There could be some eye-popping deals for players, who would have struggled otherwise to attract attention in the mega auction.
Seifert smashed six sixes in his 43-ball blitz as New Zealand romped home
Sri Lanka Cricket picked a 20-member squad for the white-ball series starting on January 3.
Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of Thursday's crunch T20 World Cup clash against Netherlands
Sri Lanka, who beat Ireland in their Super 12 opener, are still to face former champions England and last year's runners-up New Zealand as they look to secure one of the top two spots in the group.
'His reaction, swearing at Joel Wilson, is unacceptable.'
Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 101 as Sri Lanka booked their place at the 50-over Cricket World Cup in India.
All-rounder Glenn Maxwell and spinner Adam Zampa were also selected in the line-up after helping Australia win a record-extending sixth title with Sunday's six-wicket victory.
Australia will aim to secure a Super Eight berth when they face lower-ranked Namibia
SL executed their plans well against the Indian batters, who are not the cleverest performers on rank turners, while not many are though.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi, on Monday.
India will look to take an unassailable 2-0 lead when they face Sri Lanka in the second ODI
Ahead of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, here's a full list of the final squads of all ten teams.
Defending champions India are on the brink of elimination after they suffered a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka players wear black armbands in memory of legendary 'Uncle' Percy during World Cup game against India
New Zealand find themselves in the a difficult group with two-time champions West Indies and Afghanistan also vying for the the top two spots.
The fate of the series was decided after India swept aside Sri Lanka in the first two games, leaving the possibility of an embarrassing whitewash hanging over the hosts' heads.
Sri Lanka will arrive in South Africa on Saturday, with the first Test in Pretoria starting on Boxing Day. The second will be in Johannesburg from January 3.
Rohit Sharma is the "master of his own destiny" and Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher isn't exactly aware about the franchise's most successful former skipper's plans ahead of the mega auctions for the next edition of the IPL.
Their house in complete disarray after consecutive defeats, Australia will look to wake up from the slumber and return to winning ways against an equally stuttering Sri Lanka in the World Cup match in Lucknow on Monday.
New Zealand eye consolatory win over PNG
Australia's 417-6 against Afghanistan in Perth in 2015 was the previous highest total in the men's World Cup.
Hardik Pandya will be aiming to build on the rich legacy of his predecessor Rohit Sharma when he begins his Mumbai Indians captaincy stint in the IPL 2024 match against Gujarat Titans, a team that the star all-rounder himself marshalled over last two seasons, in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Dhananjaya de Silva hit a career-best 93 while Maheesh Theekshana took three important wickets to ensure Sri Lanka's pole positio
Victory left New Zealand on 10 points and in pole position to bag the last semi-final spot and join India, South Africa and Australia. Pakistan will now need to beat England by a massive margin to leapfrog New Zealand on net run rate.
Shubman Gill has overtaken Pakistan captain Babar Azam as the World No 1 batter in ODIs.
Pakistan are traditionally good against spinners but Babar Azam and Co. would take the likes of promising Dunith Wellalage and company lightly at their peril.
Dan Mousley scored a century before Lewis Goldsworthy took a five-wicket haul as England lifted the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Plate Trophy after beating Sri Lanka by a comprehensive 152 runs, in Benoni, South Africa, on Monday.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
Virat Kohli was the only centurion in the tournament.
A slew of records were broken as Pakistan recorded a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka after chasing down a mammoth 345 in their ICC World Cup match in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Sadeera Samarawickrama top-scored with an unbeaten 91 to power Sri Lanka to an easy five-wicket victory against the Netherlands.
IMAGES of the Group A, round one match of the T20 World Cup played between Sri Lanka and Namibia at the Simonds Stadium, in South Geelong, Australia on Sunday
Captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant half-century as India overpowered Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20 International.
Uncertainty looms over Lanka-Bangla World Cup clash due to severe air pollution
India went in with five bowling options against Pakistan on Sunday and it did not work out in their favour
It's just two games into the tournament but Hardik Pandya already seems to have loads to worry about in his second stint with Mumbai Indians, the leadership part not quite falling in place thus far.
New Zealand's campaign has hit a disheartening flatline after their early domination and the Kiwis will have to rediscover their bowling mojo for a World Cup reboot when they face knocked-out Sri Lanka in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in Pune, on Monday.
