India will face Sri Lanka in the first test match of the three test match series at Ahmedabad. The game will begin on the 16th of November. The Indians will go into the series having just lost a seven match ODI series to Australia after they had gone into the series as favourites. This means

The ICC has announced the World Cup schedule for the 2011 edition in Mumbai. According to this schedule, India will open the campaign against Bangladesh at Mirpur on the 19th of February. India will play the remaining five of its league stage games in India itself. Sri Lanka will have a new

The Sri Lankan cricket captain, Kumar Sangakkara, realises that their record in test matches in India is as poor as it could get and hence would like to change that in the forthcoming series that his team plays against hosts India. In the last 27 years, the Lankans have played 14 test matches

The second match of the Super Sunday will see Centurion play host to South Africa and England in what will be a knock-out game for the hosts. Given that England has played only one match and won that encounter against Sri Lanka, a loss would still allow them to make a comeback against New

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

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 Pakistan Cricket Board President, Ijaz Butt has said that there was a chance that the bilateral series between India and Pakistan will be revived on neutral grounds. He said that the Indian side had agreed to playing the Pakistanis on the neutral venues, and the ICC has agreed to factor th

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

The next version of the Asia Cup will be played next year in the month of June. This was announced by the Asian Cricket Council, and it has been said that the tournament will be contested by four teams only. These four sides are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The venue for the to

With the first loss to Sri Lanka, in a game that the Kiwis should have won, their second game against India assumes proportions of the do-or-die kinds. In such a tournament, where each loss could end up ending the hopes of a team of making it into the finals, two successive losses will turn th

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

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

As is often the case, the change in format, could just bring a change in fortunes for one team. New Zealand, who were swamped aside in the test matches, will look heavenward in the hopes that the T20Is will get them a better of the results, especially given that the Kiwis are a side which cons

The task of beating Sri Lanka in their own den was always going to be stiff, but the task of equalling the series has become double difficult for the New Zealand side because of the illness of half their side; who are suffering from various forms of a stomach bug. And with the scoreline readin

The selectors have named Rahul Dravid in the 15-member squad to go to South Africa to play in the Champions Trophy apart from resting Virender Sehwag for the prestigious mini-version of the World Cup to be played in South Africa in September. Dravid had last featured in an ODI in 2007 and desp

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

Despite having lost the ODI series to the hosts Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team would be on a high after having won the last two games to go into the solitary T20I with much confidence. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has won both, the test series and the ODI version, and will look to avenge their

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

Even as Pakistan grapples with a test series loss and a 0-3 ODI series loss - with two more games to play - the knives have begun to come out for the team from various quarters. Many former players have joined the calls to question the captaincy, coaching, selection and even the Pakistan Crick

Another game, another loss! That is what Pakistan must be thinking on this tour of Sri Lanka, where they have six matches - three ODIs and three test matches - and have yet to win a game, while losing five matches! So when the action shifts to Colombo for the day-night games between the two co

The action will continue at Dambulla with the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the same venue to be played on Monday. With Sri Lanka up 2-0, Pakistan will need to come up with something special to stop the rampaging Sri Lankans. Click for Live Score Card of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

The schedule for the Champions League of cricket tournament to be held in India in October has been announced. The 12 teams will play 23 games over a period of 16 days over three different venues in the tournament. The matches will be played in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi, which are also

After Sri Lanka had got the better of Pakistan in the first game of the five match ODI series, it will be the turn of the visitors to try and rule the roost in the second game of the series at Dambulla. And for that to happen, Pakistan needs to play with a lot more discipline and bat with a lo

Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja have signed up with the Reliance Industries for the inter-corporate tournament, which is soon to be organised by the BCCI. They have been included in the company as sports and culture executives of the company. Pathan and Jadeja pledged their loyalty to Relia

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.

It has been announced that the 2009 edition of the Champions Trophy will have its prize money increased from around $1m last time, to $4m this time around. The last Champions Trophy was played in India in 2006, and was hosted by Mohali, Mumbai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. This time around, South Afr

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