The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has revamped the pay structure of the national team, slashing player contract salaries and introducing performance-related incentives for the national team

Marvan Atapattu has been retained as Sri Lanka's captain for the three-match one-day international series in the West Indies, despite failing to take Sri Lanka to the final of the recent Bank Alfalah Cup triangular series

Happy captain: Stephen Fleming poses with the Bank Alfalah Cup © AFP New Zealand's long summer came to an end with a comfortable four-wicket victory against Pakistan in the final of the Bank Alfalah Cup - their first major limited-overs win

Despite acknowledging that he faces defeat in the forthcoming Sri Lanka cricket board elections, Arjuna Ranatunga has flatly rejected the suggestion that he join forces with Thilanga Sumathipala, the leading contender for the post of president

Stephen Fleming, after a triangular series dominated by low-scoring and closely fought matches, believes that the final of the Bank Alfalah Cup between New Zealand and Pakistan will be won by the team that is best able to cope with the extra pressure

Duleep Mendis will be the coach for Sri Lanka's forthcoming tour to the West Indies after the Lankan board (BCCSL) failed to find a suitable long-term replacement for Dav Whatmore

Shoaib Akhtar has been fined 75% of his match fee and banned for two one-day internationals for ball-tampering

Sri Lanka's awesome one-day record at home over the last five years has taken a beating

New Zealand won the toss and, in keeping with the tournament trend, elected to bowl first in the final group-stage match of the low-scoring Bank Alfalah Cup

Powered by a rapid 74 from Shoaib Malik - the highest score of the tournament - and some incisive pace bowling from Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami, Pakistan clinched a 22-run victory over New Zealand in the last group match of the Bank Alfalah Cup,

New Zealand clinched a nailbiting nine-run win against Sri Lanka in another low-scoring thriller, thanks to a career-best bowling performance from Daniel Vettori, to cement their place in the final of this Bank Alfalah Cup

The first three matches of the Bank Alfalah Cup may have been a fast bowler's paradise, but in the fourth match it was Sri Lanka's spinners who claimed the limelight

After a four-day break for Vesak, Sri Lanka's festival of lights, the Bank Alfalah Cup resumes on Sunday with all three teams still in the hunt for a place in the final

When the teams arrived in the morning, with the ground cloaked in drizzle and the pitch wrapped in tarpaulins, Sri Lanka feared the worst

New Zealand upset the formbook at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, snapping Pakistan's six-match post-World Cup winning streak with an emphatic seven-wicket victory - with 22.4 overs to spare - in the second low-scoring match of the

It all seemed to going to plan for Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka's new captain

Marvan Atapattu's leadership skills will be under the microscope as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan start a triangular series at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium on Saturday

Mahela Jayawardene is being groomed as Sri Lanka's long-term captain, according to Lalith Kaluperuma, Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors

Chris Cairns will not bowl during the forthcoming triangular one-day series involving New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan after aggravating an old side injury

The second Test ended in a tame draw after crackling briefly back into life on the final day when New Zealand were bowled out for 183