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 […]

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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 […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe claims that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) forced the International Cricket Council (ICC) to suspend Sri Lanka from international cricket. Ranasinghe made this accusation while quoting a letter allegedly sent by SLC to the ICC on 07 November 2023, during a media briefing which is currently being held in Colombo. […]

 By AJITH SIRIWARDANA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror PARLIAMENT (Daily Mirror)- Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today revealed that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Shammi Silva had sent a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) alleging that the Sports Ministry had made undue interferences in its activities and claimed that this had paved the way for the […]

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Fawz Mohammed  (Dinamina)  Courtesy:  ‘Silumina’ December 17, 2022 ඔහු නමින් සේනක වීරරත්නය. ‍හෙතෙම ප්‍රවීණ නීතිඥයෙකි. ලේඛකයෙකි. චින්තනවාදියෙකි. ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් පිටියේ දැඩි අවධානයට ලක් වූ ලිපියක් වසර 1997 මාර්තු මාසයේ 25 වැනිදා ‘දි ඔස්ට්‍රේලියන්‘ පුවත්පතේ පළ විය. ‘third umpire should perform role of appeal judge‘ ශීර්ෂ පාඨය යටතේ පළ වූ එම ලිපියෙහි සඳහන් වූයේ ඒ වන විට […]

Daily News Editorial ( Feb. 11, 2010} In 1997 a Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna proposed the use of aThird Umpire in an appellate capacity with powers to entertain anddecide upon appeals from a player dissatisfied with the decision of anon-field umpire. Twelve years later after much debate and discussion in the cricketworld, the ICC […]

BY YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA COLOMBO (Daily Mirror)- President Ranil Wickremesinghe had a discussion with Asian Cricket Council president Jay Shah on Thursday to discuss the cricket crisis in Sri Lanka, Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said today. He told this in Parliament while responding to a claim by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa alleging that Jay […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lankan government, expressing its regret, has condemned the statements targeting the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah, ICC officials and other ICC member countries.  Taking into X (formerly Twitter), Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said the government is committed to hosting and […]