by Riyaz Aluher (Former Assistant Principal and Senior Games Master of Royal College) I am prompted to write this article after reading an eye-opening article by Lorenz Pereira ( ‘Sunday Island’ – March 02, 2025) —the cricket legend. https://island.lk/senaka-weeraratna-the-unsung-architect-of-modern-cricket/ I felt compelled to add a crucial missing element, the idea of Cricket Reformation through the […]

 By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam    Sri Lanka has performed poorly in the two Test Matches against Australia to date because they did not have the batsmen to combat the spin bowlers of Australia and score runs substantively to put pressure on the Australian team and Sri Lanka also did not have the bowlers penetrative enough […]

By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam. The Sri Lankan Cricket Team is a very good One Day Cricket Team, but a very poor Test Match Team because they play Test Match Cricket in the manner one may play One Day Cricket especially with strokes such as a the reverse sweep and the ramp stroke, which is […]

Pale Blue Thoughts Umpire Decision Review System in Cricket Watch “DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye, Umpire’s call and Player Referral’ explained in a YouTube presentation Watch “DRS, Snicko, Hot Spot, Hawkeye,  Umpire’s call explained and Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna identified as the world’s first person to conceive and publish internationally (in 1997) the concept […]

Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Sharma has weaknesses that he has developed, which are not playing within the V and not going forward or back precisely when playing his defensive strokes both on the front and back foot. Also he is not very fit physically and tactically is making mistakes when captaining the Indian national cricket team. […]

By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam Cricket is a game of glories uncertainty, but if India is to win this Test Match their batsmen have to play much better than what they have done to date and there should be another bowler in their team who puts his hand up and be a good foil to […]

By Dr Muralidaran Ramesh Somasunderam.  254, Willetton Vahland Avenue 6155, Australia. India plays far too many twenty over cricket matches and does not focus on Test Match cricket as Australia for example does. I realize that twenty over cricket is more popular in India at present than Test Match cricket but the people to blame […]

Clark Solomon Courtesy azscore.com https://azscore.com/news/cricket/2034220-sri-lanka-s-cricket-journey-from-humble-beginnings-to-global-pioneers The story of cricket in Sri Lanka is a captivating narrative that charts its arduous path since the sport was introduced in the 19th century. This island nation has transformed from a cricketing underdog into a powerhouse, leaving an indelible mark on the global cricketing stage. Sri Lanka is renowned […]

Rohan Abeygunawardena The mega cricket conference of ICC will be held in Sri Lanka from July 19th to 22nd, 2024. This is a significant occasion for Sri Lanka whose controlling body Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), was suspended seven months ago on 10 November 2023. The reason given by the ICC was for failing to manage […]

Senaka Weeraratna  The T20 World Cup is over. But not the dispute over the origins of DRS. It is a forbidden topic of discussion for cricket commentators. It has become what in Sinhala is called  ‘  Thanam vachanaya’ for them. It is a topic that is suppressed by all those who have an interest in […]

Don Dissanayake සාම්ප්රදායික විස්සයි 20 ක්රිකට් කුසලතා ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදයේ බේස්බෝල් කුසලතාවලට සරිලන ලෙස අසමත් විය.  ලෝක ප් රකට බාබර් අසාම් ඇතුළු පාකිස්තානය ලකුණු රැස් කිරීමට අසීරු වූ අතර ඇමරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය බේස්බෝල් ක් රීඩාවේ ශිල්පීය ක් රම මිශ් ර කරමින් ජාත් යන්තරව ප් රකට ELLE හෝ ප් රෝටෝබෝල් භාවිතා කරමින් ඉලක්ක ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමට […]

Cricket Observer https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/dhoni-review-system-ms-dhonis-knack-on-drs-delivers-again-in-lsg-vs-csk-clash/articleshow/109547130.cms The Decision Review System ( DRS ) is a Sri Lankan achievement.  Invented by a Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna and originally termed ‘ Player Referral ‘ it has transformed the game of cricket beyond imagination, by empowering dissatisfied players to appeal against wrong decisions of the on – field umpire.   This revolutionary […]

