Andrew Strauss resigned as England’s Test captain and announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect on Wednesday. “After much thought over the last few weeks, I have decided to step down as England Test captain and announce my retirement from all forms of cricket,” Strauss said in an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) [...]
Sri Lanka’s young team are good enough to be competitive in the one-day Tri-Series in Bangladesh this month, their coach Trevor Bayliss said on Sunday. Sri Lanka, who face hosts Bangladesh on Monday in the opening match of the tournament which also involves India, made sweeping changes following their defeat by India last month. Batsmen [...]
Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan fast bowler, has joined South African domestic side Highveld Lions as their overseas player for the Pro20 competition. Malinga, 26, will leave for South Africa in time to participate in the Lions’ first match against the Cape Cobras on February 5 in Cape Town. “We are delighted to confirm that [...]
The lone surviving militant of the Pakistan Army Headquarters siege was linked to the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore and has close links to banned terrorist groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Harkut-ul-Ansar, Pakistani military officials said on Sunday. Aqeel alias ‘Dr Usman’, described by military spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas as the [...]
In a move widely speculated by the world’s media, International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to launch a world Test championship that would see Sri Lanka relegated to Tier B along with lesser powers of world cricket both on cricket strength and financial strength, but Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials are still blissfully ignorant of [...]
Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani has assured Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa that Islamabad would share information on the March 3 terror attack on the island nation’s cricketers in Lahore that had left six players injured. Mr. Gilani told Mr. Rajapaksa that Pakistan will share information with regard to what happened to the Sri Lankan [...]
Saqlain Mushtaq has gone but ideally the Pakistani spinner’s wisdom has not been forgotten as New Zealand’s cricketers plan damage limitation against a Sri Lankan side accustomed to crushing their visiting test opponents. The magnitude of New Zealand’s task at a rebuilt post-tsunami Galle International Stadium starting tomorrow – and the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) [...]
Nervous Sri Lanka Cricket officials have called an urgent meeting with security personnel now handling cricket tours of the island as the fallout from Wednesday night’s security incident at Premadasa Stadium was headlined in local media. A police baton charge of spectators outside the gates and the reaction of valid ticket holders has left SLC [...]
The police brutally assaulted hundreds of cricket fans with valid tickets to view the T-20 International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on Wednesday at R. Premadasa (Kettarama) stadium. Unprecedented security checks conducted without prior notice caused a protracted delay and thousands of spectators were denied entry even after the match commenced. Unable to control the [...]
India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand will fight for the ‘Compaq Cup 2009′ when they compete in the cricket tri-series which begins on September 8 in Colombo. IT company Hewlett-Packard (HP) today announced that it would be the title sponsors for the tri-series, which will see a total of four one-dayers being played among the [...]
Brendon McCullum admits the decision to forego half a million dollars to re-sign with New Zealand Cricket was a tough one to make. McCullum was one of six Black Caps contracted to Indian Premier League teams who eventually opted for country above cash after concerns a scheduling clash between Australia’s tour of New Zealand in [...]
Chamara Kapugedera hit an unbeaten 67 as Sri Lanka overcame early shocks to defeat Pakistan by six wickets in the second one-day international here on Saturday. Thilan Thushara and Muttiah Muralitharan shared five wickets as Sri Lanka bowled out Pakistan for 168 runs and then surpassed the modest target in the 44th over at the [...]
Paul Farbrace has announced that he will be quitting his post as Sri Lanka’s assistant coach when his contract ends on August 20 to take up the position of head coach of Kent. Farbrace explained that he was leaving because he got a better offer from Kent. “I was head of the academy and assistant [...]
Sri Lankan offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said he will retire from Test cricket next year. Murali, who is the highest wicket-taker in Tests with 770 wickets in 127 Tests, announced that the two-Test home series against West Indies in November 2010 would be his last. Speaking at the end of the first ODI against Pakistan, [...]
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