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In outlining plans for future and in fielding the Jaffna-bred Viyaskanth, the franchise has indicated a seriousness to their intentions In January 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket’s then-president visited a large plot of vacant land near Sri Lanka’s northern city of Jaffna, and pledged to build a cricket stadium there. Among the headline-grabbing proposals tossed into…

Dec 10, 2020 (LBO) – The Jaffna Stallions announced today that they will participate in the Hour of Code campaign, a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify coding. The timing of the announcement comes during Computer Science Education Week and the team’s participation in the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL).  Code.org will now be a…

Jaffna Stallions’ CEO Ananthan Arnold (middle) in conversation with the team’s overseas signing Shoaib Malik. COO Paven Savuntharasa is also in the picture. With most cricket playing nations initiating a franchise based tournament in their calendar, Sri Lankan cricket was left stranded for years not being able to start something of their own.…

He is the first born-and-bred cricketer from his city to appear in an internationally televised game. Legspinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth played for Jaffna Stallions on Friday, and in an unbroken spell of four overs, returned creditable figures of 1 for 29. These are the cricketing facts of Viyaskanth’s Lanka Premier League debut. But they are not…