Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan broke Shane Warne's all-time Test wickets record and Sanath Jayasuriya scored 78 in the second innings on the third day of the first Test to pave the way for Sri Lanka to edge into control against England on Monday.
From ladies fashion hats, fresh floral hats and crazy headpieces - Melbourne Cup, saw it all.
Shane Warne reportedly told a newspaper that Australia coach John Buchanan 'lacked common sense.'
On the lines of the Border-Gavaskar trophy featuring India and Australia, the Sri Lanka Cricket mooted the idea to name Sri Lanka-Australia series after spin greats Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Michael Clarke's injury-ravaged career may not be as jeopardised as initially feared with the Australian captain and team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris saying that the surgery to fix his hamstring injury went "really well", giving him a good chance of being fit for the World Cup.
The duo joined former skipper Mark Taylor (1998) as the only cricketers to receive the award.
BCCI has radical plans to allow participation of overseas players in major domestic tournaments.
The BCCI vice-president snubbed the Indian Cricket League as a set of "glorified exhibition matches".
Shane Warne could miss the rest of the English season after fracturing a rib while bowling in Hampshire's draw with Lancashire at Old Trafford, his club reported on Friday.
Anil Kumble surpassed Glenn McGrath to become the world's third highest wicket-taker in Tests.
England were 114 for five in their second innings, just 12 runs ahead on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test.
Shane Warne crowned his international farewell with a brilliant half-century to put Australia in control of the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday.
The Australian opener will join Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in making his final Test appearance this week.
"They've almost signed," Kapil Dev, a board member of the Indian Cricket League, told Reuters.
The Australian leg-spinner now has 999 international wickets, leaving him on the cusp of another remarkable achievement.
Warne clean bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50 on the second ball of his fourth over.
A factfile on Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who is set to retire from cricket after the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath was keeping a low-profile on Thursday amid growing speculation he was about to follow Shane Warne into retirement.
Monty Panesar captured five wickets on his Ashes debut to help England bowl out Australia for 244 on the opening day of the third Test.
Was the left-hander the right man for the job or simply in the right place at the right time?
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
West Indies' Marlon Samuels was, on Monday, fined 30 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's ICC World Tweny20 India 2016 final against England at EdenGardens on Sunday.
The Decision Review System was again mired in controversy on Saturday (November 28) during the second day's play between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide after Nathan Lyon was controversially given a reprieve off an appeal for a catch despite HotSpot clearly indicating an edge.
Shane Warne's off-field sexploits have reportedly cost him his lucrative commentating job.
Former Australian international cricketer Shane Warne has reportedly challenged England captain Alastair Cook to toughen up else he might face an Ashes whitewash.
The ace Indian leg spinner is only the fifth bowler to reach the milestone.
Rahul Tewatia was always destined to achieve stardom in the Indian Premier League because of his swashbuckling batting, says his childhood coach Vijay Yadav, after watching his ward's exploits for Rajasthan Royas, in the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab, in Sharjah, on Sunday.
Internal squabbles are hurting Australia ahead of next month's Ashes series, according to former England captain Mike Gatting.
Chess master-turned-cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal went back to his old passion, headlining an online blitz event organised by chess.com, and said the sport taught him to be patient on the cricket field. A former national Under-12 chess champion, India cricketer Chahal has the distinction of having represented the country at the World Youth Chess Championships, and is listed on the World Chess Federation (FIDE) website. His Elo rating is 1956.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers on India's biggest Test triumphs, Virat's victories and Ashwin's achievements.
The Australian leg spin ace resorted to bowling bouncers and throwing tantrums while leading Hampshire in an English county game against Lancashire that ended in a farce.
Brian Lara said he took to golf to release from the pressures of playing a team sport (cricket).
Australia's senior cricketers are playing down suggestions they might retire en masse if they win back the Ashes.
Australia's top players have swapped traditional white cricket clothing for Army greens as they step up their preparations for the Ashes series.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and leg-spinner Shane Warne took top honours in the latest ICC Test batting and bowling rankings.
The leg spinner brushed off suggestions that the Australians are worried about losing after dominating the last eight series against England since 1986-87.
