayasuriya`s long and glittering ODI career the milestones and stats make interesting reading to those who follow Sri Lankan cricket closely. Although he was more than a useful bowler, since his primary function was as a batsman, this article focuses on his exploits at wielding the willow.

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Jayasuriya Announces International Retirement
Friday, 10 June 2011 - 11:36 AM SL Time

Sanath Jayasuriya has announced he will retire from international cricket after Sri Lanka`s first ODI against England on June 28, at The Oval, and revealed his decision within hours of being recalled to the squad close to his 42nd birthday.

`The England tour will be my last tour for my country. I will play the first one-day and the Twenty20 match and retire,` Jayasuriya said on Thursday. `I am thrilled that the selectors had faith in my fitness.`

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SLC Announces Sri Lanka `A` Team Squad For Tour Of England
Saturday, 11 June 2011 - 12:49 PM SL Time

Wicket keeper-batsman Kaushal Silva will lead Sri Lanka A in their upcoming tour of England in July, a press release from Sri Lanka Cricket states.

Silva, who is behind Prasanna Jayawardene in the national team pecking order, will be assisted by Dinesh Chandimal. On a personal front, this is an important tour for Silva since Jayawardene scored a career defining century in Cardiff and Chandimal is also waiting in the wings.

The squad is heavily armoured with the form players of the recently concluded Premier League. Dinesh Chandimal and Sajeewa Weerakoon finished the season as the highest run getter and wicket taker respectively.

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Get Some Proof Before You Accuse Sri Lanka Of Fixing: Muttiah Muralitharan
Saturday, 11 June 2011 - 8:05 PM SL Time

Muralitharan, the most successful bowler in Test history with 800 wickets, did more than anyone to make Sri Lanka a force in world cricket in a 19-year international career which ended with a World Cup final in India earlier this year.

Yet the spin king`s achievements risk being cast under a shadow by the claims of former captain Hashan Tillakaratne, who alleges corruption has been endemic within the team since 1992.

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Tharanga Faces Two-Year Ban From Cricket
Sunday, 12 June 2011 - 1:28 PM SL Time

By S.R. Pathiravithana

The beleaguered Sri Lanka ODI opener Upul Tharanga will face an official ICC panel of inquiry to explain about his side of the story following reports that he had been tested positive for banned drugs, according to informed sources. The ICC inquiry will be held in Dubai on or about June 24.

If the Lankan opener cannot substantiate his innocence at this inquiry, he stands to face a maximum two-year ban, the sources said citing World Anti-Doping Agency rules.

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Law Yet To Inform SLC Officially - Nishantha
Sunday, 12 June 2011 - 7:26 PM SL Time

The Sun says that SLC caretaker coach in talks with Bangladesh

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has still not officially heard from the caretaker coach of the national team Stuart Law, on his decision to seek a fresh contract with another cricket board, Secretary of SLC Interim Committee Nishantha Ranatunga told LAKBIMAnEWS.

Britain`s biggest-selling tabloid newspaper `The Sun`, reported last week (Jun 7), that former Australia star Stuart Law has spent Sri Lanka`s on-going tour of England in discussions with Bangladesh over their vacant role.

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Sri Lanka Draw, Dilshan In Pain
Monday, 13 June 2011 - 12:56 PM SL Time

Sri Lanka`s tour match against Essex was limited to only 13-overs on the third and final day with the two sides left to settle for a draw in the rain-affected clash.

Resuming their over night score on 7 for 1, the tourists were reduced to 10 for three after Tharanga Paranavitana and Dinesh Chandimal both departed for one run each. Essex`s 17-year old opening bowler, Reece Topley, added to his four first innings wickets with two more in the Sri Lanka`s second visit to the crease.

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Thirimanne Begins Countdown
Tuesday, 14 June 2011 - 3:21 PM SL Time

For the next two days Sri Lanka`s most eligible uncapped batsman Lahiru Thirimanne will be counting the hours as he waits to learn if he could fit into the shoes of an injured Tillekaratne Dilshan in the third and final cricket Test against England in what has been a dream tour for the south paw opener so far.

I have waited for this day and all my team-mates are guiding me. To get a hundred in England is very great and my confidence is very high. Unlike in Sri Lanka the ball keeps swinging around and it`s a big challenge , said the soft spoken 21-year old Thirimanne after he smashed a century in Sri Lanka`s last three-day match against Essex.

