For modern test matches limitation of time is five days but it didn't take not more than four days to thrash Sri Lanka in Galle though rain washed away a lot of time of the first test match of three matches series between Sri Lanka and Australia. Australia beat Sri Lanka comprehensively by

In what will be one of the more important games of the last week of the league stages of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Group A, Sri Lanka will play New Zealand. The game will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Things are interestingly poised in the points table despite both havin

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

After a rain barred drawn Test series, it was decided by management to postpone the three match one day series in January. The postponed series will take place from January 31 to February 6. All the matches will be played at SSC Colombo which is not a venue for the World Cup matches. Non

Australians take on Sri Lanka as their last assignment before Ashes. This adds to the significance of the series. The only T20 will be played on a fast Perth track on Sunday. It would be a tense affair as both sides are well matched. This series between Australia and Sri Lanka have different

Sri Lanka's best ever bowler, and the world's highest wicket-taker in either form of the game, Muttiah Muralitharan, has decided to retire from Test match cricket. Muralitharan will play his last Test match against India at Galle, which begins from 18th of July. Muralitharan has said that he

The 32nd game of the IPL will see the Chennai Super Kings take on the Rajasthan Royals at the Chepauk in Chennai. The Chennai beat Bangalore in the previous game to come out of the hiding and get to six points after having lost successive games. On the other hand, Rajasthan's four match winning

South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in the first game of the Champions Trophy at Centurion. The two teams are placed in Group B along with England and New Zealand. South Africa will be the favourites to win the tournament, and given that being the case, their first game against the Lankans

The third leg of New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka will start from Tuesday, as the two nations face each other in the first game of the Compaq Cup tri-series. India is the third country in the tournament and will face Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the other two games before the finals on next Mon

After putting it across Sri Lanka rather unexpectedly in the first T20I, New Zealand will look to go into the second game as the favourites to win the series on the same venue; the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will look to correct their mistakes of the previous g

Muttiah Muralitharan" hspace="5" align="left" border="0" src="/images/news/muttiah_muralitharan.jpg" />Finally, the Pakistani team notch up a win on the tour! After losing the test series 2-0, and going down 0-3 in the five-match ODI series, Pakistan pulled one across a reasonably depleted Sri L

Pakistan will look to avenge the loss in the first test match against Sri Lanka when they take on the hosts at the P.Sara stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka had won the first test match at Galle and now leads the series 1-0, after they had come back from behind to restrict Pakistan to 50 runs short

The art of spin bowling has fascinated millions of cricket lovers all throughout the world for many a year. The 90's saw the focus shift from pace bowling to spin bowling in international cricket as the likes of Anil Kumble, Shane Warne, Saqlain Mustaq and Muttiah Muralitharan engineered

India will be hoping to secure a place in the final of the Asia Cup when they come up against in from Sri Lanka in the Super four fixture of the ongoing Asia Cup in Pakistan. India have been in fine fettle till date and Sri Lanka will represent the biggest test for the Indians as they look t

The ongoing battle between off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and the Australian fans took another dirty turn when the off-spinner was abused and thrown eggs at just when he returned to his hotel after dinner. Reports suggest that a car traveling at great speed stopped near the pavement on

India will be hoping to make a dent on Sri Lanka's CB tournament aspirations with a victory in the second one dayer at the Gabba barely two days after the conclusion of the first one dayer at the same venue. India are a couple of paceman short after key injuries to R.P Singh and Zaheer K

Sri Lanka and Australia have been massive rivals over the past decade or so and the Sri Lankan cricket team consisting of players like Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasurya who are on their last trip down under will be hoping to sign off on a smashing note with a victory over the

The magic figure of 1000-Test wickets might be within his reach, but Muttiah Muralitharan says reaching the milestone is still a distant thought for him. Muralitharan, who eclipsed Shane Warne's mark of 708 wickets to top the charts, says he will decide on how long he can continue playing Test

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

Sachin Tendulkar has pipped Brian Lara as Shane Warne's greatest cricketer. Warne, who released the last ten names of his 50 greatest cricketers, said it was a "close call" to choose between Tendulkar and Lara, but rates the Indian ahead because of his 'mental toughness'. "I

Australian spin bowling legend Shane Warne has given a split verdict in the case of who's the best contemporary batsman between Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Warne rated the Indian maestro above the West Indian genius in case of technique but altered his preference when it came to flair

Cricket Australia has urged home fans to treat Muttiah Muralitharan with respect when the Sri Lankan off-spinner tours Down Under in his bid to become the highest wicket-taker in the longer version of the game. Muralitharan, who needs 25 wickets to equal Aussie legend Shane Warne's record

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

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 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

According to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald Glenn McGrath's final match in international cricket will be the Sydney Test against England. McGrath's hometown newspaper said they had certified that he would not be playing at the World Cup in March nor will he be continuing his one-da