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Sangakkara steps down as ODI and T20 captain

Kumar Sangakkara has stepped down as captain of Sri Lanka's ODI and T20 teams but has offered to continue as the Test captain on an interim basis

05-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pune wait on Mathews fitness

Pune Warriors have not ruled out playing Sri Lanka allrounder Angelo Mathews in the IPL despite the player saying he has a pulled muscle that will take about eight weeks to heal

04-Apr-2011•Tariq Engineer

Century no consolation for Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene has said his sublime century in the World Cup final was no consolation following his team's six-wicket defeat

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Malinga says wet ball hampered bowling

Lasith Malinga has said he could not bowl yorkers in the final against India because the ball was wet, while Muttiah Muralitharan said the inability of the spinners to get wickets caused the loss

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Injured Mathews out of IPL

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will miss the upcoming IPL as he will be out of action for eight weeks due to the injury that also caused him to miss the World Cup final against India

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara leads ICC's World Cup XI

Kumar Sangakkara was named captain of the ICC's team of the World Cup 2011 that is dominated by players from India and Sri Lanka, with seven spots going to the finalists

03-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'India were a step ahead of us' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, took heart from his team's performance to reach the final of the World Cup but described the defeat to India in Mumbai as "hugely disappointing"

02-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'We're going to miss Murali terribly' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara rued not being able to give Muttiah Muralitharan the perfect send-off in what was his final international appearance for Sri Lanka

02-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'I couldn't control my tears of joy'

Reactions from players immediately after India's World Cup win in Mumbai

02-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Toss taken twice after confusion over call

The World Cup final ran into its first controversy before the first ball was bowled

02-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dhoni and Gambhir lead India to World Cup glory

Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord's in 1983, and this time they did in their very own back yard

02-Apr-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Tournament's best at final hurdle

The defending champions didn't make it, the mercurial outsiders stumbled, the strong contender choked, and after six weeks of high drama, we have the first all-Asian World-Cup final

01-Apr-2011•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Randiv replaces injured Mathews in Sri Lanka squad

A day ahead of the World Cup final, Sri Lanka have replaced injured allrounder Angelo Mathews with offspinner Suraj Randiv from their 15-member squad

01-Apr-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka over 2007 loss - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka have reached their second successive World Cup final, and though they were blown away in the last one, their vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene said they had done really well since that setback

31-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Murali will play even with discomfort - Bayliss

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss insists Muttiah Muralitharan will play in the World Cup final despite continued worries over his fitness

31-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Vaas, Randiv called up as injury cover for final

Injury concerns over Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews have forced the Sri Lankan team to call up Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv as standbys ahead of the World Cup final against India on April 2

31-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara praises middle-order

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara praised his brittle middle-order batting for carrying his team to the final of the World Cup after they beat New Zealand

30-Mar-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Vettori pragmatic after defeat

Daniel Vettori did not look like his world has crashed around him, but was able to put the loss in perspective

29-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda in Colombo

Sri Lanka survive jitters to reach World Cup final

Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday's World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten campaigns

29-Mar-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Vettori surprised at used pitch

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, is not impressed with the use of the same pitch for Tuesday's semi-final as the one that was used for the quarter-final against England on Saturday

28-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

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