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Thirimanne To Make Test Debut - Dilshan Ruled Out, Sanga To Captain Third Test
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 - 1:01 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from Southampton

Hopes of captain Tillakaratne Dilshan recovering in time to play the third and final Test Match against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton didn`t materialise as the 34-year-old was ruled out of the game. Dilshan sustained a hairline fracture on his right thumb during his record breaking 193 at Lord`s, during the drawn second Test against England and although the batsman was expecting a speedy recovery to play the third Test, Sri Lanka opted not to risk him with the five-match ODI series against England to follow the Test series.

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Sangakkara Promises Fearless Approach
Thursday, 16 June 2011 - 1:11 PM SL Time

Kumar Sangakkara has promised Sri Lanka will show plenty of positive intent at the Rose Bowl as they seek to keep their good record against England intact.

Victory for the tourists in the third Test would give them a share of the series spoils and leave England without a Test series win over Sri Lanka since 2002.

Sangakkara, who admits he was reluctant to stand in as captain for the Test after Tillakaratne Dilshan was ruled out by a broken thumb, insists that Sri Lanka`s approach needs to reflect that proud record.

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Injuries And Rain Affect Sri Lanka`s Efforts To Square Series
Thursday, 16 June 2011 - 4:27 PM SL Time

Rose Bowl becomes England`s tenth Test venue

Rex Clementine reporting from Southampton

Sri Lanka`s efforts to square the three-match Test series against England won`t be helped by the fact that their captain Tillakaratne Dilshan won`t take the field due to a fractured right thumb, here at Rose Bowl as the tourists take on England in the third and final Test Match between the countries starting today.

Dilshan is the in-form Sri Lankan batsman having posted a career best 193 at Lord`s during the last Test. He also hit two centuries at the start of the tour during warm-up games against Middlesex and England Lions. The weather forecast too doesn`t look good at all for the five days of the Test Match providing a further blow to the visitors` chances of squaring the series 1-1.

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Lanka Lose Early Wickets As Rain Hampers Day One
Friday, 17 June 2011 - 2:10 PM SL Time

Elmo RODRIGOPULLE reporting from England

Only 18 overs of play was possible at the time of our going to press and Sri Lanka were 29 for 3 on day one of the Third and Final Test against England on a rain affected day at the Rose Bowl, here today.

It has so far been a start, stop, start, stop Test and more rain and bad weather is predicted for the second day and not much cricket will be possible. At the wickets were Mahela Jayawardena on 3 and Thilan Samaraweea on no score.

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Poor Form Of Mahela And Sanga Surprises Marvan
Saturday, 18 June 2011 - 1:02 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from Southampton

Sri Lanka`s batting coach Marvan Atapattu was surprised by the form of heavyweights Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, who are yet to score a half-century in the three match Test series against England.

Both batsmen have had five innings so far in the series, but are yet to post a half-century and their form is a major reason for Sri Lanka`s poor show in the Test series. The tourists lost the first Test in Cardiff by an innings and 14 runs after being bowled out for 82 runs in the second innings and drew the second Test thanks largely to a swashbuckling 193 by captain Tillakaratne Dilshan.

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Three Cricketers To Opt Out Of Contracts
Sunday, 19 June 2011 - 11:42 AM SL Time

With cricket administration on the verge of a collapse and the lure of the IPL money taking precedence over country, three senior players are planning to opt out from their national contracts, LAKBIMANEWS reliably learns.

Handled by the same agent, the three key players, a bowler who retired from Test recently, and two top order batsmen will not renew their contracts on return to the island after the conclusion of the English tour.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Not In The Red says Ranatunga
Sunday, 19 June 2011 - 4:21 PM SL Time

Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga refuted allegations that the Country`s premier cricket organisation is in the red. Ranatunga speaking to the Sunday Times said SLC is in no financial crisis at all.

When we were building the three new grounds at Hambantota, Pallekelle and the R. Premadasa Stadium, we allocated a sum of Rs.3.2 billion, and we entrusted the work to two government institutions -- the Ports Authority and the State Engineering Corporation.

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Sri Lanka Fight Back After England Declaration
Monday, 20 June 2011 - 1:07 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from Southampton

Sri Lanka were fighting to save the third and final Test Match against England after an horrendous batting collapse in the first innings and set to survive 49 overs on the penultimate day with 193 runs behind, they reached 112 for three at stumps here at the Rose Bowl yesterday.

The tourists are still 81 runs behind England`s first innings total, but with weather predictions not looking good for today`s final day, they appear to have got out of jail. Today`s entire day, however, will not be washed out and Kumar Sangakkara will have to show the application he exhibited yesterday if Sri Lanka are to avoid a 2-0 defeat in the series.