Sports The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-backed system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the third umpire (known as an Umpire Review), and players may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires (known as a Player Review). […]

By: Salman Khan Courtesy bnn Breaking News The Decision Review System (DRS), a technology-based aid used in cricket, was conceived by Senaka Weeraratna in 1997. Initially known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), DRS combines television replays, ball-tracking technology, microphones, and infra-red imaging to assist match officials with decision making. It comprises both Umpire Reviews […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Parliament, Dec. 13 (Daily Mirror) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) does not consider what is said in Parliament on Sri Lanka’s cricket as they have a certain way of doing things, Minister of Sports Harin Fernando told Parliament today. Minister Fernando was responding to a question raised by Opposition Leader […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Sports Harin Fernando on Tuesday (Dec.12) signed a new gazette notification to revoke the decision appointing an Interim Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the national governing body of the sport. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the lawmaker said the move is an effort to lift the suspension imposed by the […]

Namal Perera Catholic action movement; groups found in government institutions and mercantile organisations, directed and guided by the Catholic hierarchy to promote the interests of Catholics through the use of their positions. Although the norm during colonial occupation, one would have expected the influence of the Catholic church to die out post independence given that […]

By a Sports Aficionado Courtesy The Island This cricket-mad nation was appalled by the pathetic and blatantly disgraceful performance of its National Cricket Team at the premier event of the game, the World Cup. Even before the event ended, heads rolled over here on the cricket board. Such action should have been taken long ago […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday (01 Dec.) ordered for former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake to assist in the ongoing investigations concerning his match-fixing allegations. Accordingly, Senanayake was ordered to assist the Government Analyst, when requested by the police to do so. The order was issued when a complaint filed by […]

Chamuditha News Brief

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රිකට් අතුරු කමිටුවක් පවත්වාගෙන යාමට අධිකරනයෙන් බාධාවක් නොවන්නේ නම් හිටපු ඇමති රොෂාන් රණසිංහ මහතා විසින් පත්කර ඇති අතුරු කමිටුව දිගටම පවත්වාගෙන යාමට තම අනුමැතිය ලබාදෙන බව ක්‍රීඩා ඇමැති හරීන් ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා සඳහන් කරයි. අධිකරණයේ තීරණයට ගරු කරමින් ක්‍රිකට් ගැටළුවට තමන් මැදිහත් වීම සිදු කරන බවද හෙතෙම පැවසීය. වත්මන් ක්‍රිකට් අර්බුදය […]

By DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kandy, Nov 26 (Daily Mirror) – Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe said the recently resigned Sri Lanka Cricket Board Secretary Mohan de Silva contacted him from Australia, exposing corruption within the SLC. “Mohan de Silva called me from Australia revealing his attempts to steer the SLC in the right […]

BY YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- A special parliamentary Caucus will be appointed to revive cricket in Sri Lanka, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced today. He told Parliament that it will be appointed following a request by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

BY YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- A sum of USD 50,000 donated by Asian Cricket Council chief Jay Shah and USD 5,000 given by Indian cricket star Siraj for the ground staff of Pallekele and R. Premadasa stadiums have not been paid yet, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told […]

BY AJITH SIRIWARDANA AND YOHAN PERERA Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today that he will look into the three letters that were sent by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the International Cricket Council (ICC). The President requested Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to send him the three letters and assured […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Committee on Parliamentary Business has agreement to appoint a Special Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the irregularities in Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC), under a co-chairmanship of the ruling parties and the opposition. This was decided on during the meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business this evening (20) chaired by Speaker Mahinda […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, November 20, 2023 – The ongoing crisis within Sri Lanka Cricket took center stage in Parliament today as Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe tabled three letters sent by Cricket President Shammi Silva to the International Cricket Council (ICC). These letters, requesting the suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership, have sparked a public […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror (Daily Mirror) – Three more leaked letters addressed to ICC Chairman Greg Barclay by SLC president Shammi Silva detailing Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe’s interference in decision-making processes as Sport Minister have resurfaced as part of the latest saga in the Sri Lanka Cricket situation. During a media briefing today, Sports Minister […]