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Pakistan Veterans cricket team to tour Sri Lanka

Pakistan Panthers Veterans cricket team will tour to Sri Lanka from September 30 to October 7. The team will play four 35 overs matches...

Squad for Sri Lanka series to be named on Oct 8

The Pakistan cricket team for the Sri Lanka series is likely to be announced on October 8 after the finalisation of the new national...

Sri Lanka axe Samaraweera for Pakistan Tests

Sri Lanka on Wednesday left out seasoned batsman Thilan Samaraweera and unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis for next month’s Test series against Pakistan. Samaraweera, who...

Clarke shines as Aussies win Sri Lanka series

Australia clinched the Test series against Sri Lanka 1-0 on Tuesday after resurgent skipper Michael Clarke led from the front to snatch a draw...

Hughes hundred hurts Sri Lanka’s hopes of equaliser

Sri Lanka kept their hopes alive of securing a series-levelling win over Australia in the final Test in Colombo on Monday, despite an unbeaten...

Aussies, Sri Lanka set for tough Test battle

Rival captains Michael Clarke and Tillakaratne Dilshan will look to lead their young teams from the front when Australia and Sri Lanka begin their...

Sri Lanka president lifts wartime laws

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday lifted strict wartime emergency laws that have drawn criticism from the West and India, saying the advent...

Sri Lanka yet to tune into 50-over format

Turn, turn, turn. That was what the Australians had to worry about in the lead-up to the first ODI in Pallekele, after Ajantha Mendis...

Johnson’s best helps Australia rout Sri Lanka

Mitchell Johnson grabbed a career-best 6-31 and Shane Watson smashed a brisk 69 to guide Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in...

Sri Lanka win T20 series against Australia

Sri Lanka defeated Australia by eight runs in the second and final Twenty20 match at the Pallekele International Stadium on Monday to clinch the...

UAE set to host Pakistan, Sri Lanka series

Pakistan’s home cricket series against Sri Lanka will be played in UAE from October 15 to 27, said CEO of the Emirates Cricket Board...

Sri Lanka’s top stars to miss SL League

Sri Lanka's top stars will skip most of the matches in the country's inaugural premier league Twenty20, dealing another blow to the struggling event,...

ATC releases 3 Sri Lankan cricket attack accused

An anti terrorism court on Friday released Javaid Anwar, Abdul Rehman and Abdullah involved in the deadly attack on Sri Lankan cricket team inMarch...

Pakistan, Sri Lanka agree to expand bilateral ties

Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Friday resolved to expand their ties in economic and defence sectors, saying wide-ranging measures would be taken for the...

UDRS too costly for cash-strapped Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will not use the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) for Australia’s forthcoming cricket tour because of the cost of the system, the...

Problems mount for Sri Lankan cricket

Only three months ago, Sri Lanka were battling it out with India in the World Cup final but they have since gone from controversy...

SL to scale down T20 league

Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped cricket governing body is likely to scale down its inaugural Twenty20 league and go ahead without foreign players, a source...