Chaminda Vaas claimed four for 28 as England were bowled out for 81 in just 30.5 overs in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. England finished the day in disarray after being asked to follow on, reaching the close on 2-0 and still trailing by 416 runs with two days left in the game.
Sri Lanka recovered from a top order collapse to register a 84-run win over PCA XI in a warm-up match.
Sri Lanka were in record-breaking mood as they beat Kenya by 172 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup.
Australian media reported that the Indian off-spinner features in the list of seven bowlers with highly suspect action drawn by ICC.
Sri Lanka's captain said getting the master batsman out early could make a big difference to his team's fortunes.
Mumbai beat Sri Lanka by three wickets with a ball to spare in the warm-up game on Saturday
Sri Lanka were 449 for 7 against Bangladesh at close on the opening day of the second and final Test.
Sri Lanka's preparations for the second Test against the West Indies are being hampered by a flu virus that forced four players to miss team practice on Wednesday.
International XI registered a comfortable six-wicket win over the Asian XI in their Twenty20 Tsunami relief match in London.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs in the fourth one-day international.
Sachin Tendulkar struck a world record 35th Test hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Three members of the squad are down with flu ahead of Wednesday's match against Pakistan.
Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings 69 runs to complete a 2-0 series win on the third day of the second Test.
India dropped V V S Laxman to make room for off spinner Harbhajan Singh in the final of the tri-series.
Skipper Rahul Dravid says the absence of Tendulkar and Ganguly gives players like Sehwag, Yuvraj and Kaif a chance to stand up and be counted.
Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka claimed earlier this week that Irfan Pathan would be fatigued after playing county cricket in England
Jermaine Lawson rocked Sri Lanka by taking four wickets to help West Indies to a 58-run first-innings lead in the first Test.
The four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists were shot dead by Pakistani police in Lahore.
Nuwan Kulasekera and Dinusha Fernando join left-armer Chaminda Vaas in the attack.
Marvan Atapattu and Avishka Gunawardene scored fifties as Sri Lanka snatched a thrilling three-wicket win.
Muralitharan took seven wickets to put Sri Lanka in charge before the England spinners struck blows of their own.
Thirty-one persons convicted in the 2002 Sardarpura riot case of Mehsana district on Monday withdrew their regular bail plea from the Gujarat high court.
Mahela Jayawardene piled on 237 runs as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 486 on the second day of the first Test against South Africa on Thursday.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who worked with the veteran director, expressed her grief over his death.
Leg spinner Shane Warne extended his series tally to 20 scalps to finish with five for 90.
India won the second One-Day International against South Africa by 22 runs on Wednesday, to draw level (1-1) in the five-match series. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from the match played in Indore.
India won the second One-Day International against South Africa by 22 runs on Wednesday, to draw level (1-1) in the five-match series. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from the match played in Indore.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by one run in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1.
dismissing the tourists The hosts dismissed England for 294 and then extended their overall lead to 127.
Sri Lanka have been buoyed by the news that their quickest pace bowler is ready to make a comeback to international cricket after injury.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Sri Lanka had New Zealand tottering on 75 for 4 after play finally got underway in the rain-ravaged second Test.
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