The Group F of the ICC World T20, which also is one of the two Super Eight groups will see the second game between West Indies and Sri Lanka on Friday at Barbados. West Indies and Sri Lanka had a contrasting entry into the second round of the competition as West Indies had won both their games,

The second game of the tri-series will be played between India and Sri Lanka at the same ground, Dhaka. And given that the Sri Lankans have only just lost their previous ODI series to India, this will prove to be a golden opportunity for them to avenge that series loss. India will know that th

The first match of the tri-series in Bangladesh will be played between the hosts and the Sri Lankans. India is the third team in the competition and the three teams will be involved in a two round, round-robin tournament. The top two sides at the end of the tournament will play in the finals.

India will play Sri Lanka in the first of the five ODIs at Rajkot and after a batsman-dominated test match and a T20I series, things may not be too different in the ODIs either. India will look to get back to their original ODI form in which they had won five consecutive ODI series, includ

The second and the final T20I between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Mohali. Sri Lanka had won the first T20I by beating India by 29 runs at Nagpur, and the side will now look to drill home the advantage by making it 2-0 at Mohali. India, on the other hand, will look to stall the four m

India will play Sri Lanka in the first of the two T20Is on Wednesday at Nagpur. The second game will be played on Saturday at Mohali. The Indians will be on a high after having achieved the number one slot after having beaten the Sri Lankans rather easily by an innings in two successive games.

Sachin Tendulkar has completed 17000 runs in one day internationals when he took a single towards the leg-side in the game against Australia at Hyderabad. He is the first batsman ever in the history of the game to reach the landmark with Sanath Jayasuriya a distant second with 13000 odd runs

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

Sachin Tendulkar has said that the century he hit against Sri Lanka in the finals of the Compaq Cup tri-series was one of the best ever in his career in the fifty overs format. Tendulkar scored 138 in 133 balls to propel the Indians to a resounding win against Sri Lanka. It helped India to get

India will face Sri Lanka in the finals of the tri-nation Compaq Cup at the RPS in Colombo, after the hosts had beaten the visitors in a dress-rehearsal to the finals. In that last league game, Sri Lanka thrashed India by a whopping margin of 139 runs, and would have seriously dented the India

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

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 and Pakistan will begin their five-match ODI series from Thursday and the hosts will look to continue with their winning form. Pakistan, on the other hand, will look to salvage some pride from the games, after having lost the test series rather comfortably to the Lankans.

The two remaining Asian teams, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will face each other in the finals of the second edition of the ICC World T20 at Lord's on Sunday. This was after Pakistan shocked South Africa in the first semi-finals at Trent Bridge and Sri Lanka routed West Indies in the second game at

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

New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in a do-or-die Super Eights game at Trent Bridge in Nottingham to decide who goes through to the semi-finals from the Group F. A lot will depend on the result of the Ireland-Pakistan game on Monday as well, but assuming that Pakistan will be able to overcome the

The second game of the double header in Trent Bridge will see the Australians take on Sri Lanka in a group C encounter. This game assumes must-win proportions for the Aussies, after their heavy loss to West Indies in the first match. Unfortunately, given that the margin of loss was quite empha

Mumbai Indians' veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock stole the limelight, wrecking the top and middle order of the Kolkata Knight Riders, to restrict the hosts to a modest 137 for 8 in their Indian Premier League tie here today. The crafty Jayasuriya displayed variation in bowling a

Australian spin legend Shane Warne will be the highest paid cricketer in the BCCI-sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) with a staggering USD 400,000 in his kitty. The BCCI managing committee announced the names of 34 cricketers including Warne, who have signed the contract and w

Sachin Tendulkar became only the second batsmen to appear in 400 ODIs during the fifth match against Australia here today and was presented with a silver trophy by the Baroda Cricket Association for achieving the landmark. The trophy was handed over to the master batsman, only the second

Despite his unbeaten 139 in the Afro Asia Cup final in Chennai, Indian wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained in the fourth place in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Dhoni, who hit the highest-ever ODI score by a number seven batsman in Chennai, now trails th

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

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

Indian cricketers continued their free fall in the ICC ODI Rankings with stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropping two places to eighth and skipper Rahul Dravid slipping one spot to 14th in the latest list. The other Indians in the list also dropped down with Yuvraj Singh barely maintaining h

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

Australia cricket skipper Ricky Ponting became the seventh batsman in One Day International cricket history to join the 10,000 run-club. Ponting achieved the milestone while scoring 91 runs against South Africa in St. Kitts on Saturday in a World Cup match. The dashing Aussie batsman n

Pakistani middle order batsman Inzamam ul Haq today quit as Pakistan test captain and retired from one day internationals. With his side still mourning the sudden death of coach Bob Woolmer hours earlier, Inzamam told a news conference he was cutting back on his international commitment

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

Muttiah Muralitharan believes that Sri Lanka may go into the coming World Cup in the Caribbean as strong contenders but the 1996 victorious team from the island nation was a better side than the current one. "Some experts are tipping us to surprise a few at the World Cup and maybe ev

Sri Lanka rode on a maiden hundred by Chamara Silva to recover from another top order slump and post a challenging 259 for seven in 47 overs in the fourth and final cricket one-dayer against India here today. Twenty-seven-year old Silva justified his inclusion in place of Upul Tharanga by