The third game of the Asia Cup will be played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, at the same venue, at Dambulla. Sri Lanka won a rather close first game against Pakistan, and this means that a win in this game could almost make their passage to the final a virtual certainty. On the other hand

The 15th game of the IPL will be played between the Deccan Chargers and the Delhi Daredevils. The Deccan Chargers did not begin too well when they had lost the first game of the tournament, but went on to win the remaining two that they have played in, whereas Delhi won their first two games b

The Hyderabad Deccan Chargers will play the Kings XI Punjab in the 12th match of the Indian Premier League. The game will be played at the Barbati Stadium in Cuttack and will be the first time such a thing will happen in the history of the Indian Premier League. The Chargers won their one of t

Sri Lankan left-arm medium-pace bowler, Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from international test match cricket at the end of the on-going third test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the SSC stadium in Colombo. However, he has added that he will be available to play ODIs and T20Is til

Sri Lanka will look to make a clean sweep of the three-test match series against Pakistan when the duo meets at the SSC stadium in Colombo on Monday. Sri Lanka have already won the series 2-0, their first ever win against Pakistan at home, but will look to drill home the advantage of playing a

Known for scoring big hundreds, Indian opener Virender Sehwag today disclosed his secret of tall scores, saying he can sort out any bowler if he carefully plays for an hour and a half in the beginning.Sehwag, who was unbeaten at 128 after the first day of the crucial second cricket Test agains

The stakes will be high when India and Sri Lanka take to the field this coming Sunday 6th in the finals of the 2008 Asia Cup in Pakistan. Both these sides have outplayed the remaining four sides in the six match tournament to set up a final date in Karachi and with the tag of champions o

It will be the battle of two sides desperately hoping to see off their miserable recent form when Chennai Superkings come up against Deccan Chargers, a match you can keep updated on with the range of cricket services available here on your site. Both these sides have lost their last

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has risen to a career-high third position in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after hitting an unbeaten 200 against Bangladesh. The stylish left-hander, playing as a batting specialist after starting as a wicketkeeper-batsman, scored his fifth

Sachin Tendulkar today made way for Sourav Ganguly while Zaheer Khan was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member one-day Asia cricket team for the Afro Asian Cup beginning in Bangalore on June 6. Sri Lankan Dilhara Fernando and Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh were the other tw

The new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways. Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the first time in a

Sri Lanka marched into the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup with a 81-run victory over New Zealand in the first semifinal here at Sabina Park, Sahara Samay sources said. Sri Lanka has reached the finals for the second time whereas New Zealand's loss was its fifth in semifinals. The

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will count on their enviable variety in bowling attacks to overpower each other in the high-octane first semifinal clash of the cricket World Cup here tomorrow. Sri Lanka, however, would seek a psychological boost from their Super Eights dominating win over the K

Sri Lanka will take on debutante Bermuda in their opening World Cup Group B clash of on Friday. The 1996 winners have served a warning after deciding to field both their strike bowlers, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas. Vaas, 33, would be buoyant

Veteran pace bowler Chaminda Vaas believes Sri Lanka have a great chance of repeating their 1996 World Cup triumph at the 2007 tournament in the Caribbean over the next two months. "The current side is in the same mould as the outfit that won under Arjuna Ranatunga and we are peaking

India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up to second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the latest ICC Player rakings for ODI batsmen. This is Dhoni`s highest ranking since May 2006. The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings chart la

With the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams for the icc cricket world cup west indies 2007 announced, the third one day international between the two countries here Wednesday will be little more than a rehearsal for next month's mega cricket tournament. Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead with

The World Cup may be only six weeks away, but the Sri Lankans are focusing on the four-match one day series against India that begins here on Thursday. "Every series is important. This series is a series in itself and our focus is on it," Lankan vice captain Kumara Sangakkara tol

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived here on Friday for a four-match ODI series against India, According to the channel, the 15-member Sri Lankan team has come without off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas, who have been rested as the World Cup is round the corner.

A 15-member Sri Lankan cricket team, led by Mahela Jayawardene, arrived here today without key bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, to play against India a four-match ODI series beginning in Kolkata on February 8. Off-spinner Muralitharan and left-arm pace bowler Vaas, Lanka's

Sri Lanka won the fourth one-dayer against New Zealand by 189 runs here on today, squaring their 5-ODI series at 2-2, sources said. According to the sources, Sri Lanka bundled out the Kiwis for a paltry 73 -- their second-lowest total in one-day internationals. Sri Lanka made 262 f