Mohan de Silva

Two senior Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are all set to visit Bangladesh to make a security assessment there ahead of their national cricket team's tour to the country.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections will go ahead as scheduled for Thursday after one of the parties agreed to contest for different positions other than originally intended.

Dharmadasa has been elected to head the Sri Lanka Cricket in the first election in seven years. Nishantha Ranatunga has been appointed the secretary.

The Asia Cup is "likely" to be moved out of Sri Lanka in the wake of political unrest in the island nation, SLC secretary Mohan de Silva said on Sunday, adding that the tournament could be played in the UAE.

Sri Lanka's cricket board Tuesday suspended pace bowler Shehan Madushanka from all forms of the game, two days after he was arrested allegedly in possession of heroin.

Shammi Silva was elected uncontested for a second term as president of Sri Lanka Cricket in the polls held on Thursday.

Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay will replace the injured Lasith Malinga in Sri Lanka's cricket squad for the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in India.

Sri Lanka's head cricket coach Chandika Hathurusingha has been asked to step down after the ongoing ODI series against Bangladesh.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday suspended three players, including batsman Kusal Mendis and wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, for breaching the bio-bubble during their ongoing tour of England and ordered their immediate return to the country.

Sri Lanka's sports minister, Roshan Ranasinghe, sacked the national cricket board following a World Cup defeat by India. The decision follows months of conflict between Ranasinghe and Sri Lanka Cricket over corruption allegations. Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup-winning captain, has been appointed to lead a new interim board. The seven-member panel includes a retired supreme court judge and a former board president. The resignation of the board's second-highest officer, secretary Mohan de Silva, came a day prior to Ranasinghe's action.

Once a dominant force in world cricket, Sri Lanka's slide internationally has opened debate in this island nation about whether democracy and a free hand in the administration of the sport is working.

A high-level security delegation of Sri Lanka Cricket Board, led by its secretary Mohan de Silva, will reach Karachi on Tuesday to find out if it is safe to send its team for a Test series against Pakistan later this year.

Australian former international Tom Moody is set to leave his post as Sri Lanka's director of cricket, officials said on Monday, weeks before the T20 World Cup. The 56-year-old's three-year contract is being terminated by "mutual agreement", Mohan de Silva, secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), told AFP. A senior cricket source who did not wish to be named said that SLC "could not afford his fees in the long run", despite having savings of over $40 million.

As officials scramble to find out whether Afghanistan's cricketers are safe, Sri Lanka's national board said on Monday it is going ahead with arrangements to host a T20 series between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Serving a ban for not reporting corrupt approaches, Bangladesh's premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is likely to return to the national fold for a tour of Sri Lanka later this year, with his suspension ending on October 29.

Satisfied with the security of the ongoing limited-overs tour of Pakistan, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday said they will take a call on playing the World Test Championship scheduled to be held in December based on the availability of their senior players.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has formed a five-member panel to probe the bio-bubble breach committed by Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka during the recent tour of England.

Back in ODI fold, India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Thursday said he is working on his variations and angles and one would 'see a more confident Yuzi' in the upcoming limited over series against Sri Lanka.