Sri Lanka's top-order batsmen put up a solid display and were ably aided by their bowlers to help their side thump England by 219 runs for the touring side's worst one-day international loss by runs.
India batting great Rahul Dravid says Ajinkya Rahane is more suited to the No. 5 position than No. 3, where he batted in two Tests during the just-concluded series against Sri Lanka.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has informed the game's governing body that they suspect bookmakers are staying on the same floor as the Pakistan players in the team hotel in Colombo. Salim Altaf, the PCB's chief operating officer, said the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of the ICC has a representative in Sri Lanka who is looking into it.
The Sri Lankan team, which arrived hours after a delegation of its security experts had checked in, was taken directly from the old Karachi airport tarmac to the VIP lounge amid heavy security.
With pitch deteriorating fast at the P Sara Oval in Colombo, Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga on Thursday said a 250-plus score would be enough to defend against the famed Indian batting line-up in the third and final Test.
Cheteshwar Pujara has never been known for sledging opposition batsmen but he is not averse to the idea if it helps the bowler.
India have won the first two Tests by comprehensive margins -- by 304 runs in Galle and an innings and 53 runs in Colombo.
Sri Lankan batsmen need to play more sweep and reverse sweep shots against Indian spinners to negotiate the turn and bounce if they wish to save the ongoing second Test in Colombo.
The start date has been moved forward and all games shifted to Colombo.
The off-spinner has been advised by his Board and the ICC to not bowl his 'doosra.'
Reinvigorated after back-to-back Twenty20 triumphs, New Zealand will hope to continue the trend when Daniel Vettori's men lock horns with Sri Lanka in the Compaq Cup cricket tri-series opener in Colombo on Tuesday.
New Zealand faced an uphill struggle to avert a 2-0 series defeat as they closed on 182 for six, having been set a 494-run victory target by Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test in Colombo on Saturday. Herath was the chief wicket-taker for Sri Lanka, following his three-wicket haul in the first innings, with four for 73 from 21 overs.
As the stylish left-hander, Kumar Sangakkara, draws curtains to his illustrious career, here are tributes pouring from him from across the world.
'We are more than capable of playing in this kind of conditions. We need to get a good start, especially the top four and then we can continue'
The 8th Champions Trophy begins in England this week. Rajneesh Gupta captures the tournament in all its statistical glory like only he can.
The Sri Lankan players and officials have been airlifted from the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore by a Pakistan airforce helicopter to facilitate their return to Colombo at the earliest. Six Sri Lankan players suffered minor injuries when around a dozen gunmen attacked the team's bus as it was on its way to the Gadaffi stadium in Lahore to resume play on Day 3 of the second Test against Pakistan.
Pacer Ishant Sharma has been sidelined from the rest of the third Test against Sri Lanka due to injury.
Tillakaratne will lead the Test team while Atapattu will skipper for the ODIs for England's six-week tour.
The veteran fast bowler believes Sri Lanka could surprise opposition teams in the round-robin format.
Mehrab Hossain and Mushfiqur Rahim shared a record fifth-wicket stand for Bangladesh who reached 183 runs for four at the close on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on Friday. Mehrab (79) and Rahim (59) produced an unbroken stand of 139, surpassing the previous best fifth-wicket partnership of 126 made against Sri Lanka in 2001 in Colombo.
Bengal may be excited about having roped in Test cricket's leading wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan to revive its fortunes in the Ranji Trophy Plate League, but the Sri Lankan off-spinner says he is yet to sign a formal contract and his priority is his country. Speaking from Colombo on Tuesday, Muralitharan said he is still unsure about his availability though the Sri Lankan Cricket Board has given him a go-ahead.
An all-round effort from Team India saw the hosts bundle out Australia for 112 runs and record a superb 75-run win on Day 4 of the 2nd Test in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Here are the statistical highlights from Day 4 of the match.
The off-spinner is hopeful of winning the battle against the Trinidadian on the the tour of the Caribbean.
Admitting that Indian batsmen have started to unravel his secrets, Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis said the 'Men in Blue' had played him relatively well in the ODI series.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) congratulated Younis Khan on his 100th Test appearance with former players also praising the senior batsman for his achievements.
India might have beaten Sri Lanka 3-2 last August with a young bunch of cricketers but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said seniors Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag would be the key to the visitors' fortunes in the one-day series starting in Dambulla.
'When he gets more confident with the bat, you will see him developing into a batter more than a batter-'keeper.'
A valiant unbeaten 107 by Kumar Sangakkara steered Sri Lanka to a two-run first innings lead against India as the hosts piled up 251 for 6 before bad light stopped the play on the second day of the third and final cricket Test in Colombo on Saturday.
India, replying to Sri Lanka's 600-6 declared, were in trouble at 159-6 at close on Day 3 of the first Test.
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has urged India to go ahead with its tour of Pakistan next year, saying that canceling the series would be disastrous for the game in the sub-continent.
Sri Lankan batting legend Kumar Sangakkara fought back tears in an emotional farewell where the country's President Maithripala Sirisena stumped him by offering the High Commissioner's post to United Kingdom, in Colombo, on Monday.
Sri Lanka clinched a 2-1 series victory with an emphatic eight-wicket victory against India in the deciding third Test in Colombo on Monday. The hosts were left chasing 122 for victory after bowling out India for 268 in their second innings and finished 123 for two after 33.1 overs.
Indian coach Garry Kirsten on Friday minced no words in blaming his batsmen for landing the team in a pressure cooker situation resulted by their poor shot selection against Sri Lankan spinners at the SSC in Colombo.
This is Tharanga's second ban in recent times after he suffered a similar two-match ban for slow over-rate in the Champions Trophy when he had led the side against South Africa in the absence of then-skipper Angelo Mathews.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said his team is determined to maintain their unbeaten record at home when they take on India in the three-Test series, beginning on Wednesday.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar said all-rounder Stuart Binny would lend much needed balance to the Indian team which is keen to bounce back after an embarrassing defeat in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane hit unbeaten centuries to power India to 344 for three against Sri Lanka on Day 1 of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, on Thursday.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews defended the team's cricketers on Tuesday after recording a statement before police in connection with a match-fixing scandal that has led to the suspension of a bowling coach. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) handed Anusha Samaranayake a two-month ban on Monday over his relationship with net bowler Gayan Vishwajith, who allegedly approached national team players to under-perform during a test match against West Indies in October. "Sri Lanka Cricket has received several complaints regarding the close acquaintance of Anusha Samaranayake and the main suspect Gayan Vishwajith, who had approached several national players for the alleged illegal activities of match-fixing," the SLC said in a stateme
Indian cricketers got much-needed match practice as they enjoyed an upper hand on all three days against Sri Lanka Board President's XI in the tour opener that ended in a tame draw in Colombo.
