Several injury-prone pace bowlers including Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando and Nuwan Kulasekera have missed out
Sri Lanka's cricket authorities are planning to modernize Sinhalese Sports Club ground as a venue equal to world headquarters Lord's, the cricket board said.
Only 3.4 overs of play was possible in the first two matches and weather forecasters are predicting more rain in the coming days.
The new panel, expanded and ratified by the Sri Lanka government, was increased from four to seven members.
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) did not sell out to India, England and Australia over the decision to allow the 'Big Three' to effectively take control of the sport, president Chris Nenzani said on Tuesday.
Muralitharan has been advised not to bowl his 'doosra' in international cricket.
The report from the University of Western Australia was sent with the observations of the bowling review group to the ICC.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines after his surgeon recommended immediate surgery to avoid long-term tendon damage.
The Sri Lankan hopes to end his 15-year Test career on a high in the second Test against Pakistan, beginning Monday.
Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa said it was improper to punish the skipper alone for team's slow overrates
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has called for investigation over allegations of drunken misconduct by two unnamed players.
Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has confirmed he will quit when his contract expires in January, despite being pressed to reconsider by the island nation's cricket authorities.
'If 20,000 people in the stands did not have problem and the Indian team did not face any issue, I wonder why Sri Lankan team made a big fuss. I will need to talk to the secretary and ask him to write to the Sri Lanka Cricket'
The tri-series, which also includes India and West Indies, was due to start on August 2 but will now begin on July 30.
Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu is being sent abroad for treatment on a back injury which officials say has left him suffering unbearable pain.
Senior batsman Kumar Sangakkara and officials of Sri Lanka Cricket met on Monday to sort out differences arising after the board questioned the former captain's loyalty towards the country ahead of the upcoming Champions League Twenty20.
A four-team provincial tournament, involving the 60 best players in the country, has been planned.
John Dyson's 20-month contract will end this week.
The five-ODI tour has been indefinitely postponed as the BCCI did not receive a confirmation from its Sri Lankan counterpart
Sri Lanka Board officials said match referee Chris Broad made the report after the close of the third and final Test
Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand has been put on hold after tsunami waves killed almost 4,900 people in the country.
Brendon Kuruppu has been reappointed as temporary senior team manager for Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand starting next month.
Paceman Thakur led India's disciplined effort with the ball to restrict Sri Lanka to a below-par 152 for nine in a rain-hit match which was reduced to a 19-overs-a-side contest.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an explosive 86 and Irfan Pathan captured four wickets as India beat Sri Lanka Cricket XI by 61 runs.
Kaushal Lokuarachchi was banned for four months, with a two-year suspended sentence, for his involvement in a fatal car crash last month.
Sri Lanka cricket board president Mohan de Silva is not to seek re-election, making way for Thilanga Sumathipala to return uncontested for a fifth term in charge.
South Africa have slipped to number six in the world, behind fifth-placed Sri Lanka, and have a host of questions to answer, not least around a brittle top six and the balance of the side.
Sri Lanka cricket officials will decide whether to continue with the Kiwi tour after the devastation by tsunami waves.
Joe Root's England will have to step up their game against the turning ball to escape that fate in the test series beginning at Galle on Tuesday.
Veteran Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan bid farewell to ODI cricket by scoring a 65-ball 42 in his final game against Australia in the third ODI in Dambulla. Earlier this week, Dilshan announced that Sunday's third ODI would be his last in the 50-over format, before departing from Twenty20 internationals in Colombo on 9 September. The 39-year old will not be playing in the final two ODIs of the five-match series against Australia.
They were looking for a replacement to inject "fresh thinking" into the team.
The country will host the first ever live NBA match in October this year
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