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Ahead of a two-day match before the Test series begins, Thilan Samaraweera reckons Sri Lanka have had no problems adjusting to conditions in Pakistan.

As one leader leaves, another captain arrives. That will be the current that runs right through Sri Lanka’s two-Test series against Pakistan. Every decision a captain makes is anyway scrutinised and analysed, but the ones made by a man who knows his time is up and one by a man who knows his time has [...]

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lankan coach, has responded to chief selector Asantha de Mel’s criticisms on the team’s poor fielding by saying that while the most of the players are not outstanding fielders, they will continue to work hard on that aspect of their game.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, is looking forward to a winning farewell as leader of the team.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has signed a lucrative deal with Sri Lanka’s leading telecom company, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, for US$4.85 million to sponsor the national team for three years.

Bangladesh handed Sri Lanka their first defeat of the tri-series to set up a virtual semi-final clash against Pakistan on Saturday.

Mahela Jayawardene has said his poor form in recent one-day matches was a factor in his decision to resign as captain of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka enjoyed another comfortable victory, thereby sealing their place in the final of the tri-series.

Muttiah Muralitharan has said that he had known, in the recent past, of Mahela Jayawardene’s plans of quitting the captaincy but nevertheless, his decision yesterday was a shock to the team.

India showed that they are a team that is increasingly aware of its own strength but Sri Lanka were let down by men who are not sure of themselves. Kumar Sangakkara’s succession to the captaincy, if it happens, will be a smooth transition and possibly the beginning of good times.

Gayathri Kariyawasam, the right-arm fast bowler, has been included in Sri Lanka’s 15-member squad for the Women’s World Cup in Australia next month.

Mahela Jayawardene has announced that he will resign as Sri Lanka captain after the upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The decision, announced on Wednesday, comes three days after Sri Lanka lost to India 4-1 in their ODI series at home.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka’s stand-in captain for the Twenty20 international, admitted his side’s indiscipline in the field cost them the first Twenty20 international played at home. India won by three wickets with four balls to spare after Sri Lanka had the game under control at the start of the 16th over, with India struggling at [...]

Sri Lanka have been fined for a slow over-rate in the one-off Twenty20 international against India in Colombo.

The brothers Pathan launched a stirring eighth-wicket partnership to take India to a stimulating victory over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 international.

Lasith Malinga is back and ready for Tuesday’s Twenty20 game, the first big step on his rehabilitation. The hair is as wild and woolly as ever, the highlights are intact - as is the confidence, despite a year’s lay-off due with a knee injury.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who will juggle captaincy and wicketkeeping in the upcoming Twenty20 international against India, has said Sri Lanka will benefit by persisting with him as an opener.

Though they struggled to put up a formidable total after opting to bat, Sri Lanka bowled efficiently and dismissed Bangladesh inside 50 overs for well short of the target set.

Mahela Jayawardene was a very relieved captain at the end of the fifth and final one-day international when his team eventually got the better of India and avoided a rare 5-0 whitewash.

Finally, Sri Lanka won. It’s been a tough ten days for the hosts. It has been an even tougher last couple of months where they have been put through a grueling schedule.

Finally Sri Lanka showed up, prevented their first 5-0 series whitewash, and stopped India at nine ODI wins in a row. A turnaround began at the first toss they won in the series, continued with near-centuries from Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara, and culminated in an energetic and smart show in the field.

Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has hit out at Sri Lanka Cricket and ruled out Sri Lanka’s chances of another World Cup win if “unprofessional” officials continued to run the game in the country.

Nuwan Kulasekara has attributed his rise to the elite of international cricket’s one-day bowlers as down to to his perseverance and hard work over the past year.

Sri Lanka overcame a spirited display by Pakistan in the field to clinch a low-scoring affair in Bogra. Having bowled economically and clinically to dismiss Pakistan for a poor total, Sri Lanka overhauled the target for the loss of seven wickets.

Like everyone else, Muttiah Muralitharan knew the day was inevitable when he would end up becoming the leading wicket-taker in ODIs.

Plays of the Day from the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo.

Gautam Gambhir is now completely aware of the demands of a match situation and, more importantly, what he is capable of.

Muttiah Muralitharan breaking Wasim Akram’s world record to become the highest ODI wicket-taker was the only moment of joy for Sri Lanka on a day when India stormed to their fourth consecutive victory of the series in Colombo.

Muttiah Muralitharan has become the highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals, beating Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram’s haul of 502 wickets in the fourth ODI against India in Colombo.

Most franchises agree that this year’s smartest pick will be JP Duminy, the South African batsman.

A round-up of the twelfth-round matches of the Premier League Tournament in Sri Lanka .

Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka’s chief selector, has said that the poor
fielding has let the team down in the ODI series against India. de Mel
felt that the team has not been concentrating enough on improving the
fielding and said that the selectors will be meeting the Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive, Duleep Mendis, to address the [...]

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, has described Tuesday’s 147-run defeat as Sri Lanka’s worst in recent times and called on his team to show character in the next two matches against India. India already hold onto an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, only their second bilateral series win in Sri Lanka.

Muttiah Muralitharan equalled Wasim Akram’s world record of 502 one-day wickets, but there was little else for a voluble crowd to celebrate as swashbuckling centuries from Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag led India to a comprehensive 147-run victory at the Premadasa Stadium.

Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been included in the squad for the Twenty20 international against India after an absence of nearly a year due to a knee injury.

Batsman Tharanga Paranavitana and fast bowler Suranga Lakmal force their way into the side, with opener Michael Vandort and fast bowler Dammika Prasad being cut from the squad that played two Tests in Bangladesh recently.

The IPL has released the final list of 43 players who will be up for auction in Goa on February 6 with Kevin Pietersen commanding the highest base price at $1.35 million. Michael Clarke and Andrew Flintoff are second and third with base prices of $1 million and $950,000 respectively.

A round-up of the eleventh-round matches of the Premier League Tournament in Sri Lanka .

Muttiah Muralitharan is keeping everybody waiting. He began the series against India needing three wickets to overtake Wasim Akram and become the highest wicket-taker in ODIs.

The momentum in the series is clearly with India, who own a 2-0 lead, and their coach Gary Kirsten reckoned that his team could win matches even by playing at “60% of our ability”.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, believes his side will need to avoid mistakes if they are to challenge a ‘confident and consistent’ India in the remaining three games of the ODI series..

Ajantha Mendis, the Sri Lankan spinner, has not had an impact in the first two ODIs against India but his lack of success is “not a huge concern” for his captain Mahela Jayawardene.

India fell at least 30 runs short of what they would have expected after a fiery start, but in the end it turned out they made enough - just about. In a thrilling finish, Thilina Kandamby took Sri Lanka close, but his unbeaten 93 was not enough in the face of some nagging death bowling [...]

It’s a nice line for a movie. Not always in cricket. Virender Sehwag,
who was in complete control in the middle and had started to indulge
himself against the seamers, ran himself out.

The IPL has announced an exhaustive list of 111 overseas players who will be considered for the second auction in Goa on February 6.

Sanath Jayasuriya, whose 107 made him the oldest centurion in one-day internationals, says he is happy to be scoring runs for Sri Lanka but sidetracked discussion over his future.

Half-centuries from Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni outdid a superlative century from Sanath Jayasuriya as India successfully chased the highest total in a day game in Dambulla.

Muttiah Muralitharan, with 500 ODI victims, starts the first game against India in Dambulla needing three wickets to overtake Wasim Akram and become the highest wicket-taker. Murali, 36, also holds the Test record with 769 wickets from 125 matches.

Thanuga Ekanayake, the chairman of the Sri Lanka women’s selection committee, is confident the tri-nation series in Bangladesh will be the ideal warm-up ahead of the World Cup, where she said Sri Lanka would aim to reach the semi-finals.

The player auction for the second IPL is expected to be a much more cerebral and focused exercise than last year’s inaugural event, with franchise officials saying they would enter the bidding hall in Goa on February 6 with a maximum of four or five players on their list and hope to take home a [...]

Both Mahela Jayawardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are expecting the five-ODI contest, which starts on January 28 in Dambulla, to be a closely-fought affair.

Sri Lanka’s selectors have retained the 15-man squad that beat Pakistan 2-1 for the first three ODIs of the five-match series against India.

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, wants to avenge the defeat in the one-day series against India at home in July-August 2008, saying that it had “hurt badly”.

Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka medium-pacer, has climbed to No.2 in the ICC rankings for ODI bowlers after an impressive run of performances since his return to the team in April 2008.

Ten Sports has successfully secured the broadcasting rights for cricket in Sri Lanka for the next four years from 2009 to 2013.

It was all over before the packed Gaddafi Stadium crowd could blink. Sri Lanka inflicted one of the biggest annihilations in ODIs as they trampled over a hapless Pakistan to dismiss them for 75 in response to 309.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lanka captain, has decided to take legal action against the sports minister Gamini Lokuge over his removal as interim Sri Lanka Cricket chairman.

History is on Pakistan’s side, the momentum with Sri Lanka and the recent form of both uncertain. You could not ask for more going into the deciding match of the ODI series, to be played on Saturday in Lahore
.

Shakib Al Hasan has climbed to the top of the ICC ODI allrounder rankings after his impressive performances for Bangladesh in the tri-series tournament at home, involving Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

A round-up of the tenth-round matches of the Premier League Tournament in Sri Lanka .