Sri Lankan smashes one-day cricket's fastest 50

Colombo:Former Sri Lankan international Kaushalya Weeraratne set a new limited-overs cricket record this week when he hit the fastest half-century off 12 balls in a domestic match here.

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Lanka minister averts row, clears squad for SA tour

Colombo: Sri Lankan Sports Minister Johnston Fernando on Friday averted what could have been a row with the national selectors by clearing a 17-member squad to tour South Africa.

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Atapattu retained captain for ODIs in West Indies

<img height="130" alt="Attapatu stays captain despite failure in home series" hspace="5" src="http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/2003/odi_series/wi-sl/atapattu.jpg" width="89" align="left" vspace="5" border="0" /> Colombo: Marvan Atapattu was on Tuesday retained as Sri Lanka's captain for three One-day Internationals in the West Indies next month despite his team's

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