Even the best psychologists in the world would be at odds to help the Sri Lankan players come out of the shock they must be under right now. South Africa on the contrary must be wondering what bigger targets to look for in the upcoming matches. The two sides clash again in the second ODI on Sa

After winning their first test series on home soil in three years, South Africa plan to inflict more damage on the touring Sri Lankans when the two sides clash in the opening ODI of the five-match series at Paarl on Wednesday. The series will be the first bilateral series between these two sid

If there's something you're sure of about Pakistan going into every match, it is their unpredictable nature. After a convincing win in the first win, Pakistan gave Sri Lanka a much-needed morale-boosting win to level the series. The teams clash for a third time on Friday, and getting your nose

Mumbai Indians take on New South Wales in their last game of the league stage of the Champions League T20 on Sunday. Rain forced Mumbai Indians to split their points with Cape Cobras. So, Mumbai Indians have to wait for one more game to seal their place in the semi final and they will be

The encounter between defending champion Chennai Super Kings and Cape Cobras starts in Chennai, September 28 at 20:00 IST or 14:30 GMT. Chennai Super kings lose their first match against Mumbai Indians while their opponent Cape Cobras got a comfortable win against New South Wales Blues. But un

At the end of the first five games in the Champions League T20, it is evident that the spinners will play a big role in the competition. However, it must also be said that the quality of the spinners will be taken into account as well, rather than any one who needs to run and bowl. So far, th

The match between Trinidad & Tobago and Mumbai Indians will be played in Bangalore, September 26 at 20:00 IST or 14:30 GMT. It will be the first match for T&T and the second match for Mumbai Indians after beating defending champion Chennai Super kings in a classic match. Mumbai Indians h

The encounter between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will certainly be a clash of two titans in the Champions League T20. They will take on each other at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, September 24 at 20:00 IST or 14:30 GMT. Mumbai Indians team is now a lot weaker team due to a lot

The fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with the action finally moving into the capital city. The Aussies still lead the series 2-1, having won the first two games in the series, but will look to ensure that they can overcome the los

The third ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka will be played at the Hambantota ground and the home team will know that they have a mountain to climb. Sri Lanka have lost both their opening matches in the ODI series and another loss here will mean that the series will be lost. That is an eventual

Sri Lanka will play Australia in the first of the five ODIs to be played at the Pallekele ground near Kandy. It is the same venue at which the two teams played in the two match T20I series, that the Lankans had gone on to win 2-0. While there is a considerable change in the Australian line-u

The Australian tour of Sri Lanka will begin with a T20 game at Pallekele on Saturday. The match will be a night game and begin at 1900 hours local time. This will be the first of the two T20Is that will be played in the series, with the second match to be played on Monday. Australia will be

The fourth ODI between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Trent Bridge on July 6. The series is being led by Sri Lanka 2-1 and they will now look to win it by winning the fourth game. England had won the first game of the series whereas Sri Lanka won the remaining two games to take the lead. C

England will play Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the series at the Oval on June 28. This series follows the T20I that was played at Bristol and won by the Sri Lankan side, interestingly, rather easily at that. There is an obvious change to the squad for the English side. They go into the gam

The first Test match between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Cardiff in Wales from May 26. This is the first game of the long summer in England, which will see the two sides play three test matches, one T20I and five ODIs, and which will be followed by the series against India that wil

The Mumbai Indians will face the Rajasthan Royals in the 66th game of this season's Indian Premier League 2011. The situation is such that the Rajasthan Royals are out of the contention for the playoffs whereas the Mumbai Indians need to win one of the remaining two games to qualify for the ne

The Mumbai Indians will take on the Pune Warriors India in the 21st match of this season's Indian Premier League. The game will be played at the Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium where the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup had been played. Mumbai Indians and the Pune Warriors have both got four poi

The Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on the Mumbai Indians in the eighth game of the Indian Premier League this season. The game will be played at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore, and will see the two previous runner-ups play against each other. Bangalore had finished runner-up to the Deccan

India and Sri Lanka will face each other in the finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. This is the first time that two Asian teams will be meeting in a World Cup final. Both the teams started the tournament as one of the favorites to win the cove

Australia will take on Kenya in the 31st game of the Cricket World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore. The game will be played on Sunday, March 13, which will also mean that this is the second game for the day and will be a day-night encounter. Australia have been fantastic in thi

Sri Lanka will take on Zimbabwe at the Pallekele Stadium in Pallekele near Kandy. Sri Lanka have played four games so far, won two against Kenya and Canada, lost to Pakitan while their game against Australia was abandoned. This means that they will now need to win against Zimbabwe to ensure th

Australia will play Sri Lanka in the 20th game of the Cricket World Cup on March 5. The match will be played at the R Premadasa in Colombo. Australia have played in a couple of games in the tournament so far and have had an excellent start to the World Cup. They were easy winners in both t

Sri Lanka will play Kenya in the 14th game of the Cricket World Cup tournament. The game will be played on March 1 and will see the game being played at the R Premadasa in Colombo. At the outset, it looks like this is one of the more one-sided encounters in the tournament. after all, Kenya

Sri Lanka will kick off their 2011 World Cup campaign when they meet minnows Canada in the southern city of Hambantota on Sunday. See live action from Sri Lanka vs Canada online as it happens by joining action8cricket.com today. As winners of the World Cup the last time it was held in the s

Finally the two teams Sri Lanka and West Indies have had a game they were craving for. It not free from rain incident though. With only three overs per innings lost, in the given circumstances was happily taken by both teams. Sri Lanka predictably eased themselves to a victory at Colombo. The

The Sri Lanka v West Indies Test series kicks off with an opener at Galle on Monday. It has become somewhat obvious that international teams are not giving Test cricket much importance before the World Cup. Teams tend to leave players out for rest and experimenting to shape up their World Cu

A Guyana side that was thrashed by a rampant Royal Challengers Bengaluru will play the Mumbai Indians in their next game at Kingsmead, Durban. They will be desperate for some positives after a game in which they stuttered, struggled and got soundly beaten. While the margin is huge, the m

India plays Sri Lanka in the third match of the Micromax Cup tri-series at Dambulla under lights. India's appalling display in the first game of the series against New Zealand means that they will need to play much better than this, and will need to win the game in order to stay in the hunt to

Muthiah Muralitharan became only the first bowler in the history of Test match cricket to get to 800 test match wickets as India were beaten by ten wickets by Sri Lanka. The first Test match at Galle that had seen one day of the game abandoned due to rain, had the Indians capitulating twice to t

The second game of the Compaq Cup in Sri Lanka will see India take on the Sri Lankans, at the same RPS ground in Colombo. Sri Lanka has already won their first game of the tournament with a thrashing 97-run victory over the Kiwis, and another win here would see them through to the finals. On