Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand has been put on hold after tsunami waves killed almost 4,900 people in the country.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani said that the Sri Lankan delegation will visit the grounds and hotels where the teams will stay in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad besides meeting the board, police and security officials.
The Sri Lankan cricket Board has decided to allow its cricketers to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but directed them not to play in Chennai.
Seven ODIs will be played in October and three Tests in November-December.
'...Now, we are dominating because we have the right facilities. We have the IPL, the richest board is India and India is the powerhouse'.
After the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan earlier this year, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board is leaving no stone unturned to ensure their team's safety during their tour to India starting this month.
The Sri Lankans will travel to Pakistan straight from Bangladesh, where their tour ends in the third week of January. They will play a Twenty20 game, two one-dayers and a Test in Lahore.
Players from the other teams who could push the Men in Blue to the limit.
'Even in PlayStation games, he was keen to win.'
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has settled in full the outstanding wages of the international cricketers after almost a year.
Allowing India to play all their matches in Dubai robbed Pakistan of the honour of hosting the final and disrupted the schedule of the knockout matches.
Sangakkara lauded the steps that have been taken in Pakistan over the past few years to encourage teams and players to play in the country.
The five-ODI tour has been indefinitely postponed as the BCCI did not receive a confirmation from its Sri Lankan counterpart
Kohli earns more from brand endorsements and IPL appearances than he does playing for India.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expressed anguish on Tuesday over the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore injuring five players and forcing the brief tour to be abruptly called off. The attack comes with concerns already raised over the 2011 one-day World Cup to be jointly staged by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh because of security issues.
Sri Lanka are set to take on India in a six-match white-ball series starting July 13.
Thilanga Sumathipala went on trial for an alleged breach of the country's Immigration and Emigration Act.
Pakistan officials hope Sunday's match will encourage other countries to send their teams by next year.
Pakistan bowlers fired in unison to guide their team to a memorable 31-run win over Sri Lanka in their low-scoring opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Thursday.
Sri Lankan net bowler assisting the Indian team's preparations, presented Kohli with a silver bat adorned with engravings of every century he has scored in his illustrious career.
Four batsmen scored half-centuries to take Sri Lanka to 411 for six on Day 1 of their two-day warm-up against Board President's XI in Kolkata.
India may be weakened by the absence of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but the World champions cannot be taken lightly, especially with a strong batting line-up at their disposal, says Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews.
The national team, captained for the bulk of those years by Misbah Ul Haq, hosted its 'home' games in the United Arab Emirates and remained relatively successful until fixtures trickled back onto Pakistani soil in 2018.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara today rubbished media reports that Tillakaratne Dilshan was under the ICC scanner for his alleged links with bookmakers and said none of his team-mates were suspected of "fraternising with shady characters".
The appointment of an interim body to run Sri Lankan cricket is in tune with laws governing the island nation, the country's sports minister said on Friday.
Coming off a socio-economic crisis and the worst turmoil in its country's history, the Sri Lankan cricket team would like to provide the island nation with an emotional catharsis by beating fancied Pakistan in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday.
International cricket will return to Pakistan next month after Zimbabwe agreed to tour the country .
SLC has already postponed all domestic cricket tournaments until further notice.
While Herath has been appointed for Tests against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka as New Zealand's spin bowling coach, Rathour will be with the Kiwi side only for the contest against Afghanistan.
Sri Lanka will play a Twenty20 international in Lahore on October 29, returning to the city for the first time since they suffered a gun and grenade attack in 2009, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in Pune, on Monday.
Pakistan government pledged the same level of security to Sri Lankan cricketers as is provided to visiting heads of state.
Karunaratne at first didn't notice a young lady holding a placard saying, 'Chamika, will you marry me?'
Ex-Sri Lanka captain Hashan Thilekaratne has reportedly alleged that two former senior Lankan cricketers -- Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya -- and former Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Thilanga Sumathipala were involved in fixing international matches.
Murali's presence in Australia had been in doubt ever since since Australian Prime Minister John Howard branded him a "chucker".
James Anderson will retire from Test cricket after the first match of the series against West Indies at Lord's this year.
A Sri Lankan bank has agreed to release 600 million Sri Lanka rupees ($5.07 million) to the country's cash-strapped cricket board to pay its salary-starved players, according to the sports ministry.
Arrested on charges of sexual assault on a woman during the T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was denied bail after the hearing at a local court in Sydney on Monday.
Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) will certainly face the dilemma of whether to tour Pakistan as mentioned in the ICC's Futures Tours Programmes (FTP) or request the series to be held at a neutral venue.
Three out of his four sexual assault charges dropped by Public Prosecutor in Sydney.
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