New Zealand and Sri Lanka will play in a two match T20I series in a new destination in the USA at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in the Lauderhill in Florida. The first game will be played on Saturday and will be followed by the second game on Sunday. Earlier, the series

Australia will take on the Sri Lanka in the eighth game of the Super Eight stage of the ICC World T20 that will be played at Barbados. The two sides had earlier won the first game that they had played and that means that the winner of this game will almost be certain to go through to the semi-fi

The seventh match of the ICC World T20 this year will have the Sri Lankans play the Zimbabwean side at providence Stadium in Guyana. The Zimbabweans are not a side who can be taken lightly given that they had won both their warm-up matches thanks to the unleashing of their spinners and by beat

Mohali will host the 41st match of the IPL between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab on the 9th of April. Mumbai Indians go into the match having already qualified for the semi-finals - or probably needing one win out of their remaining six games - whereas the Punjab side probably need to win a

The Kolkata Knight Riders would be chasing their first few steps to the semi-final berth when they play the Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Delhi Daredevils are currently on 12 points and looking good to qualify for the semi-finals, but the Knight Riders have only four wi

The fourth game of the tri-series will see Bangladesh play Sri Lanka at Dhaka. It will be a very important for the Bangladeshis as a win here can make their chances of qualifying for the finals a less-distant possibility as compared to a Sri Lankan win, who have already, almost gone through to

The fifth and the final ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. However, with the series having already been decided, the game will be rendered for almost academic purposes only; India leading 3-1 in the series with one to play. Despite having already

Delhi Daredevils will play the Wayamba Elevens in their second game of the tournament at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. Delhi has already lost to Victoria in the first match and a loss here would dump them out of the tournament. On the other hand, Wayamaba is playing their first game in the tour

The fourth game of the tournament will have the English and the Sri Lankans fight it out at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Sri Lanka will go into the game having played one match so far and won that game against South Africa, whereas it will be the first game for the English, who have only jus

After winning the test series against Pakistan rather convincingly, it will be the turn of New Zealand to face the music in the hot and humid conditions in Sri Lanka. And with the Lankan bowling doing rather well in both the departments; the spin and pace, it will not be an easy ride for the

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

The second semi-finals of the ICC World T20 will see Sri Lanka take on West Indies at Oval in London. Sri Lanka and West Indies belonged to the same group in the first round, and won three and two games respectively in the Super Eight stage to get to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka had beaten Wes

Ireland will take on the mighty Sri Lankans in their respective second Super Eights game at Lord's on Sunday. While Ireland had managed to upset Bangladesh and get to the Super Eights, they had found the going tough in the game against New Zealand and were dismantled rather easily. Sri Lanka,

The first game of Super Eights on Friday will see two Asian teams, Sri Lanka and Pakistan fight it out against each other to try and draw first blood in their bid to get to the semi-finals. The match will be played at Lord's in London. Sri Lanka has entered into this round with a clean record,

Dhammika Prasad is on cloud nine having scalped Sachin Tendulkar, the 'greatest' batsmen of modern era, on his debut.Prasad, who replaced Nuwan Kulasekara, accounted for three batsmen today as the Indian innings folded for just 249 against Sri Lanka on the opening day of the third and final cr

With no certain word still on Sachin Tendulkar's Indian Premier League debut tomorrow, Kings XI Punjab will be eager to take the opportunity to clinch an elusive win at home turf against Mumbai Indians here. The Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab team, having lost both its matches -- against Chenna

The match-up between Australia's bowling attack and India's star-studded batting line-up will decide the fate of the upcoming Test series Down Under, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene has said. After the retirement of legends Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, the Aussie bowling has a new l

The Sri Lankan cricket authorities today cleared seven of its eight players to play in the BCCI backed multi-million Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled for April next year. Captain Mahela Jayawardene and spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan are among the top players to have signed

Africa XI captain Justin Kemp has attributed lack of the fifth bowler in his team for the Asian XI's recovery while rival captain Mahela Jayawardene gave credit to his bowlers for winning the third and final ODI of the Afro Asian Cup cricket tournament. "Spinners Rafique and Harbh

Mahela Jayawardene and Mohammed Yousuf scored half centuries while Virender Sehwag showed glimpses of his vintage form as Asia XI posted a commanding 317 for nine against Africa XI in the first Afro Asia Cup One-Day International here today. Jayawardene, who made a match-winning hundred ag

Australia recorded a hat-trick of World Cup titles by subduing a fighting Sri Lanka to a 53-run win in a rain-marred cricket final here on Saturday. Adam Gilchrist set the tone for an imposing Australian total as he hammered a 104-ball 149, the highest score in a summit clash as well as

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

The Sri Lanka skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, today exuded confidence in his team, saying that they are ready for the big match. "We are ready for the final showdown. We are ready to beat the best. I would be quite happy to play whoever comes up in the final," a pumped up Sri Lank

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica today. Sri Lankans were 13 runs for one in the third over of their inning. Opener Jayasuriya was clean bowled by James Franklin on

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Bermuda in the World Cup Group B encounter today. Lankans openers Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya were helped their team to cross 50 in 6.1 overs. Sri Lanka were 74 for one in 11th overs. Jayasuriya wa

A glittering ceremony under floodlights will mark the grand opening of ICC 9th edition of Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium about 220 kilometers from here in the evening today. More than a thousand performers, as part of over two and a half-hour ceremony, will be demonst

It was a dream start for Sreesanth as he delivered his first ball and saw the wickets spatter all over the ground. Attapatu was taken off-guard as he tried to defend but unfortunately got an inside edge. He lost his off-stump and the Sri Lankans were left stranded with their top 4 batsme

Indian captain Rahul Dravid and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardene on Friday agreed that the series decider on Saturday would give the winning side a minor psychological edge ahead of the World Cup. Dravid said that a positive result in the match on Saturday would not m

Indian speedster Zaheer Khan claimed a five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka managed a modest total of 230 runs in the third One Day International of the four-match series here. Left-arm seamer Zaheer blasted the Lankan top order in a sensational opening spell when he had 3-4 in his first three

Sri Lankan skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, today threw the gauntlet at India ahead of the third cricket one dayer, saying the hosts had to play "really good cricket" right through the contest to be able to beat his team. Jayawardene said that his players had developed the attitude