The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka has signed a contract with CricInfo.com, the world's leading cricket web site, to host Sri Lankan cricket's official web site, www.lankacricket.lk, for the next 12 months. The BCCSL's corporate web site, www.bccsl.com, will also be hosted by CricInfo.

CricInfo's Sri Lankan CEO completes formalities with BCCSL Chief Executive

Lankacricket.lk will replace the current Sri Lankan site hosted by CricInfo, which has served a staggering 150 million page views in 2001 so far. The site will be launched in time for the Champions Trophy in Sharjah later this month.

The site will include live coverage of all of Sri Lanka's Test matches and One-Day Internationals, including ball-by-ball text commentary and score updates, in-depth coverage of domestic cricket, the latest news articles, features, audio interviews, a fully searchable statistical database, competitions, polls and a photographic archive.

"This partnership with CricInfo is very good news for all of us involved with Sri Lankan cricket. Sri Lankan fans overseas and the rapidly growing online community at home can now stay in touch with the team on this exciting new site. Lankacricket.lk will be the home of Sri Lankan cricket on the web," said Anura Tennekoon, BCCSL Chief Executive.

Charlie Austin, head of CricInfo's Sri Lankan operations, said: "During the last year we have witnessed a mushrooming interest in Sri Lankan cricket on the web. The development of this new site, in partnership with the BCCSL, will heighten such interest, allowing us to conduct carefully targeted and cost effective advertising campaigns, as well as developing innovative sponsorship products for the Sri Lankan corporate sector."

About Cricinfo Limited

CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.cricinfo.com, is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the internet's most popular sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries.

The site records around 100 million page impressions per month, with March 2001's total of 254,599,866 (audited by ABC) being the highest to date.

CricInfo has its head office in the UK, with regional offices in Sri Lanka, Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Satyam Infoway Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), India's leading internet services and e-commerce company, acquired a 25% stake in CricInfo last year.

CricInfo works with cricket boards and cricket organizations, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. It currently produces official sites for eight of the ten Test-playing countries, for the ICC and for a number of domestic teams worldwide.

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