Left-hand opener Chris Gayle powered his way towards a century, but rain intervened again on the second day of the West Indies last practice game at Matara on Friday

Sri Lanka may have lost in the final in Sharjah but coach Dav Whatmore is far from downbeat, believing that the team was doing the basics well

West Indies bowlers enjoyed their first match practice of their Sri Lanka tour on Thursday, easing fears that they would start the Test series next week under prepared, but they were still forced to toil hard in high heat by a strong Sri Lanka A side

The Sri Lankan cricket board (BCCSL) declared on Wednesday that it had secured "a smashing victory" in the legal fight against WSG Nimbus in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court

Sri Lanka's captain for the Hong Kong Sixes, Chandika Hathurasingha, is undaunted by a star stacked Pakistan side and is confident his young squad can win this weekends tournament

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya said there was no cause for alarm after the team's five-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the Sharjah final on Sunday

West Indies first warm-up game on their tour of Sri Lanka was abandoned on Monday, after torrential downpours over the weekend washed out two full days of play

The second day of the West Indies first warm-up game in Sri Lanka was completely washed out after heavy rains in Colombo on Saturday night and Sunday morning

The Sri Lankan cricket board ended fears of a television black out during the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka when they announced on Saturday that television, radio and selected sponsorship rights have been awarded to Taj Television for the next

A one-nil victory Test series victory against lowly Zimbabwe, and a triangular final win against professional big stage flops India, is not the kind of success that the West Indians of yesteryear would boast about, but captain Carl Hooper is

An elegant century from captain Carl Hooper gave West Indies a perfect start to their sub-continental campaign, as the tourists took on a youthful Sri Lanka A team at Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo on Saturday

Caribbean batting superstar Brian Lara and wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs will both make comebacks from injury on Saturday when West Indies play Sri Lanka `A' in a three-day practice game

As Sri Lanka took on Pakistan in Sharjah and the West Indies limbered up in their first practice session of a seven-week tour, Sri Lanka's first class cricketers began another season

Finally, apparently begrudgingly, one man short, and only just, the West Indies have left their sunny islands in the Caribbean for Sri Lanka

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) moved to dispel growing fears on Friday night that the ongoing television rights dispute with WSG Nimbus threatened international television and radio coverage of the forthcoming West Indies tour

Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe in the opening match of the Sharjah Champions Trophy today with skipper Sanath Jayasuriya hoping to make it a hat-trick of wins at the venue

Pakistan have announced a star studded side for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament in November

Star West Indian batsman, Brian Lara, has been given the all-clear to play in the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka according to a BBC Online report Monday, but doubts still linger over his fitness

West Indies were boosted Friday by news that key middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been cleared to tour Sri Lanka next month following tests on his back

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) announced today that their three-year television, radio and sponsorship deal with WSG Nimbus had been terminated