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Atapattu wants to bridge batting gulf within team

Sri Lanka's batting coach Marvan Atapattu has said there is a big gulf between the batting ability of senior batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene and remaining batsmen in the national side

17-May-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Law lays down England challenge

Stuart Law, Sri Lanka's interim coach, has labelled England the "best Test team in the world" but promises his team won't take a backward step during the upcoming series

16-May-2011•Andrew McGlashan at Uxbridge

Welegedara sets up Sri Lanka win

Sri Lanka made slightly hard work of chasing 213 at Uxbridge but opened their tour with a four-wicket victory as they reached the target with five overs to spare having bowled Middlesex out for 161

16-May-2011•Andrew McGlashan at Uxbridge

Dilshan and Paranavitana hit hundreds

On the first day at Uxbridge it was the England captain reacquainting himself with first-class cricket and on the second it was the turn of Sri Lanka's

15-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka attack backed to surprise

Sri Lanka's fast bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake is confident that his young and inexperienced charges can spring a surprise on England in the upcoming three-Test series

15-May-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Strauss shows form on return to action

Andrew Strauss's last innings was the World Cup quarter-final against Sri Lanka and seven weeks on from that poor display in Colombo he returned to the middle with a breezy 151

14-May-2011•Andrew McGlashan at Uxbridge

Didn't pay above the odds for Murali - Larsen

Gavin Larsen, chief executive of Cricket Wellington said that the province hadn't "paid above the odds" to secure the services of former Sri Lanka offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan

14-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka search for focus in tour opener

Sri Lanka's tour of England will stutter into life on Saturday with the start of their three-day fixture against Middlesex at Uxbridge

13-May-2011•Andrew McGlashan

Muralitharan signs Twenty20 deal with Wellington

Wellington have secured the service of Sri Lanka's champion offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan for next season's domestic Twenty20 tournament

13-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka Premier League begins July 19

Sri Lanka Cricket have confirmed the dates for the first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League will be from July 19 to August 4, 2011

12-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Afridi to lead a team in Sri Lanka Premier League

Pakistan's limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi has accepted an offer to lead one of the provinces in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) later this year

11-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sumathipala, Dharmadasa keen on SLC presidency

Former Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala and former SLC Interim Committee Chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa have welcome the Supreme Court announcement that could pave the way for SLC board elections and said they would contest for the pos

11-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'SL board confident of facing any charges'

Sri Lanka Cricket is ready to take on any charges levelled against them with regards to corruption and misappropriation of funds, secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said

10-May-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka in running to host Pakistan-England series

Sri Lanka is in the running to host the England-Pakistan Test and one-day series scheduled for early 2012, with continuing security concerns preventing England from travelling to Pakistan

10-May-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Adjusting to conditions crucial - Atapattu

Sri Lanka will have to adjust to the Test format and the English conditions if they are to challenge England this summer, Marvan Atapattu, their batting coach has said

10-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

SLPL to add two more provinces later

Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga has said two more provinces will be added to the Sri Lanka Premier League after the first few seasons

10-May-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan players approached for SLPL

Up to eight top Pakistan players are likely to be in the running to play in the first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL)

09-May-2011•Osman Samiuddin

Sri Lanka Premier League to have seven teams

The first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League will be a seven-team inter-provincial tournament played over approximately 18 days at the end of July and the beginning of August this year at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

08-May-2011•Tariq Engineer

Dilshan targets Test success with young attack

Tillakaratne Dilshan wants to become the first Sri Lanka captain to secure a Test series victory in England after leaving the IPL early to lead his team

07-May-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Cape Town to host two Tests in 2011-12

Cape Town will host two Test matches in the South African summer, CSA announced on Friday

06-May-2011•Firdose Moonda

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