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New Zealand and Sri Lanka will cross a new frontier when they meet each other in three Twenty20 internationals in the USA in May
Cheema and Misbah take Pakistan to five-wicket win in the last match of the tour Only T20I against Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
- PAK v SL – 5th ODI – Abu Dhabi (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 2nd ODI – Dubai (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 3rd ODI – Dubai (Category: Sports)
- PAK v SL – 4th ODI – Sharjah (Category: Sports)
ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2011 (WWCQ) in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka can leapfrog India into second position in ODI ranking (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Kumar Sangakkara named ODI Player of the Year 2011 (Category: Sports)
All-rounder Shahid Afridi scored a half-century before taking five wickets to steer Pakistan to a hard fought 26-run win in the fourth day-night match over Sri Lanka at Sharjah stadium on Sunday.
- Afridi helps Pakistan level T20I series (Category: Sports)
- Afridi starts as Pakistan thump Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan, Perera star in SL win (Category: Sports)
- Pakistan retains Tanvir for Sri Lanka ODIs (Category: Sports)
Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to make sure good work by spinners Saeed Ajmal (3-42) and Shahid Afridi (2-42) do not go waste as they dismissed Sri Lanka for 236 in the penultimate over at Dubai stadium.
- Afridi helps Pakistan level T20I series (Category: Sports)
- Perera stars in Sri Lanka win (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan, Perera star in SL win (Category: Sports)
- Umar Akmal left out of Pakistan Test squad (Category: Sports)
Lasith Malinga took three wickets to help Sri Lanka to a 25-run win over Pakistan in the second one day international to level the five-match series 1-1 on Monday.
- Afridi helps Pakistan level T20I series (Category: Sports)
- Galle Gladiators Skipper Shahid Afridi infuses lethal foreign clout to LPL (Category: Sports)
- Galle Gladiators Skipper Shahid Afridi infuses lethal foreign clout to LPL (Category: Sports)
- Galle Gladiators Skipper Shahid Afridi infuses lethal foreign clout to LPL (Category: Sports)
Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night match here on Friday.
- Afridi helps Pakistan level T20I series (Category: Sports)
- Afridi stars as Pakistan clinch series (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan, Perera star in SL win (Category: Sports)
- Malinga inspires Sri Lankan win over Pakistan (Category: Sports)
Pakistan clinched the three-Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 after the third and final Test ended in a draw at Sharjah stadium here on Monday.
- Sri Lanka bat out safe draw to win Pakistan series (Category: Sports)
- Pakistan retains Tanvir for Sri Lanka ODIs (Category: Sports)
- Umar Akmal left out of Pakistan Test squad (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Climbs to Number 2 in ICC ODI Ranking (Category: Sports)
The logo unveiling and the announcement of the match schedule for the ICC World T20 took place in Colombo.
- Name the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Mascot (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Sangakkara banks on home advantage at ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Sports)
ICC Media Release The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the match …
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- More than 100,000 tickets for ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 sold (Category: Sports)
- ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 tickets selling quickly (Category: Sports)
- 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 begins (Category: Sports)
A record breaking spell of spin bowling from Ajantha Mendis halted the Australian charge for victory in the 2nd T20I at Pallekele.
- AUS v SL – 2nd Final – Adelaide (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 2nd ODI – Perth (Category: Sports)
- SL v AUS – 2nd T20I (Category: Sports)
- Commonwelath Bank ODI Series – SL v AUS – 2nd ODI (Category: Sports)
Australia's limited-overs and Test cricketers will be under no illusions about the difficulty of the task in Sri Lanka after the Twenty20 team was swept 2-0 via the spin of Ajantha Mendis
Ajantha Mendis became the first bowler to bag six wickets in a Twenty20 international as Sri Lanka clinched the series 2-0 against Australia with an eight-run win in the second match on Monday.
