Sanath appointed new chief cricket selector

Arjuna says he was never approached to fix games

By Easwaran Rutnam Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga says he was never approached to fix games when he was the captain. Ranatunga also said that investigations into the recent match-fixing allegations should have continued. “I always wondered why bookies never approached me. There were attempts to reach Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya but they alerted the management and it was handled well. Back then we also educated the cricketers on the dangers of match-fixing. Also,

01 Aug, 2020

China’s Vivo dropped as Indian Premier League sponsor

India’s cricket board has announced it will drop Chinese smartphone company Vivo as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year. Vivo paid $300m (?230m) for a five-year sponsorship deal in 2018. The decision comes amid rising anti-China sentiment in India in the wake of a clash along their shared border in June. Twenty Indian soldiers died. The cricket board had been criticised for not dropping the firm as a sponsor because of the tensions. In a short statement, the Board

07 Aug, 2020

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka could be rescheduled to October

Bangladesh men’s pending three-Test series against hosts Sri Lanka could be rescheduled to October, if talks between the BCB and SLC come to fruition. The tour, Bangladesh’s first three-match red-ball series in six years and part of the?World Test Championship, was originally scheduled for July-August but had to be?postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ESPNcricinfo understands that with the?2020 men’s T20 World Cup deferred by a year, both boards are keen on having the Test series squeezed in

23 Jul, 2020