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Asia Cup ticket prices reduced

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The prices of tickets for several Super Four Round matches of the Asia Cup Cricket Series will be reduced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

Accordingly, the tickets of the Super Four Round matches to be held at the R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo will be available for Rs.1,000.

The reduction will be applicable for the games to be played on September 9, 12, 14, and 15 at the Lower Block C and Section D.

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Jayawickrama banned under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Sri Lanka player Praveen Jayawickrama from all cricket for one year, of which six months are suspended, after he admitted breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

Jayawickrama admitted to being in breach of the following provision under the Code:

Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.

As a result of the admission, Jayawickrama has accepted a sanction of a one-year period of ineligibility, of which the last six months are suspended.

The charges relate to international cricket and the Lanka Premier League. The ICC, in agreement with Sri Lanka Cricket, acted in accordance with Articles 1.7.4.1 and 1.8.1 of the Code.

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Match schedule of tour against WI, unveiled

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that the West Indies Men’s national team will arrive in Sri Lanka in October for a white ball series.

According to an SLC statement, the West Indies national team will play a three-match T20I and a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.

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Kamindu Mendis equals Don Bradman’s record

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Sri Lanka’s new batting sensation Kamindu Mendis became the fastest Asian to five Test centuries on Friday (Sep. 27) as he scored a hundred on Day 2 of the second Test against New Zealand. Mendis broke the record of Pakistan’s Fawad Alam who had scored five Test centuries in 22 innings.

The 25-year-old from Sri Lanka has scored his fifth Test hundred in just 13 innings.

Mendis is now joint-fourth fastest in the all-time list of fastest batters to five Test centuries. The Sri Lankan batter is also the joint-fourth fastest in the history of cricket to get to five Test hundreds. With his latest Test century, Mendis levelled Australian batting great Don Bradman and West Indies legend, George Headley.

On Day 1 of the ongoing Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand which is being played at the Galle International Stadium, Mendis had created a world record for the most successive fifty-plus scores since debut. He has eight fifty-plus scores since making his debut against Australia in 2022.

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