The fickle weather which has dogged Colombo for the past five days has extended to Asgiriya, Kandy, the venue of the first 4-day unofficial cricket test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A

The opening day's play of the first four-day Test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A was restricted to just 40 minutes due to rain at the Asgiriya International Stadium

Another day of delays and interruptions due to poor weather conditions allowed only 34.2 overs of play on the second day of the first unofficial Test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy

Prasanna Jayawardene and Gayan Wijekoon came together in a face-savingseventh wicket stand to help Sri Lanka A finish on 175 for 6 at the end of the opening day of the second unofficial cricket Test against Pakistan 'A' at Dambulla

Sri Lanka A's offspinner, Suraj Mohamed, and the Pakistan A paceman, Mohammad Asif, both excelled with the ball as the second unofficial Test at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium headed for an exciting - and early - finish

Angelo Mathews is among three new players named for the first Test against Pakistan

Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand will play a triangular series in Sri Lanka ahead of the Champions Trophy

Sri Lanka Cricket has named a 13-man squad to face Pakistan in a three-day warm-up game in Colombo starting June 29

Isuru Udana's coach Anusha Samaranayake believes the fast bowler's variations will hold him in good stead in the limited-overs format

He's nearing 40, but Sanath Jayasuriya seems to be still enjoying the shortest version of cricket

The consultant coach to the Sri Lankan team says girls are being introduced in to the game as late as 19 or 20

Chamari Polgampola feels her team will adapt better to Twenty20 than the ODI format

Sri Lanka women's coach Chitral Mendis was optimistic about the team's chances, despite concerns

Kumar Sangakkara on Twenty20 cricket, lessons learnt in the IPL and his first official stint as captain

Sangakkara feels T20 cricket presents less pressure than Tests and One-day cricket.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ordered the state to pay Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lanka interim committee chairman, US$ 869 in compensation after he was sacked by sports minister Gamini Lokuge last year

The Sri Lankan team have signed a whopping US$4.85 million sponsorship deal with the country's mobile service provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel for the next four years. The sponsorship will take effect from the ICC World Twenty20 in England next month

Pakistan has put forward two options as it strives to retrieve what benefits it still can from the 2011 World Cup

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will be sending its security consultant Lawrence Fernando to England on May 17 to assess and report on the security measures in place for next month's World Twenty20

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to give a three-month cooling off period to its ICL contracted players before they can be accepted into the system, provided they cut off all ties with the unofficial Twenty20 league