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England seized one of the most remarkable victories in test history on Monday when they beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 14 runs...

Rain delayed the scheduled start of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens here on Thursday. The umpires were due to...

England and Sri Lanka face differing challenges as they prepare for the first Test in a three-match series opening in Cardiff on Thursday. Andrew Strauss’s...

Eoin Morgan was named on Sunday in England’s squad for the first test with Sri Lanka, getting a surprise nod ahead of Ravi Bopara...

Sri Lanka enjoyed a successful warm-up ahead of their Test series against England with a four-wicket win over Middlesex on the third and final...

The Pakistan Cricket Board is looking to add Sri Lanka as a neutral venue when Pakistan play England early next year in a full...

Former captain Kevin Pietersen said Tuesday that England's decision to opt for three skippers was "fascinating" but added "no-one knows whether it's going to...

Paul Collingwood has revealed his despair after being axed as captain of England's Twenty20 team just a year after leading his country to their...

Opening batsman Alastair Cook was named as England’s one-day captain on Thursday after Andrew Strauss opted to retire from the limited overs game to...

Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here...

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka were forced Wednesday to leave out star fast bowler Lasith Malinga while also naming four uncapped players for the 16-member Test squad for the tour of England. Sri Lanka play three Tests, five one-dayers and one Twenty20 international during the tour starting on May 14. Malinga, who last played a Test in August last year, was in top form during the recent World Cup and is currently taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he is turning out for Mumbai

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's cricket authorities on Monday named big-hitting all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan as captain for the upcoming tour of England. Dilshan will lead the side in all three formats of the game -- Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20s -- on the tour, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. The 34-year-old, renowned for an over-the-head scoop shot dubbed the "Dilscoop", replaces Kumar Sangakkara, who stepped down after Sri Lanka lost the World Cup final to India

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will not name a successor to head coach Trevor Bayliss until after the tour of England which starts next month.
Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee chairman DS de Silva said because of the time factor they had appointed Stuart Law as interim coach for the England tour.
Law was assistant to Bayliss, who quit as head coach after four years at the end of the World Cup, where the Sri Lankans lost to hosts India in a dramatic final earlier this month.