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Provincial tournament serving the purpose, says chief selector

Sri Lanka's top and middle-order batsmen may have scored the required runs to beat England in the third and final Test at Colombo, but that has not stopped the national selectors from continuing their search for middle-order batsmen and spin bowlers

15-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sumathipala case delayed

The passport fraud case involving Thilanga Sumathipala, the president of Sri Lanka Cricket, was further delayed today after Sumathipala's lawyers claimed their client was about to undergo kidney surgery

14-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Atapattu cleared of wrongdoing

Marvan Atapattu has been cleared of

13-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sumathipala judged fit enough for court

Thilanga Sumathipala, Sri Lanka Cricket's president, was fit enough to attend court last week, according to the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), who was ordered to examine him by T

13-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Key witness shot dead in court

In the latest twist to the ongoing passport fraud affair in Sri Lanka, Dammika Amarasinghe, the central figure in the scandal involving Thilanga Sumathipala, the president of the Sri Lanka cricket board, was shot dead on Friday morning by an assassin

09-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara back on top

Following a string of high scores against South Africa, Brian Lara reclaimed the top spot in the PwC ratings, while there were no major surprises among the bowlers, with Muttiah Muralitharan still ahead of the pack by a long way

08-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Central Province complete world-record run-chase

If 2003 was the year of the bat with huge scores being piled up all round the world, then 2004 started in the same vein as another batting record was smashed in Sri Lanka's domestic first-class tournament on Monday

08-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Russel Arnold praises A team effort

Russel Arnold, Sri Lanka A's current captain, believes his young side of hopefuls, who have started a super-intensive programme of A team tours, are quickly learning and growing in self-belief

07-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo Staff

Sumathipala's day of reckoning looms

Thilanga Sumathipala, the president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), faces an anxious week

05-Jan-2004•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne tipped to retain captaincy

Hashan Tillakaratne is expected to be named captain for Australia's visit to Sri Lanka in February and March

03-Jan-2004•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Inter-provincial tournament to be launched in January

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will launch the new Ten Sports inter-provincial cricket tournament on Jan 3, a tournament that has been designed to raise the standard of domestic cricket and prepare players better for international competetion

31-Dec-2003•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka A triumph in style

Mohamed Maharoof lead the way with some accurate medium pace bowling as Sri Lanka A romped home in the final of the Kenstar tri-series tournament in Kolkata

30-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Ponting rules the roost

Ricky Ponting has finished the year as the highest-rated batsman in world cricket

30-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Bloomfield triumph in final

Kaushal Lokuarachchi blasted a quickfire 45 as Bloomfield Cricket Club knocked off the target in the final of the Premier League Tournament

28-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Mongia leads India A home

Dinesh Mongia played sheet-anchor as India A recorded a thrilling four-wicket victory against their Pakistani counterparts in the sixth match of the Kenstar Asian A Teams' tournament

28-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Hafeez helps Pakistan A post first win

Mohammad Hafeez turned in a matchwinning performance with the ball as Pakistan A registered their first victory of the Kenstar tri-series with a 48-run victory over Sri Lanka A

27-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Badani takes India A to facile win

Hemang Badani, with his quickfire unbeaten 85, anchored India A to a convincing seven-wicket victory in their third match of the Kenstar tournament

26-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

India A romp home despite Naved's century

Once India A won the toss, batted first on a batsman-friendly pitch and made 329 for 6 in their 50 overs, the game was all but over

25-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Murali wants his burden eased

With the world record for the highest number of Test wickets within his reach, and age catching up on him, Muttiah Muralitharan has asked the Sri Lankan selectors to handle him with care

24-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Arnold to the rescue again

For the second time in two days, Sri Lanka A were set a 301-run target

24-Dec-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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