- Jeewan Mendis to make ODI debut (Category: Sports)
- Dilshan’s hundred sinks Australia in tour opener (Category: Sports)
- Johnson, Watson star in Australia’s win (Category: Sports)
- Our strategy worked – Rajapaksa (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka's captain Tillakaratne Dilshan won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia as the hosts sought to make a 2-0 sweep of the Twenty20 matches in Pallekele
Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered a maiden Twenty20 century to set up Sri Lanka's 35-run victory over Australia in the opening match on Saturday.
- Player contracts for the current year (Category: Sports)
- Chamara Silva recalled for triangular (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka National Squad for Tri-Nation Series in Australia (Category: Sports)
- Prasanna, Eranga named in Sri Lanka Test squad (Category: Sports)
A scintitaling Century by T.M Dilshan helped Sri Lanka draw first blood in the series with a 35 run win.
- KFC T20 – SL v AUS – Perth (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 3rd Final – Adelaide (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 2nd ODI – Perth (Category: Sports)
- AUS v SL – 2nd Final – Adelaide (Category: Sports)
Cameron White won Australia's first toss of the tour against Sri Lanka and chose to bowl in the first Twenty20 international in Kandy
Sri Lanka and Australia will each want to set the tone for the tour with a first-up Twenty20 victory, as much to build confidence in their transitional teams as to get their opponents worried
"Australian usually play very hard. They may be a bit inexperienced. But they are tough opponents," Dilshan said
- Prasanna, Eranga named in Sri Lanka Test squad (Category: Sports)
- Pool for Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2011 – T20 & ODI Series (Category: Sports)
- Clash of the two titans – Australia tour of Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka National Squad for Tri-Nation Series in Australia (Category: Sports)
A round-up of the semi-finals of the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20
Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has not been picked for the national team's two-match Twenty20 series against Australia
A round-up of the fifth day of matches at the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20
A round-up of the fourth day of matches at the Sri Lanka Cricket Inter-Provincial Twenty20
20-member squad to play in the five One-Day Internationals (ODI) and two Twenty20 cricket matches
- Welagedara replaces Maharoof (Category: Sports)
- Welagedara & Malinga return (Category: Sports)
- Npower Test Series – SL v ENG – 3rd Test – Southampton (Category: Sports)
- Under 23 Division I Tournament 2010/11 – Final (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka Cricket have not named a captain for the home series against Australia while announcing a pool of twenty players from which the squads for the one-day and Twenty20 games will be selected
Kaushal Silva will lead Sri Lanka A team to England this summer. They have been scheduled to play 3 ODI games against the English Lions, 1 Test and 4 warm up 50 over games.
- Squad announced for Sri Lanka A’s tour of England (Category: Sports)
- Squad for Sri Lanka “A” team tour to South Africa 2012 (Category: Sports)
- Change in the “A” team squad for tour of England (Category: Sports)
- Prasanna ruled out of the series (Category: Sports)
Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes a one-day series win against England is within his side's grasp after a six-wicket victory at Lord's put the tourists 2-1 up with two to play.
- Dilshan’s thumb injury casts shadow (Category: Sports)
- Confident England take on depleted Sri Lanka in third Test (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka ready to give ton-up Jayawardene a break (Category: Sports)
- Dernbach seals England’s series win over Sri Lanka (Category: Sports)
Mahela Jayawardena made a regal 72 n.o to guide his team to an emphatic 9 wicket win
- ENG v SL – 1st Test – Galle (Category: Sports)
- ENG v SL – 2nd Test – Colombo (Category: Sports)
- SL v ENG – Team Departure (Category: Sports)
- Nat West Series – ENG v SL – 1st ODI – Oval (Category: Sports)
England's winter touring schedule has been confirmed with England playing five ODIs and a Twenty20 in India, a Test, one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan in the UAE and a two-Test series in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka stand-in skipper Thilina Kandamby insisted he had no problems with Sanath Jayasuriya's brief return to international cricket after the veteran took two wickets in the Twenty20 victory against England.
- Jayasuriya to retire after first England ODI (Category: Sports)
- Rookie skippers face off in England-Sri Lanka T20 (Category: Sports)
- I am fit for international cricket: Jayasuriya (Category: Sports)
- Jayawardena seals Sri Lanka thrashing of England (Category: Sports)
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