Another Tri-Series with Sri Lanka

[superstar]

http://www.nation.lk/edition/sport-online/item/9548-sri-lanka-forsakes-tests-for-odis-in-caribbean.html

The series which will be held from June 13-25 would also involve India as the third team,

:blink::blink::blink: I think we should ask SLC to join as a ranji team instead :pray::pray:

[Spiderguy252]

I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. Can we protest about this? In any way? Seriously!

[Crookbond]

http://www.nation.lk/edition/sport-online/item/9548-sri-lanka-forsakes-tests-for-odis-in-caribbean.html :blink::blink::blink: I think we should ask SLC to join as a ranji team instead :pray:

I have repeatedly said that. I remember they even lost an ODI against the Mumbai Ranji team in 2005. :giggle:

[Number]

[Trichromatic]

:fear::fear:

[Precambrian]

Apt username

[Sidhoni]

:woot:

[jairamesh]

[Ultimate_Game]

What can be gained in kicking Loins in WI now? Let's send our A team for the series and I wouldn't mind if the A team loses all the matches. At least they will gain something from the tour whereas the tour is a waste of time for the national team.

[Pagalpanti]

Both teams forgo test series to let their players play full IPL. And India joins in as 3rd team for tri-series which was supposedly a bilateral tour. :winky: *Conspiracy Hat on*

[Laaloo]

Another Tri-Series with Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, West Indies scrap Tests from tour The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have scrapped two Tests from Sri Lanka's tour of the West Indies next May and instead plan to play an ODI tri-series involving India. The decision also means that players from both teams will remain available during the IPL, which runs from April 3 to May 26 next year. The teams were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20s as per the Future Tours Programme. It is unclear if the Twenty20s will remain part of the tour.

 SLC chief executive Ajit Jayasekara denied the motive for foregoing the Tests was to avoid a clash with the IPL, but failed to provide an alternate reason. He said the WICB had put forward the idea, and the SLC had agreed to the change in schedule after holding discussions. Jayasekara said scheduling an ODI series instead of following the FTP would end up being "more lucrative for the board". WICB corporate communications manager Imran Khan said that all three boards had agreed in principle to the tri-series. Dates and details would be finalised following final sanction from the BCCI. This will be the second time Sri Lanka have foregone a Test series which clashes with the IPL. In 2009, they declined to replace Zimbabwe in England, when Zimbabwe were unable to tour for political reasons. In 2011, several players, including Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, missed tour matches playing in the IPL ahead of a three-Test series in England, which Sri Lanka eventually lost 1-0. West Indies spin bowler Sunil Narine also missed two Tests against England due to his IPL commitments, though he did play in the third Test. Chris Gayle did not feature in that series due to a standoff with the board, which has since been resolved. 

 The change in the tour programme is also a continuation of the SLC's recent trend of culling Tests from Sri Lanka's schedule. Two tests against India in July became five ODIs and a Twenty20 and the three Tests scheduled for England in March became a two-Test series as the IPL approached. With the schedule now adjusted, Sri Lanka will not play an away Test against a top-eight opposition between January and December. The BCCI did not confirm India's involvement in any change of plans. "We have been told about this but the matter is being discussed. Nothing has been decided or finalised yet," a senior BCCI official said. During its annual meeting in Malaysia, the ICC had decided not to create a window for the IPL, as they did not want to set a precedent of domestic tournaments taking priority over international cricket. "Once you provide a window for one particular member, you have to be conscious of the fact you may well have to do it for other members," then ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in June. "Hence why we have not been supportive of a window specifically for any one of those domestic leagues." Additional reporting by Nagraj Gollapudi Andrew Fernando is ESPNcricinfo's correspondent in Sri Lanka http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/581790.html P.S Sri Lanka will not play an away Test against a top-eight opposition between January and December 2013 Good news for SL fans :phehehe:

[superstar]

Duplicate thread !!! http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=286816

[Crookbond]

Now, this is not just :facepalm: but

[ganeshran]

[cameron_black]

this was expected from the the greedy, spineless bastards at SLC. from what i hear, the test leg from the SA tour of SL in july will also be postponed to 2015 to make way for SLPL 2013 :finger: WICB up to now have been strict with their int'l planning. seems that they've given up too, at the choking hands of father cricket board BCCI.

[Crookbond]

I think the most important reason for the change in the series format is missed.

The decision also means that players from both teams will remain available during the IPL, which runs from April 3 to May 26 next year.

[Magneto]

this was expected from the the greedy, spineless bastards at SLC. from what i hear, the test leg from the SA tour of SL in july will also be postponed to 2015 to make way for SLPL 2013 :finger: WICB up to now have been strict with their int'l planning. seems that they've given up too, at the choking hands of father cricket board BCCI.

I think SLPL is over. All the Indian firms who bought SLPL teams have reported heavy losses and are planning to back out. So :ciao: to the SLPL excitement.

[cameron_black]

I think SLPL is over. All the Indian firms who bought SLPL teams have reported heavy losses and are planning to back out. So :ciao: to the SLPL excitement.

you have absolutely no idea about the franchise system. so you think franchises in IPL started earning money right from the first season? :cantstop: ftr i hope for gods sake that the SLPL is over so i get to see some test cricket v SA.

[Tiger-Don]

Oh man! sucks

[Iconoclast]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: The cost of not playing Pakistan .... well done to the PCB for at least giving us a variety of opponents in place of India :hatsoff: