Sri Lanka are hopeful that Sanath Jayasuriya will recover in time for Sri Lanka's opening second-round match in the Asia Cup on Wednesday after aggravating a side injury and pulling out of their clash with India on Sunday

Sri Lanka have been forced to re-think the composition of their side for the Asia Cup because Sanath Jayasuriya, a key allrounder in the one-day game, has suffered a side strain that will prevent him from bowling

The Sri Lankan board has officially launched the bid process for the sale of its broadcasting and sponsorship rights for a four-year period starting in January 2005

Sri Lanka are the latest country to announce that they will be jumping on the Twenty20 bandwagon and introducing a new domestic tournament later this year in an effort to rejuvenate spectator interest in domestic cricket

Sri Lanka are the latest country to announce that they will be jumping on the Twenty20 bandwagon and introducing a new domestic tournament later this year in an effort to rejuvenate spectator interest in domestic cricket

The Sri Lankan board has officially launched the bid process for the sale of its broadcasting and sponsorship rights for a four-year period starting in January 2005

The Sri Lankan board has officially launched the bid process for the sale of its broadcasting and sponsorship rights for a four-year period starting in January 2005

Sri Lanka Cricket has officially launched the bid process for the sale ofits broadcasting and sponsorship rights for a four-year period starting inJan 2005

Sri Lanka are the latest country to announce that they will be jumping on the Twenty20 bandwagon and introducing a new domestic tournament later this year in an effort to rejuvenate spectator interest in domestic cricket

Muttiah Muralitharan, the newly-crowned world-record Test bowler, has returned home to a hero's welcome in Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan, the newly-crowned world-record Test bowler, has returned home to a hero's welcome in Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan, the newly-crowned world-record Test bowler, has returned home to a hero's welcome in Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan has shelved his doosra for the timebeing, but he's angry and out to prove a point over the next few months

Muttiah Muralitharan has vowed to defy the International Cricket Council andSri Lanka's cricket board by continuing to bowl his controversial doosra during the second Test against Zimbabwe, starting on Friday

Muttiah Muralitharan has vowed to defy the International Cricket Council and Sri Lanka's cricket board by continuing to bowl his controversial doosra during the second Test against Zimbabwe, starting on Friday

Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's highest Test wicket-taker, has said that he wants to go out of the game on a high note, and cited the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean as his swan song

Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's highest Test wicket-taker, has said that he wants to go out of the game on a high note, and cited the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean as his swan song

Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's highest Test wicket-taker, has said that he wants to go out of the game on a high note, and cited the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean as his swan song

Put him up in front of a TV camera or microphone, and Muttiah Muralitharan will blush and appear shy, his face creased by a nervous smile and his answers, despite good English now, short and sharp

Weaker men would have folded under the pressure of it all, but MuttiahMuralitharan, the greatest sportsman to emerge from Sri Lanka's teardropisland, appears remarkably unfazed by the debate that rages throughout thecricketing world over the legality