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Last Update @ Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 11:42 am SL Time
* Dedunu, Mithali and Salma win awards
May 14 (DM) Indian captain Mithali Raj, captain of Bangladesh, Salma Khatun and Sri Lanka opener Dedunu de Silva bagged two awards each at the preliminary round award ceremony of the Fourth Asia Women’s Cricket Cup tournament held at Dambulla on Saturday evening.

* American & Efird lends punch to Sri Lanka Boxing
May 13 (DM) Leading thread maker, American & Efird Lanka (A&E) recently pledged its support as the main sponsor for boxing in Sri Lanka. This year is particularly important in Sri Lanka’s boxing calendar as all eyes will be on Anuruddha Ratnayake, the first boxer in 40 years to represent the country at the Olympics in Beijing.
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* Dates set for Australia and India tours of Pakistan
May 13 (Reuters) KARACHI- The dates for Australia, India and Sri Lanka to tour Pakistan next year were announced after a meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday. "The Indian team will tour in January and February, 2009 to play three tests, five one-day internationals and two twenty20 games," PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf said.
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* India clinch fourth successive Asia Cup
India 260 for 7 (Rawat 97, Raj 66, Dhar 50, Siriwardene 4-53) beat Sri Lanka 83 (Seema 3-10, David 3-11) by 177 runs

May 11 (CricInfo) India, led by Asha Rawat's 114-ball 97 which included 12 fours and a six, thrashed Sri Lanka by 177 runs in Kurunagela to clinch their fourth successive Women's Asia Cup. Mithali Raj won the toss and chose to bat, but India had an early blip when Jaya Sharma was dismissed without scoring by Shiromala Weerakkody.
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