A Zimbabwean batting collapse ensured Sri Lanka an easy win in Harare on Thursday in the first of the five one-day internationals.
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was voted 'Best Test player of the 21st century' in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia.
Images from the Asia Cup match between India and Sri Lanka in Fatullah on Friday.
The Aussie skipper joins the Don and Sir Gary. Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers on the Fastest to 6,000 Tests club.
The safety measures announced by ICC include the appointment of chief medical officers, a 14-day pre-match isolation training camp and use of gloves by umpires while handling the ball.
The two sixes from Kohli has already become part of cricketing forklore and Ponting, too, looked back fondly at those outrageous strokes
A 66-run run victory gave Kings XI Punjab their first success in the Indian Premier League after two straight reverses. Mumbai Indians suffered their third straight reverse.
'We had real belief and trust in someone called Riyan Parag. We have been backing him for the last three-four years and he just showed it to the world today.'
Opener Malinda Warnapura scored his maiden Test century to lead Sri Lanka to 269 for four on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies in Georgetown, Guyana on Saturday. The 28-year-old, playing his third Test, compiled a patient 120 from 226 balls with 14 fours.
Kaviya Maran is the co-owner of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team.
The Lankans were 160-3 after their spinners bowled out Bangladesh for 188 in 44 overs on the first day of the first Test.
England pace bowler Steve Harmison claimed two late wickets to leave Sri Lanka on 147 for four at the close on the opening day of the third and final Test on Tuesday.
Matthew Hoggard (4 for 29) and Monty Panesar (3 for 46) shared seven wickets as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 188 on first day of the first Test against England on Saturday. In reply, England were 49 for 1 at stumps.
An unbeaten century by Kumar Sangakkara and a fighting 80 from Marvan Atapattu saw Sri Lanka reach 247 for 3 at stumps on day 4, needing to bat through the last day of the second Test to salvage a draw or score another 260 for a famous victory.
It was Australia's 14th consecutive Test victory, just two short of the world record they set between 1999 and 2001.
On March 16 2012, Sachin Tendulkar went on to play a knock of 114 runs from 147 balls and took India's total to 289/5 in the allotted fifty overs.
'I just want to say how impressed everyone, especially I am, with how Kuldeep Sen handled his first #IPL2022 game; how he bowled, how he thinks. He bowled the hardest over under pressure and did an excellent job for us.'
The duo have been left out of the training squad for the New Zealand series.
Sri Lanka cruised into the final of the Asia Cup with a resounding 129-run victory over minnows Afghanistan, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh, on Monday.
In a heartwarming show of sportsmanship and camaraderie, the Indian cricket team sent a special retirement gift to Shahid Afridi by presenting him a Virat Kohli shirt signed by all the players.
Australia stormed into the World Cup quarter-finals with a 64-run victory over Sri Lanka, fired by a spectacular maiden one-day international century from Glenn Maxwell at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals opening batter Jos Buttler, whose brilliant form has helped the team reach the final of IPL 2022, lavished praise on the late Shane Warne, calling him an "influential figure".
New Zealand secured a nervous five-wicket victory in the low-scoring first Test match against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka were toiling at 125 for eight at the close in their second innings, just 73 runs ahead on day two.
Sri Lanka piled on 240 for two in the second innings of their New Zealand tour match against Otago on Saturday.
Nasser Hussain pulls out due to a virus while Kaluwitharana is dropped for an extra spinner.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene vowed to extend South Africa's misery on Saturday after the hosts took control of the first Test.
Hosts India might have outplayed them in the first three ODIs but Sri Lankan team management is keen to include experienced spinner Ajantha Mendis in the playing XI for the fourth ODI scheduled on Thursday.
Marvan Atapattu scored a chanceless, unbeaten 108 as Sri Lanka reached 250-4 on the opening day of the first Test against the Windies.
India's new batting sensation Shikhar Dhawan will captain Sunrisers Hyderabad in this year's Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament to begin on Tuesday.
Michael Vandort scored an unbeaten 64 to lead Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test
Fast bowlers Ruchira Perera and Farveez Maharoof paved the way for a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the fourth one-day international.
Sri Lanka will have to do some rethinking on how to bowl in the slog overs when they take on World champions Australia in the tri-series match in Sydney on Friday.
Michael Clarke's list of best batsmen that he played with or against is: Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara.
Wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara and Tatenda Taibu scored an impressive knock in the rain shortened first ODI.\n\n
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