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Sanga Learns Lesson As Sri Lanka Battle To Survive
Monday, 20 June 2011 - 4:53 PM SL Time

Beleaguered veteran Kumar Sangakkara appeared to have learnt from his blunders as Sri Lanka made an agonizing effort to pull through in the second essay in a desperate attempt to save face and draw the third and final cricket Test against England with a rain-predicted day left here at the Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton yesterday.

After a day on which their bowlers were hit to all parts of the ground before England declared at 377 for 8, the Sri Lankans were placed at 112 at 3 still needing to wipe out 81 runs from a first innings deficit.

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Sangakkara Atones In Painful Haul Ashore
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 - 12:45 PM SL Time

It came too late in his career and for his team, but at least Kumar Sangakkara discovered that playing Test cricket in England was a different ball game as he scored his first hundred in nine appearances to help Sri Lanka draw the third and final Test here in Southampton yesterday while the home team grabbed the series 1-0.

What was different from his innings is that he never played a single rash shot and not even the England bowlers may grudge him for defying them for more than five hours to reach his century of which an hour was spent to move from 89 to the three-figure mark, a painful way to atone for the first innings when he threw away his wicket unbecoming of a player from whom nothing short of the best will be accepted.

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Sangakkara Admits Sri Lanka Struggling Without Murali
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 - 8:04 PM SL Time

SOUTHAMPTON, England Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara called on his side to find `new ways of winning Tests` after his century in the drawn finale against England failed to prevent a 1-0 series loss.

Sangakkara`s 119, together with 87 not out from Thilan Samaraweera, helped Sri Lanka defy England on the last day of the first Test ever staged at Hampshire`s Rose Bowl ground before rain, which blighted this three-match series, poured down after tea to seal a draw.

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Dilshan Ruled Out Of T-20
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 - 1:11 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from Worcester

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has been ruled out of the T-20 International against England at Bristol on Saturday to provide his fractured thumb enough time to heal. Dilshan sustained a hairline fracture on his right thumb after being struck by Chris Tremlett during the second Test against England at Lord`s.

His 193 at Lord`s became the highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman at the Home of Cricket surpassing Sidath Wettimuny`s 191, who made it 27 years ago. During that innings, he was struck twice on the same spot by Tremlett.

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Bowling Worries Sri Lankan Coach After Worcestershire Scare
Thursday, 23 June 2011 - 12:14 PM SL Time

Sri Lanka`s interim head coach Stuart Law was concerned by his side`s bowling, in their tour game against Worcestershire at New Road today (yesterday).

After amassing 351/5 in their 50 overs, Sri Lanka`s bowlers allowed the Worcestershire Royals` batsmen to near the 300-run mark. The Royals were eventually bowled out for 294 in the 44th over, but not before Moeen Ali (136 from 90 balls) launched a vicious attack on the visitors` bowlers.

Had it not been for a middle-order collapse, which saw The Royals` last six wickets fall for 24 runs, the home team were on their way to a famous victory.

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India Not To Send Players For SLPL
Friday, 24 June 2011 - 12:13 PM SL Time

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has stuck to its guns on the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL). During a tele-conference with the top officials of the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC), BCCI secretary N Srinivasan told the SLC officials that the Indian board would not be in a position to allow its players to take part in Lanka`s version of the IPL.

A disappointed SLC took the decision in its stride.

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Sri Lanka - England Twenty20 Today
Saturday, 25 June 2011 - 11:53 AM SL Time

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY SIDE OF CRICKET BEGINS:

Elmo RODRIGOPULLE reporting from England

With the conclusion of the Three-match Test series for the Npower Trophy, now begins the GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY side of cricket when the `cowboy` games begin for the Natwest Trophy with Sri Lanka meeting England in the one and only Twenty20 at Bristol, on Saturday.


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Injuries, Sri Lanka`s Main Concern Ahead Of T-20 International
Saturday, 25 June 2011 - 5:33 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from Bristol

The Sri Lankan cricket team that has lost the services of captain Tillakaratne Dilshan since the second Test at Lord`s, may miss all-rounder Angelo Mathews as well for today`s T-20 International against England here at Bristol. The 24-year-old is expected to go through a fitness test this morning.

