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by Reemus Fernando
The organizers of the historic Royal-Thomian cricket encounter are planning to conduct this year’s Battle of the Blues at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa in May.
It will be the first time the historic Big Match is played outside Colombo and without fans.
“The joint match organizing committee has set tentative dates for the 142nd Battle of the Blues between Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia to be played on 6th, 7th and 8th of May,” a communiqué issued by the organizers announced.
“The one-day match is scheduled for May 10 and may be played as a T20 encounter. That will be decided in due time.”
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Ben Foakes and Keaton Jennings return to the Test set-up for the first time in 12 months.
Thursday, 17 December 2020 - 10:15
The United States Embassy in Colombo has released a statement following the decision by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to withdraw the US$ 480 million compact agreement extended to Sri Lanka.
Releasing a statement, the US Embassy stated that the agreement was discontinued due to the lack of engagement of the partner country.
The full statement issued is as below.
COLOMBO, December 17, 2020: On December 15, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board decided to discontinue the proposed Rs. 89 billion MCC development assistance grant to Sri Lanka due to lack of partner country engagement. The Rs. 89 billion approved for Sri Lanka will be made available to other eligible partner countries in need of grant funding to pursue their economic development priorities, reduce poverty, and grow their economies.
Plenty of Pakistan stars on display as Gladiators take on Stallions in LPL 2020 final
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Galle Gladiators will look to complete their remarkable turnaround tonight when they face Jaffna Stallions in the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2020 final at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.
Not too long ago, Galle, a sister concern of Pakistan Super League franchise Quetta Gladiators, were rooted to the bottom of the points table, having lost each of their first five matches and six of their first seven matches.
But the format s freakiness kept the door ajar and they barged in, winning both of their final two round-robin matches before edging out the injury-hit Colombo Kings in the semi-final.