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With only a couple of days to go for the announcement of the Sri Lanka squad for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England & Wales, ThePapare.com put on the Selector’s hat to name the probable 15-member...

The SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament 2018 will commence on 2nd May in Colombo and will go on till the 20th with the final to be played under lights at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium. Which team will...

Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne have written a letter to former Sri Lankan Cricketer and Sri Lanka Cricket Technical Advisory Committee member Muttiah Muralitharan, responding to the allegations he made against them  in the ‘Salakuna’ program on Hiru TV.  Read More :...

A few years back, the five-year-old Sharujan Shanmuganathan's elegant cover drive was caught on camera during the Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia. "That's a little Kumar Sangakkara" commented Tony Greig as young Sharujan's cover drive resembled that...

Sri Lanka announced their Test and ODI squads for the upcoming series against England, which starts next month, at a media briefing earlier today (26th September). >> Visit the #SLvENG Hub << The biggest surprise is the omission of former skipper...

The second set of the group stage matches in the SLC Super Provincial Limited Over Tournament 2017 was conducted today in Colombo. Colombo vs Galle Left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara wrecked through the Colombo batting line up after Dasun Shanaka’s belligerent century...

Sixteen year old Pasindu Sooriyabandara stroked an exhilarating and unbeaten 97 as Royal College staged a brilliant fight back against S. Thomas’ College on day two of the 137th Battle of the Blues at SSC grounds. The 139-run sixth wicket...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to grant 65 annual contracts to players in the Youth, Emerging and Senior categories. All these players will be signing their annual contracts at the end of this month and is effective from 1st...

Five Sri Lankan players were picked in Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction held over the weekend (12th/13th) in Bangalore. Read : Hasaranga becomes most expensive Sri Lankan in IPL history Day two of the IPL Mega auction was a fruitful...

A total of 355 cricketers are set to go under the hammer in the inaugural LPL player auction which will be held on the 14th of June at Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo. As per the player auction list accessed by...