Mathews, played the warm up game against Worcestershire at New Road and smashed 81 in 90 balls, but didn`t bowl and the team management is taking precautionary measures before he returns to international cricket after surgery. Mathews missed the World Cup final in Bombay after sustaining a quadriceps injury during the semi-final clash against New Zealand in Colombo. Later, he underwent surgery in Melbourne. Mathews` team-mate at St. Joseph`s Dimuth Karunaratne will make his debut if the all-rounder is ruled out.

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Jayawardene Seals Sri Lanka Thrashing Of England
Sunday, 26 June 2011 - 12:18 PM SL Time

BRISTOL, England, June 25, 2011 (AFP) - Mahela Jayawardene`s unbeaten 72 saw Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory against England in the lone Twenty20 international here on Saturday.

Jayawardene`s innings back ed up an impressive bowling display that left the tourists needing just 137 for victory against World Twenty20 champions England.

They reached their target for the loss of only veteran Sanath Jayasuriya with 16 balls to spare.

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Is This How Kandamby Beat Mathews To Vice-Captaincy?
Sunday, 26 June 2011 - 5:52 PM SL Time

By Desmond Samith

Ever wonder why Angelo Mathews was not selected as Sri Lanka cricket team`s new vice captain, or how Thilina Kandamby, who not long ago was struggling to find a place in the team, landed there.

It`s no secret that the national cricket team is undergoing a transitional period, the events that took place immediately after the World Cup necessitating it. And just for the record, the selection committee headed by Aravinda de Silva resigned. Captain Kumar Sangakkara and his deputy Mahela Jayawrdena soon followed.

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It Was Frustrating To Miss World Cup Final - Mathews
Monday, 27 June 2011 - 12:28 PM SL Time

Not being named vice-captain doesn`t bother all-rounder

Rex Clementine reporting from London

When the postmortem of Sri Lanka`s defeat in the World Cup final was done, the absence of Angelo Mathews was felt as a key point to Sri Lanka`s defeat. Not only did his quadriceps injury upset the balance of the team, Kumar Sangakkara`s side also lost a level headed player, who had shown remarkable composure during the World Cup semi-final at R. Premadasa Stadium when he walked in with Sri Lanka down to the last recognised batting pair at 185 for five chasing a target of 218.

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Sri Lanka To Host Australia On Reduced Budget
Monday, 27 June 2011 - 7:49 PM SL Time

Colombo: Sri Lanka`s cash-strapped cricket administration has slashed the budget for Australia`s tour, the island`s sports minister said on Sunday, stressing security would not be compromised.

Australia are due to play three Tests, five one-day matches and two Twenty20 games during their August 6 to September 20 tour of Sri Lanka.

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Sanath Jaya-`suriya` - Trailblazer Par Excellence
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 - 1:23 PM SL Time

I thought about it long and hard and decided that`s it. It`s a very emotional moment, but I guess every good thing has to come to an end. - Jayasuriya

Jayasuriya, What a Cricketer Allan Border

Krish Sripada

On 28th of this month, 2 days before he turns 42, one of the greatest ODI cricketers of all time would be seen on the cricket field for the last time. Ironically, ODI cricket, passing through some troubled times itself, would lose one of its greatest servants, when Sanath Jayasuriya hangs his boots and calls it a day. What he means to cricket and Sri Lankan cricket in particular, is obvious from the respectable retirement that SL cricket has granted him. This comes at an age when most other cricketers of this competitive era, find themselves too old to hold the famed bat and run the 21 yards.

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Dilshan Ruled Fit To Play First ODI
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 - 6:22 PM SL Time

Rex Clementine reporting from London

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, who has not played since the second Test against England at Lord`s, passed a fitness test yesterday and will play today`s opening One-Day International of the five match series against the hosts here at The Oval today.

When vice-captain Thilina Kandamby turned up for the pre-match media briefing, it was expected that he will lead the side as Dilshan was still recovering, but the 34-year-old was seen batting at nets yesterday and was passed fit to play. Dilshan sustained a hairline fracture on his right thumb during his record breaking 193 at Lord`s a fortnight ago.

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Sri Lanka Great Sanath Jayasuriya Out For 2 In Final Innings Of 22-Year International Career
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 - 12:39 PM SL Time

By: Steve Douglas, The Associated Press

LONDON - Back at the scene of his greatest test innings, Sanath Jayasuriya couldn`t bring the curtain down on his glorious international career with the type of swashbucking display that characterised his 22 years as a Sri Lanka player.

Two days before his 42nd birthday, Jayasuriya returned to The Oval in southwest London to play the final match of his career a one-dayer against England.

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