Kumar Sangakkara became only the second cricketer to hit a triple century and a hundred in the same Test as Sri Lanka set Bangladesh a huge target of 467 to win the second and final match in Chittagong on Friday. Sangakkara, who struck his maiden triple century in the first innings, hit a six off Sohag Gazi to reach three figures in the second and emulate former England opener Graham Gooch's 1990 feat against India at Lord's.
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews weathered a fiery spell of reverse swing bowling from Dayle Steyn to take his team past the follow-on mark on the third day of the first Test against South Africa on Friday.
The Australian captain is in the race to retain the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards.
India's captain Rahul Dravid said Pathan, who hasn't played a match in the series due to soreness in the bowling shoulder, has recovered well.
India dropped opener Robin Uthappa and middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who missed the previous two games with a back injury, returned to the side.
ICC match referee Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel imposed the fines after Mahela Jayawardene's side was ruled to be two overs short of its target in the second ODI against India.
Tharanga is set to miss at least the first Test against Bangladesh later this month after suffering a hairline fracture in his left foot.
Joe Root hit an unbeaten 102 and Moeen Ali impressed on his debut as England recovered from the loss of three early wickets to reach 344 for five on the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday.
The Pakistan fast bowler said he's fit and training hard.
Chris Jordan claimed five wickets as England bowled Sri Lanka out for 67 runs, their third lowest total in one-day internationals, to help win the third ODI with a resounding 10-wicket victory on Wednesday.
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Three months after subjecting Sri Lanka to a 9-0 whitewash across all formats, Virat Kohli's men prevailed 1-0 in the latest round of a duel between the neighbours to seal their record-equalling ninth consecutive test series win.
Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 144 runs in their second qualifying match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Rohit Sharma won the prestigious Maruti Suzuki ESPN Cricinfo award for the third year in a row.
A country which produced champion players of spin bowling such as Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, it has been sharp downward slide for Dinesh Chandimal's men, who have consistently failed against Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
Sri Lanka were 102 for 3 when rain interrupted play in the first One-Day International against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Sri Lanka were finally able to pose a challenge to India in the first Test after being hammered in the home series and that, according to chief coach Nic Pothas, was a huge positive.
The duo, who added a Test and first-class record 624 for the third wicket in Sri Lanka's innings victory over South Africa moved into the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
Sri Lanka's leading pace bowler has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa, starting on Thursday.
Veteran batsman Younis Khan has become the first Pakistani cricketer to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket as his team reached reach 201-4 in reply to West Indies' 286-10 on the third day of the rain-affected first Test at SabinaPark in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday.
Sri Lanka ended the third day's play at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on 293 for five, still 10 runs away from making New Zealand bat again after they had been asked to follow on.
A career-best unbeaten 138 by wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara marked the revival of Sri Lankan batting fortunes.
Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar wreaked havoc with a brilliant opening spell as he powered India into the final of the tri-series following a convincing 81-run victory over Sri Lanka via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-affected match in Trinidad, on Tuesday.
Bangladesh slumped to 36-3 in the second innings, and need another 147 runs to make Sri Lanka bat in the first Test.
Sri Lanka made 269 for nine wickets in their 50 overs and then restricted Bangladesh to 181 for 9 in the first ODI.
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 78 runs to win the series 2-1
The former Sri Lanka captain returns after a five-month absence having recovered from an acute disc problem in his lower back that required surgery in May.
The victory moved South Africa to eight points on the table, one behind Sri Lanka.
Yuvraj Singh and Hashim Amla will be the star attractions in the Indian Premier League 8 auction, which will see quite a few Indian and international players go under the hammer in Bengaluru on Monday.
Hosts New Zealand gave the World Cup a cracking start with a scintillating batting show as they crushed last edition losing finalists Sri Lanka by 98 runs in the opening match of the showpiece event in Christchurch on Saturday.
Sanath Jayasuriya will make a comeback against England at Trent Bridge just a month after retiring
India Test skipper Virat Kohli has been named as the 'Captain of the Year'.
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