Sri Lanka Cricket

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) Tuesday confirmed that it has extended its exclusive global media rights to broadcast Sri Lanka Cricket matches for the next four years until March 2027. 

SportzPower had reported the development early last month. 

Additionally, it bears noting that as per Sri Lankan media reports, $21,204,117 is what Sony has committed for the four-year rights tenure, which is a drop from the reported $22.5 million the network paid in 2020 for acquiring three-year rights for international cricket played in the Emerald Isles.

Nov 20, 2017 12:11
NEW DELHI: The dew factor and cold climatic conditions has forced the BCCI to advance the start of the first and second ODIs between India and Sri Lanka scheduled to be held in Dharamsala and Mohali next month. As per the revised timings issued by the BCCI, both the matches will start at 11:30 AM IST instead of 13.30 PM.
Nov 18, 2017 16:11
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the fixtures of the Tri-nation T20 Series “Nidahas Trophy 2018”. The Nidahas Trophy 2018 – played in celebration of Sri Lanka’s 70th year of independence, coincidentally, Sri Lanka Cricket’s 70th year as well – was announced in March this year at a joint press conference that gathered the heads of the participating countries, India, Bangladesh and host Sri Lanka.
Nov 01, 2017 13:11
MUMBAI: Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive Ashley de Silva has said the SLC board plans to send its junior side to Pakistan soon, and "the senior side would follow as soon as possible." The affirmation comes on the back of a successful Twenty20 match in Lahore played by Lanka for the first time on Sunday, after a gap of eight years.
Oct 24, 2017 15:10
NEW DELHI: India’s first World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev to deliver the first Jagmohan Dalmiya Memorial Lecture organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal on 14 November.
Oct 17, 2017 17:10
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed its commitment to play the third and final T20 game of the ongoing Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan on  29 October.
Oct 09, 2017 17:10
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board may have an agreement in principal with their counterparts in Sri Lanka for a team from the Emerald Isles to play a Twenty20 International in Lahore towards the tail-end of the current series, but some of the players are not reportedly ‘ready for the tour’.
Aug 16, 2017 14:08
COLOMBO: Eight years after a terror attack against a touring Sri Lankan team in Lahore brought top international cricket in Pakistan to a standstill, the Emerald Isles'cricket board has approved a tour to the strife-torn nation comprising three Twenty20 internationals.
Aug 14, 2017 13:08
MUMBAI: BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has confirmed that India's tour to South Africa in early 2018 is definitely on. While there is still some "back and forth on the dates", Johri confirmed to PTI that it will be a full tour  and will commence immediately after the visiting Sri Lankan team finishes its tour by the end of December.
Aug 01, 2017 19:08
MUMBAI: Two new venues, both from states where cricket is an "emerging game", could host two of the three Test matches during the home series against Sri Lanka later this year.  Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and Barsapara in Assam are the two venues that are tipped to host the Tests, the decision on which was to be taken by the BCCI's Tours and Fixtures Committee on Tuesday.