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Sri Lankans win tour opener against Andrew Strauss's Middles...

Sri Lanka beat an under-strength Middlesex side by four wickets on Monday, their determination to play the Sri Lankan way overcoming a chaotic start to a tour beset by absentees and late arrivals. Without excessive contrivance, Tillakara [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka Cricket refutes 'baseless' fixing report, condemns...

Sri Lanka Cricket has rubbished allegations of match-fixing that have cropped up against Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Smaraweera due to a TV report, condemning the channel for carrying a “baseless and demoralising” story. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 1

Sri Lanka need Murali and Malinga to hit ground running

The co-hosts were one of the pre-tournament favourites to win the showpiece but Saturday's 11-run defeat by Pakistan exposed some glaring weaknesses in their bowling armoury. Muralitharan should have been trapping rival batsmen with [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket World Cup matches shown free to public on giant scre...

Can’t find a ticket for Saturday’s Group-A ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 clash between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo? No problem! Catch the action on a giant screen, with the papare playing in the background, courtesy of Sri [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

ICC World Twenty20 - Sri Lanka avoid rain traps to beat Zimb...

With rain falling and the nagging danger of a Duckworth Lewis recalibration favouring Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka must have feared the worst on Monday. Victory for Zimbabwe would have knocked last year's beaten finalists out of the tournamen [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Virender Sehwag powers India to record ODI score against Sri...

Opener Virender Sehwag's career-best 146 helped India post their highest ever total in a limited-overs international on Tuesday, scoring 414 for seven in the opening one-dayer against Sri Lanka. Sehwag hit six sixes and 17 fours in his domi [...]

Posted On : Dec, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Sri Lanka v India final test scoreboard

Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final test between India and Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, India on Saturday. Sri Lanka first innings 393 (T. Paranavitana 53, T. Dilshan 109, A. Mathews 99, H. Singh 4- [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Rampant Virender Sehwag drives India to dominance over Sri L...

India finished the second day of the Third Test in Mumbai after accumulating an impressive 443 for one in reply to Sri Lanka's first-innings score of 393. The Indian reply was driven by the aggressive batting of Virender Sehwag who scored [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Sachin Tendulkar century helps India claim first Test draw a...

Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar both scored centuries as India played their way to a battling draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. Trailing by 334 runs on the first innings after Sri Lanka posted 760 for seven de [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Sri Lanka v India first test scoreboard - lunch

Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the first test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, India, on Wednesday. India first innings: 426 (R. Dravid 177, M. Dhoni 110, C. Welegedara 4-87) Sri Lanka first innings (275-3 overnight) [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Sangakkara ton helps Sri Lanka build huge lead

Kumar Sangakkara scored his 20th century to help Sri Lanka build a formidable 470-run lead on the fourth morning of the second test against New Zealand on Saturday. The Sri Lankan captain led from the front with a stylish 175-ball knock tha [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka skittled in Colombo

Umar Akmal struck a maiden one-day hundred and Iftikhar Anjum claimed five for 30 as Pakistan routed Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international in Colombo. Akmal's 102 came off just 72 deliveries and carried the tourists to a challengin [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka beats Pakistan to clinch one-day cricket series wi...

Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene hit 123 to help Sri Lanka score a venue-record 289 Monday and clinch the one-day international series against Pakistan. Sri Lanka won the third match in the five-game series by six wickets with 21 balls t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test, Colombo, Live Cricket Strea...

Sri Lanka has won the first 2 test matches and aleady won the series and will be looking for a clean sweap. Fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been recalled by Sri Lanka in this test. Vaas who replaces offspinner Suraj Randiv in a 16-man squa [...]