SLC keen on hosting Lanka Premier League despite concerns over border reopening
Cricket | July 02, 2020 13:05 ISTSri Lanka Cricket remains firm on hosting the Lanka Premier League from August 8-22.
Sri Lanka Cricket remains firm on hosting the Lanka Premier League from August 8-22.
SLC feels it has a chance this year to safely host a tournament with significant foreign involvement after the Island Nation managed the COVID-19 crisis better than many other nations.
Lasith Malinga was not the part of the 24-member squad for the second residential training camp in Kandy.
According to a report, the BCCI has already given a nod to Sri Lanka Cricket for a tour, given the Indian government's clearance.
Sri Lanka Cricket chief Shammi Silva has said that Pakistan Cricket Board is okay with SLC hosting the event.
It was March 3, 2009, Sri Lanka team took the bus for the Day 3 of the second Test match of the series, and just outside Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, 12 armed men attacked them.
Earlier, Sri Lanka sports minister Alahapperuma had said that three Sri Lanka cricketers were being probed by the ICC for match-fixing. He, however, had not mentioned if they were former or current players.
Sports Minister Dullas Alahapperuma did not mention if they were former or current players.
Madushanka, 25, and one of his friends were arrested on May 23 at Pannala in the country's North-Western province for allegedly possessing heroin.
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The Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Tuesday that it has suspended Shehan Madushanka after a drug-related arrest.
Madushanka's arrest was the first time a contracted player was remanded over a drug charge.
There was no immediate reaction from the governing body, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the Prime Minister's decision.
Sri Lanka Cricket has reportedly written a letter to BCCI to consider the possibility of touring the island nation for three-match T20I and ODI series in July.
India was scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in June-July for three ODIs and as many T20Is while Bangladesh was due to visit in July-August for a three-Test series as part of the ICC World Test Championship.
England had spent around 10 days in Sri Lanka in March and played a warm-up match before the tour was called-off due to the coronavirus outbreak. It was supposed to be a two-Test series as part of the World Test Championship.
The BCCI official confirmed that currently, there is no proposal from the SLC and there is no guarantee when a meaningful discussion can take place on the subject even if it comes along.
Sri Lanka Cricket chief Shammi Silva will be writing to BCCI soon to offer to host the IPL 2020 after the 13th season was suspended indefinitely.
Sri Lanka celebrated a quiet Easter Sunday amid the coronavirus lockdown, while remembering the victims of the terror attacks that killed at least 270 people on the resurrection day last year.
The Sri Lankan cricket board has decided to grant LKR 25 Million (approx 133,700 USD) to the country's Government to fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
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