Kumar Sangakkara missed out on a double-hundred for the second successive match as the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka ended in a dull draw in Colombo on Wednesday.
Pakistan's bid for a series-levelling victory was further dampened when rain allowed only one session of play on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. The second day had also been badly affected by heavy showers with only 44.2 overs bowled on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma registered the highest score in One-Day Internationals and also became the first in the history of cricket to hit two double centuries in the 50-overs' format in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Images from the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangaladesh, being played at Mirpur.
Images from Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan being played in Mirpur.
Murali Vijay celebrated his return to the India side with a hundred, while Cheteshwar Pujara continued his golden run with another century as India dominated the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Nagpur on Saturday.
Clint McKay took five wickets as Australia's bowlers suffocated Sri Lanka's normally free-scoring batsmen to wrap up the One-day International Tri-series with a 16-run victory in the third and deciding final at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
Lasith Malinga has been taken to the cleaners for the second time in three games, but skipper Mahela Jayawardene backed the express bowler after his eight overs cost Sri Lanka 74 runs in the first final of the tri-series in Brisbane.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs to book a berth in the tri-series finals in Melbourne on Friday. Chasing Sri Lanka's modest total of 238, the home side was bundled out for 229 in 49.1 overs.
A clinical India defeated Sri Lanka comprehensively by six wickets to continue their their winning run in the Nidahas Twenty20 Tri-Series, in Colombo, on Monday.
IMAGEs from the World Cup match between Pakistan and New Zealand played at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday
A half-century from Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a series-clinching victory in the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Chasing 267 to win, the home team was 179 for five after 34 overs when rain ended play.
India have posted 6 of the 7 600+ totals posted in Test cricket this year!
South Africa were 389 for 9 at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test against Sri Lanka, a lead of 209 runs, after AB de Villiers smashed 99 runs off 135 balls and shared a 97-run stand with Ashwell Prince.
The fourth ODI in the tri-series, between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, was abandoned because of rain on Friday. Sri Lanka were 203 for 3 from 43.4 overs when the heavens opened up.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara watches as India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits Kulasekara over long-on for a six to seal victory in the World Cup final at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Saturday night.
Pakistan held their nerves to pull off a stunning 11-run victory over title aspirants Sri Lanka in a nail-biting group A World Cup league match in Colombo on Saturday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed his way to his third Test century, after Virender Sehwag missed a world record third triple hundred, to boost India to a record total on Day 3 of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne stadium, in Mumbai, on Friday. Dhoni slammed 100 off 154 deliveries, and Sehwag 293, as India posted a record 726 for 9 declared in 163.3 overs, their highest total in Test cricket.
A patient 72 from Jonathan Trott helped England to a 16-run win over Sri Lanka in the final one-dayer at Old Trafford on Saturday, giving the hosts a 3-2 series win which allowed them to gain some revenge for their 10-wicket World Cup quarter-final humiliation.
Virat Kohli coasted to his fifth double century as India's frontline batsmen crushed Sri Lanka's toothless attack to stay on course for an innings victory in the second Test in Nagpur on Sunday.
Habibul Bashar won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the first qualifying match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
England captured the final seven Sri Lanka first-innings wickets for 107 runs in the second Test at Lord's on Monday to give themselves an opportunity to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. At the close of a prolonged day, England were 149 for two in their second innings, an overall lead of 156, with 98 overs scheduled for Tuesday's final day.
Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan completed his highest Test score on Sunday before rain brought a premature end to the third day of the second Test against England at Lord's.
Dinesh Chandimal completed a fine century as Sri Lanka continued to hold up England's bid to clinch the series by moving on to 403 for six at lunch on the fourth day of the second test in Durham on Monday. The touring side, crushed in the opening test and bowled out for 101 in the first innings, are six runs ahead in the match after losing only one wicket in the morning session.
Images from the 2011 World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
In nine matches, including six in the league phase, the Punjab-born Yuvraj amassed 362 runs and took 15 wickets with his slow left-arm spinners.
The second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC Ground in Colombo ended in a predictable draw on Friday. Sri Lanka, having allowed India take a 65-run lead, scored 129 for 3 in their second innings on the fifth and final day before play was called off.
Gautam Gambhir's fluent unbeaten half-century led India's fightback, in reply to Sri Lanka's mammoth first innings score of 760 for seven declared on Day 4 of the first Test, in Ahmedabad, on Thursday. Earlier, Mahela Jayawardene smashed a splendid 275 and Prasanna Jayawardene finished unbeaten on 154, the duo putting on a world record partnership of 351 runs in 592 deliveries for the sixth wicket as they stayed at the crease for 97.3 overs.
Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a superb all-round display with bat and ball to send Sri Lanka through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Thursday with a crushing 139-run win over Zimbabwe.
Muttiah Muralitharan went past 800 wickets to help Sri Lanka crush India by an emphatic ten-wicket margin on the fifth and final day of the first Test in Galle on Wednesday. Tillakaratne Dilshan slammed 68 from 47 balls, having hit six boundaries and a six, while Tharanga Paranavitana was unbeaten on 23 as Sri Lanka raced to 96 for no loss in 14.1 overs.
Rohit Sharma blazed his way to the joint fastest century in T20 Internationals, reaching the three-figure mark off just 35 balls in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka in Indore on Friday.
Having guided India to a thumping seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma attributed his red-hot form to his hunger for runs.
Akila Dananjaya's career-best 6-54 was in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in their second one-day international to go 2-0 up in the five-match series in Pallekele on Thursday.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera scored undefeated fifties to lift Sri Lanka to 262 for three against New Zealand at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Wednesday. The pair shared an unbroken 147 run fourth-wicket partnership to leave Sri Lanka with a solid first innings platform on a dry pitch.
Maxwell put on a solid partnership of 103 runs with Pat Cummins for the highest seventh-wicket stand or lower for Australia in World Cups.
Tight bowling helped Australia beat Sri Lanka by 24 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system in their rain-hit triangular series one-day international on Friday.
Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten century to steer Sri Lanka to a draw in the final Test against Pakistan and win his first series as captain. The left-hander scored 130 not out as Sri Lanka, faced with a world record target of 492, defied the Pakistani bowlers to finish with 391-4 on the fifth day.
Take a look at the statistical highlights of the fifth ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
Virender Sehwag smashed the second fastest double century in Test cricket and Rahul Dravid completed a fifty as India ended Day 2 in the second Test against Sri Lanka on a mammoth 443 for 1 in 79 overs.
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