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Sri Lanka’s government projected a lower-than-anticipated budget deficit for 2024 on Monday on the back of a significant jump in revenues which are crucial to keep its bailout programme from the International Monetary Fund afloat. Reuters – November 13, 2023 The government set a fiscal deficit target of 2.85 trillion Sri Lankan rupees ($8.73 billion) in 2024, or 9.1% of GDP, higher than the revised 8.5% of GDP in the current year. The original target for this year was 7.9%. Next year’s deficit target, however, is smaller than the 12% backed by the IMF, after the fund warned of revenue shortfalls…

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Sri Lanka all-rounder Aravinda de Silva has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame for a superb career that included a match-winning hundred in an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final. icc-cricket.com – 13 November, 2023 The diminutive de Silva played a key role in Sri Lanka’s rapid rise from an emerging side to a powerhouse of the white-ball formats during an international career that spanned 19 years. De Silva amassed a total of 15,645 runs for Sri Lanka across 93 Tests and 308 ODIs, and captained the team for several years in both formats. The right-armer was also…

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The four semi-finalists have been confirmed for the knockout stage of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.Hosts India will finish top of the standings during the group stage of the event regardless of the result in their final match against the Netherlands on Sunday, with Rohit Sharmá’s side already locked in to tackle New Zealand in a knockout semi-final on Wednesday, 15 November. That match will commence at 2 pm IST at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the same venue where India registered a commanding 302-run victory over Sri Lanka earlier in the tournament. The second semi-final will be…

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icc-cricket – 10 November, 2023 The International Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC with immediate effect. In a statement released on Friday night, the ICC said that the SLC had breached its obligations as a member, in particular the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and without government interference. In its statement, the ICC said: “The conditions of the suspension will be decided by the ICC Board in due course.” The ICC Board is set to meet on November 21, after which the future course of action is expected to be clearer. Sri Lanka…

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