Cricket

    As expected Sri Lanka took the upper-hand and made a terrible mismatch of the first one-day cricket international against England with a resounding victory here in Dambulla yesterday. The defeat only extended England’s barren run of not ...

At the end of what may prove to have been a momentous week for cricket, Sri Lanka, runners-up to Australia in the World Cup final, showed yesterday that they may also be the biggest threat to the world’s best team ...

Sri Lanka's prolific spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was on Thursday ruled out of the inaugural World Twenty20 Championships next month due to an elbow injury.“Murali is affected by an elbow injury and he will be out for four to six weeks,” ...

Sanath Jayasuriya and Jehan Mubarak produced star performances as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 39 runs in the third and final one-day international to wrap up the series 3-0 at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo yesterday. Mubarak made a top ...

Former Australian cricket star Steuart Law who is now playing for Lancashire talks about his team mate Muttiah Muralitharan in a small interview with journalist Paul Newman and tell that Murali is working on developing a new delivery. Following is ...

Colombo - Chamara Silva and Upul Tharanga hit half-centuries to help Sri Lanka reach a competitive 234-6 against Bangladesh in the first one-day international here on Friday. Sri Lanka were struggling at 67-3 after being put in to bat, but ...

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena made certain he did not get caught up in the euphoria of Muttiah Muralitheran’s millstone of 700 wickets and paid tribute to the whole team for crushing Bangladesh by an innings and 193 runs in ...

Sri Lanka have won the second cricket test against New Zealand by 217 runs to square the two-test series. The Black Caps started the day with two wickets down but finished 286 all out in their second innings chasing 504 to ...