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

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

The second ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia will be played at the Hambantota ground on August 14. Hambantota had hosted a few matches in the World Cup this year and that had been its debut at the international level. Sri Lanka had gone into the ODI series as favourites, but the first match l

The Sri Lankan opening batman, Upul Tharanga has been banned by the ICC for three months for his transgression involving drug-intake. Tharanga failed his drug test during the World Cup, something that was revealed at the end of the tournament. The ICC has said that while Tharanga had made

The second game of the Micromax tri-series at Dambulla will see Sri Lanka take on new Zealand. New Zealand had won the first game of the series by beating India by a whopping margin of 200 runs. This meant that they won an extra bonus point and have five points now. This is Sri Lanka's first gam

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

India will face Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI of the series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India leads the series 2-1 and will be looking to finish off the series by winning this game, whereas Sri Lanka will make sure that the Indians do not have it easy and try to take the series into the fift

The third ODI between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Cuttack in the Barbati Stadium. It will be a day-night game, and with the teams tied at one game apiece, this match will assume great importance as a win for either team will mean that the other side will have to win two successive ga

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

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

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

Indian captain Rahul Dravid made 10,000 one day international runs on Wednesday. With this he becomes the sixth player and only the third Indian to achieve this feat. Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar are the other two Indians who have made 10,000 ODI runs. Meanwhile, India still require 1

Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has sent shock waves across the Sri Lankan camp as he has taken three Sri Lankan wickets. Last ODI charmer Kumar Sangakkara was bowled by Zaheer Khan as the ball kept a little low and nipped back in only to take the bottom edge from Sangakkara’s bat to hit on his

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens here today. Dravid's decision to field first backfired as Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya started on an aggressive note. But Tharanga did not last l