His unbeaten 163 saw Sri Lanka close day 2 of the four-day match against Northern Territory on 304 for 5.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting made an unbeaten 169 in his final match for English county Surrey to ensure he ended his first-class career with a bang on Thursday.
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on July 19 during the tea interval of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord's, ICC announced on Thursday.
Australia captain Pat Cummins lavished praise on Mitchell Starc as the rangy left-arm paceman joined the 300 wickets club in style on Sunday during the first Test win over South Africa.
Sachin Tendulkar was the only current cricketer named in ESPNcricinfo's all-time Test World XI which did not include Australian captain Ricky Ponting and the likes of Brian Lara, Glenn McGrath, Sunil Gavaskar.
Australia, India and West Indies will hone their ODI form when they clash in the tri-series in Malaysia.
Ahead of the blockbuster final in Ahmedabad, a look at how the 2003 World Cup played out between India and Australia.
Australia will retain coach Tim Nielsen until the end of the next Ashes series in England in 2013, the national cricket board said on Tuesday.
Middlesex fast bowler Stuart Clark has been called up by Australia for the final Ashes Test as cover for Glenn McGrath
Young Vidarbha pacer Umesh Yadav tells Harish Kotian he wants to bowl with the same consistency as former Aussie great Glenn McGrath.
Glenn McGrath has said that Indian team would need to execute their plans properly during their one-off Test match against Bangladesh starting in Fatullah on Wednesday.
Constant criticism leading up to the Ashes may actually work in Australia's favour, galvanising an under-pressure team against a more settled England side, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden believes.
'He's got a pretty good record against Indian batsmen (123 wickets in 28 Tests versus India).' 'In India too he has a great record (56 wickets in 11 Tests in India), that is a pretty good record against a country that traditionally plays spin very well.'
Australia beat Pakistan by 31 runs to win the second one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Glenn McGrath powered Australia to a whopping 491-run win over Pakistan in the first Test in Perth.
Muttiah Muralitharan went past Wasim Akram to become the highest wicket-taker in ODI cricket.
Cricket Australia's (CA) recent research says that the team's image is sound, yet something is going wrong.
Struggling with three pull-outs within one week, Delhi Daredevils would seek to capitalise on the experience of legendary Australian paceman Glenn McGrath when they take on Victoria in their opening Champions League Twenty20 match in New Delhi on Friday.
Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath made it to Cricinfo's all-time Australian XI but Ricky Ponting was deemed good enough only for the 12th man's slot.
80 Tests and 16,634 deliveries -- the least by any bowler in the 400 Test wicket Club -- took him to the cherished landmark.
The Australia fast bowler announced he is taking an indefinite break due to emotional and physical exhaustion.
Harbhajan Singh has said that except Bhuvneshwar Kumar, other bowlers have not been consistent enough which has been the bane of India in their disappointing tour Down Under.
A look at the leading wicket-takers in Test cricket after Australian Shane Warne passed the 500 mark against Sri Lanka.
Ex-Kiwi pacer Shane Bond may play for either the Delhi Daredevils or the Kolkata Knight Riders in the third edition of the Indian Premier League, the auction for which gets under way on Tuesday.
Out-of-form Ricky Ponting is facing the heat from all quarters after Australia failed to retain the Ashes from England but his former team-mate Glenn McGrath feels the Aussie skipper will beat Sachin Tendulkar for the record of maximum runs in Test cricket.
Australia batsman and vice-captain Michael Clarke may miss next week's first Test against West Indies following the death of his fiancee's father, Australian Associated Press reported on Monday. Clarke was granted compassionate leave by Cricket Australia last week to allow him to stay at home with model Lara Bingle during her father's illness.
Skipper Ricky Ponting has said that the next seven months for Australia and himself will be the greatest challenge of his career.
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has used his team's first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup for some intensive practice with his rebuilt side before the Ashes series starting next month.
Ricky Ponting has scoffed at suggestions Australia were in danger of losing their number one ranking.
Australians are taking lessons from a leadership guru to help the new faces not be overawed during the upcoming Test series.
Australian Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers of the modern era, announced his retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday with the aim of extending his international career in shorter forms of the game.
Batting will be the key in the upcoming series against Australia, says the former India captain. 'Whichever team puts runs on the board will put pressure on the opposition.'
A good bowling line-up has raised Mohammed Yousuf's hopes of beating Australia in a Test series down under, a feat which Pakistan has never achieved.
Australia may have lost the aura of invincibility after the likes of Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne made their exit but captain Ricky Ponting is happy that the youngsters have made a mark in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The retirements of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer have added an emotional incentive to Australia's bid to win the fifth Ashes Test against England.
Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali rates the West Indies captain above Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
England lost three quick wickets in the last hour to slump to 53 for three in reply to Australia's 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Friday.
Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their Indian Premier League match against Deccan Chargers at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is being considered for the test side in the Ashes series against England starting in November, selector Allan Border said on Thursday.
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