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Sanga reaches 10,000 runs as Sri Lanka hammer Australia

Sri Lankan bank to pay salaries to players
Colombo: A Sri Lankan bank has agreed to release 600 million Sri Lanka rupees ($5.07 million) to the country's cash-strapped cricket board to pay its salary-starved players, according to the sports ministry.Sri Lanka's top cricketers have been owed match payments dating back to the end of last year's World Cup, with its cricket board unable to pay them since racking up some 3.7 billion Sri Lanka rupees

Sydney: Sri Lanka beat Australia
In a rain-affected clash, Sri Lanka crashed Australia by eight wickets to register their first win in the Commonwealth Bank Series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, here on Friday.

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Police, protesters clash in Sri Lanka
Police in Sri Lanka tear-gassed an anti-government protest and used water cannons to disperse crowds here Friday as dissent continued over the highest-ever fuel price increase, an official said.

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Our bowlers can adapt to different conditions: Jayawardene

Sydney: Having won their tri-series match against Australia comfortably on Friday, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was all praise for his bowlers, who, he claimed, are capable of adapting well to

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Sangakkara reaches 10,000 as Sri Lanka hammer Australia

Sydney: Kumar Sangakkara hit his 10,000th run in one-day internationals to help Sri Lanka hammer Australia by eight wickets in a rain-shortened Tri-series match on Friday.Sri Lanka were set 152 for

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Satisfied with displaced Sri Lankan Tamils' rehabilitation : EU
The European Union (EU) has expressed satisfaction with the resettlement process in Sri Lanka three years after the war between the Sri Lankan military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended.

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