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Sri Lanka announce board elections

Sri Lanka's government has announced that fresh cricket board elections will be held on July 15, ending a 15-month period of administration by a government-appointed Interim Committee

16-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

World Cup countdown begins

England and Sri Lanka prepare themselves for the first of five one-dayers, with the World Cup in 2007 not far behind in their thoughts

16-Jun-2006•Will Luke

Sri Lanka edge a last-ball thriller

Sri Lanka kept their cool under the lights to secure a thrilling two-run victory off the last ball of the Twenty20 international at The Rose Bowl

15-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Maharoof confident of World Cup success

Ahead of their one-day series against England at Lord's on Saturday, Farveez Maharoof, the Sri Lanka allrounder, believes his team will be a serious threat in the 2007 World Cup, despite a recent slip in their one-day form

15-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

New Zealand axe Sri Lanka Test

New Zealand Cricket has cut a Test from Sri Lanka's tour later this year and replaced it with two Twenty20 internationals

14-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

England boosted by Pietersen's return

Kevin Pietersen is likely to return from injury to face Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 game at The Rose Bowl, and Paul Collingwood is also set to play despite sustaining a thigh injury during Tuesday's ODI win over Ireland

14-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

McKenzie and Boucher guide South Africa home on tense final day

Middle order batsman Neil McKenzie and vice-captain Mark Boucher guided South Africa to a tense and acrimonious four-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the second Test to win the series 2-0 at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.

14-Jun-2006•Charlie Austin

South Africa call up Thandi Tshabalala

South Africa have included Thandi Tshabalala in their 14-man squad for their two-Test series in Sri Lanka which gets underway in July

13-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Wood and Willoughby down Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have fallen to a 51-run defeat against Somerset after Matthew Wood hit 116 and Charl Willoughby grabbed six wickets

11-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

England building depth - Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen is positive in whatever he does, so it is no surprise that he is looking on the bright side of England's recent dip in fortunes

11-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka slip up against Essex

Essex put a spanner in the works of Sri Lanka's preparations for the Natwest Series as they inflicted a six-wicket defeat at Chelmsford

09-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Fernando, Perera called up for ODIs

Sri Lanka have strengthened their pace attack for the ODI series against England by calling up Dilhara Fernando and Ruchira Perera into a 14-man squad. The five-match series begins at Lord's on June 17. The two replace Nuwan Zoysa and Nuwan Kulasekera in

07-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Pollock doubtful for first Test

Shaun Pollock is unlikely to be available for the first Test against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, next month as his wife his due to give birth a few days before the match starts

06-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

'It feels like a series win' - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka's captain, Mahela Jayawardene, said that Sri Lanka's drawn series felt more like a win after the manner in which they surged to victory in the third Test at Trent Bridge, and he called on his young team to treat the result as a springboard for f

05-Jun-2006•Andrew Miller at Trent Bridge

Jayawardene fined

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, has been fined 20% of his match fee for knocking over his stumps after being dismissed at Trent Bridge in the final Test of the series

05-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Muralitharan's brilliance destroys England

Muttiah Muralitharan wanted to make what might be his final Test in England one to remember. He achieved that in stunning fashion at Trent Bridge with a haul of 8 for 70 as Sri Lanka stormed to a 134-run victory to level the series

05-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Flintoff tops injury concerns

A tough third day for England at Trent Bridge was compounded by injury concerns to three key players

04-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka build impressive lead

Steady as she goes was the Sri Lankan method on the third day at Trent Bridge and it proved mighty effective as they took a firm grip on the deciding Test

04-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

The M&M act

Andrew Miller talks about the second day of the Trent Bridge Test

04-Jun-2006

Sri Lanka's golden opportunity

Andrew Miller talks about the third day of the Trent Bridge Test

04-Jun-2006

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