Dates to be announced shortly
Cricinfo staff
March 20, 2008
Sri Lanka have agreed to tour Pakistan in April for a series of five one-dayers to fill the gaps in Pakistan's home series itinerary following Australia's pull-out over security fears. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will finalise the...
Cricinfo staff
March 20, 2008
Ahead of Saturday's first Test against Sri Lanka, Reon King, the coach of the Guyana President's Select XI which took on the Sri Lankans in the warm-up game, has highlighted the middle order as the series' deciding factor.
"The bulk of the experience for both...
Gurmukh Singh, Indo-Asian News Service
Toronto, March 17, 2008
Sri Lankan World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga thinks Indian selectors are right in axing Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from One-Day Internationals (ODI).
He says the young Indian team "did extremely well", gave the...
Sri Lanka won toss, batting v West Indies XI (Tour Match, Day 1)
PROVIDENCE, Guyana - Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to bat against a West Indies Select XI in their three-day warm-up game at the Guyana National Stadium on Monday.
Both teams have agreed to use...
Attempt to replace head selector Ashantha de Mel with Guy de Alwis backfires as minister hits back
By Bipin Dani
Mumbai: Arjuna Ranatunga has long been a control freak; it could be his political roots and upbringing where he wants to be the boss. He seems to be on a revenge hobby horse to get...
CMC | 15/03/08
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Sri Lanka's coach Trevor Bayliss believes magical spinner Muttiah Muralitharan could make the difference in the upcoming two-match Digicel Test series against the West Indies.
Muralitharan is one of cricket's all-time greats with a remarkable 723 wickets...
Ruwan Kalpage appointed head coach of Bangladesh academy
Ramanayake is Bangladesh's fast bowling coach
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
March 15, 2008
Champaka Ramanayake, the former Sri Lankan fast bowler, has been appointed the fast bowling coach of Bangladesh for the next two years. Bangladesh have also...
Daily Nation
Sri Lanka in West Indies 2007-08
March 15, 2008
Sri Lanka may be without three of their top fast bowlers but their captain Mahela Jayawardene believes they will still be a strong force when they meet West Indies in the upcoming series of two Tests and three one-day internationals...
Sri Lanka chairman of cricket selectors Ashantha De Mel insists veteran all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya could still have an international future despite his omission from the one-day squad to tour West Indies next month, cricket365.com reported on Thursday.
Jayasuriya retired from Test cricket in...
By Bipin Dani
Mumbai: The Sri Lankan cricket team’s physiotherapist Tommy Simsek will terminate his services to take up a more lucrative job in the Indian Premier League after the current tour of the West Indies.
According to high level sources in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the young national...
Galle Road is closed from Vihara Lane to Marine Drive!! STF and Bomb Squad is here..Don't know whats goin on..
Update 1.45PM : Road is open again!! Things are back to Normal!!
by Rex Clementine
Going in the footsteps of India, Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors agreed to look to the future and axed veteran Sanath Jayasuriya from the One-Day squad to the West Indies. While dropping Jayasuriya, the selectors also rested off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, but trouble is...
By Bipin Dani
Mumbai: Axed veteran Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya yesterday requested his country’s president Mahinda Rajapaksa to intervene on his behalf after he was dropped from the side to tour the West Indies for three one-dayers.
Sri Lanka's four-man selection panel of Ashantha de...
Sri Lanka tour of West Indies 2007-08
Jayasuriya left out for West Indies ODIs
Cricinfo staff
March 12, 2008
Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan have been left out of Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the upcoming ODI series in the West Indies.
The 37-year-old Jayasuriya retired from...
Sri Lanka's tour of West Indies 2007-08
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
March 11, 2008
Sanath Jayasuriya faces being dropped from Sri Lanka's one-day squad for the three-match series against West Indies, starting next month. Cricinfo has learned the side has been picked - without Jayasuriya - and is awaiting...
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
March 10, 2008
Farveez Maharoof, the Sri Lankan allrounder, has been ruled out of the West Indies tour with a side strain.
Maharoof, 23, suffered the injury during the recently-concluded CB Series in Australia, but was named in the 15-member Test squad for the two matches...
Chucking controversy
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
March 9, 2008
The Sri Lankan board has banned Ruchira Perera, a left-arm fast bowler, for a suspect bowling action. He will not be allowed to bowl until further notice.
Sri Lanka Cricket have received several umpires' reports on Perera's bowling action...
Opening failures worry Jayawardene
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
March 9, 2008
Mahela Jayawardene has said Sri Lanka's poor starts and inconsistent middle order were the reasons his side were beaten in two successive one-day series. "When things like that happen the negativity creeps in, you are not sure...
Sri Lanka’s cricketers completed what will go down in history as the worst ever tour of Australia in the context of the players who made up the team as the curtain virtually came down on them with defeat against India at the Bellerieve Oval in Hobart yesterday.
When the tour party returns in...