Cricket News

A defiant century from Hashim Amla was not enough for South Africa as Tillakaratne Dilshan took Sri Lanka to a competitive total and helped defend it by causing a mini collapse in the middle order

Sri Lanka Cricket will have floodlights on standby for the third ODI in Hambantota on Saturday, after the cricket had been affected by fading light during the first ODI

David Miller and Ryan McLaren, key men in South Africa's middle order, hope to take the series in the second ODI in Pallekele

South Africa could play four-Test series against India, Australia and England, both home and away, in the next eight-year FTP cycle

Sri Lanka's middle order will come under the scanner in a match they must win to keep the series alive

Sri Lanka Cricket's attempts to cut operational costs has affected the cricket in the first ODI, as Sri Lanka lost wickets chasing a Duckworth-Lewis equation, when light faded quickly in the late afternoon

Hashim Amla has admitted that "playing a bit of cricket in the county stint" with Surrey had helped him prepare for the ongoing series against Sri Lanka

Hashim Amla scored a hundred, had a 151-run partnership with the free-scoring AB de Villiers, and led South Africa to a match-winning 304 for 5

South Africa are wary of the heat and greater help for spinners in Sri Lanka but captain AB de Villiers believes they are better prepared

Angelo Mathews did not think South Africa would go after Sri Lanka verbally, but warned that the hosts were capable of giving it back, like they had in England

Sri Lanka begin as favourites, but they will not expect to stroll past the visitors so easily this time, unlike the 4-1 drubbing last year

Jacques Kallis will be under the close watch of South Africa's medical team to determine whether he requires further treatment for back stiffness ahead of the ODI series against Sri Lanka

Hashim Amla struck the only century of the South Africans warm-up match against Sri Lanka Board President's XI in Moratuwa, off just 79 balls, and anchored the team to a comfortable victory.

KwaZulu-Natal batsman Sibonelo Makhanya has been named captain of South Africa's Under-19 team for the tour of England

Jacques Kallis will be reinstated to the No. 3 position in South Africa's batting line-up for the ODI series against Sri Lanka

Colin Ingram has been appointed captain of the Warriors franchise for the upcoming domestic season

Imran Tahir has been identified by AB de Villiers and Russell Domingo as the go-to guy for both the ODI and Test series

Hashim Amla, who will be leading South Africa for the first time in the two Tests in Sri Lanka, has said his initial focus is on performing as a batsman in the three ODIs that precede the Tests

Tony Irish, the head of the South African Cricketers' Association, will become the major voice for players around the world after being named as Paul Marsh's replacement at the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA)