Nuwan Kulasekera and Dinusha Fernando join left-armer Chaminda Vaas in the attack.
A patient century from Thilan Samaraweera helped Sri Lanka recover to 268 all out at the close of play on the third day of the second Test on Saturday, setting West Indies a victory target of 253. The tourists were reeling at 99 for six but a seventh-wicket stand of 138 between Samaraweera (125) and Chaminda Vaas (45) hauled Sri Lanka back into the game
Chaminda Vaas took five wickets as Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 121 runs on the final day of the opening Test in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday. The home team, set an unlikely victory target of 437, slumped from 156 for one to 315 all out.
Mumbai beat Sri Lanka by three wickets with a ball to spare in the warm-up game on Saturday
Sri Lanka were 449 for 7 against Bangladesh at close on the opening day of the second and final Test.
Sri Lanka's preparations for the second Test against the West Indies are being hampered by a flu virus that forced four players to miss team practice on Wednesday.
International XI registered a comfortable six-wicket win over the Asian XI in their Twenty20 Tsunami relief match in London.
Sri Lanka recovered from a top order collapse to register a 84-run win over PCA XI in a warm-up match.
Muralitharan took seven wickets to put Sri Lanka in charge before the England spinners struck blows of their own.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the fourth one-day international.
Sachin Tendulkar struck a world record 35th Test hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings 69 runs to complete a 2-0 series win on the third day of the second Test.
India dropped V V S Laxman to make room for off spinner Harbhajan Singh in the final of the tri-series.
Skipper Rahul Dravid says the absence of Tendulkar and Ganguly gives players like Sehwag, Yuvraj and Kaif a chance to stand up and be counted.
Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka claimed earlier this week that Irfan Pathan would be fatigued after playing county cricket in England
Jermaine Lawson rocked Sri Lanka by taking four wickets to help West Indies to a 58-run first-innings lead in the first Test.
Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are set for important milestones during the coming series against Bangladesh.
Marvan Atapattu and Avishka Gunawardene scored fifties as Sri Lanka snatched a thrilling three-wicket win.
Mahela Jayawardene piled on 237 runs as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 486 on the second day of the first Test against South Africa on Thursday.
'Pathum Nissanka is easily one of the best batters to have come out of Sri Lanka in the recent past and he has delivered once again,' he tweeted with an applause emoji.
Leg spinner Shane Warne extended his series tally to 20 scalps to finish with five for 90.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by one run in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1.
dismissing the tourists The hosts dismissed England for 294 and then extended their overall lead to 127.
Sri Lanka have been buoyed by the news that their quickest pace bowler is ready to make a comeback to international cricket after injury.
Sri Lanka had New Zealand tottering on 75 for 4 after play finally got underway in the rain-ravaged second Test.
Chaminda Vaas claimed four for 28 as England were bowled out for 81 in just 30.5 overs in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. England finished the day in disarray after being asked to follow on, reaching the close on 2-0 and still trailing by 416 runs with two days left in the game.
Sri Lanka were in record-breaking mood as they beat Kenya by 172 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup.
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh will be among a host of former stars in the India Maharaja team which will take part in the inaugural edition of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), starting on January 20 in Oman.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from World Cups.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
Worcestershire bowler Joe Leach claimed a hat-trick with the first three balls of his side's Royal London One-Day Cup match against Northamptonshire on Sunday.
Rashid Khan destroyed the West Indies batting line-up with amazing figures of seven for 18 to bowl Afghanistan to a stunning 63-run victory.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.
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