Cricket News

Hatton National Bank successfully defended their Mercantile Cricket Association (MCA) title with a three-wicket victory against John Keels on the weekend

Owing to huge demand we are delighted to announce that we are releasing a further 2000 tickets for this match

Former cricket board President Thilanga Sumathipala has been barred from attending the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Executive Board meeting in London this week by Sri Lanka's Attorney General

A further recurrence of Darren Gough's knee injury has made him doubtful for the NatWest triangular one-day series against India and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka all-rounder Thilan Samaraweera has been sent as a replacement for the forthcoming NatWest triangular series after Muttiah Muralitharan was forced to withdraw from the tournament to protect his shoulder.

It was fitting that Somerset was chosen to host Sri Lanka's first warm-up match prior to the upcoming one-day tournament between England, Sri Lanka and India

Somerset crowned a glorious six days of limited over cricket when they beat Sri Lanka by 63 runs at the County Ground in Taunton today, to record their third one day win in succession

Muttiah Muralitharan has pulled out of the Sri Lankan squad that will take part in the forthcoming NatWest Series of one-day internationals against England and India starting on June 27th at Trent Bridge

Marvan Atapattu chance's of playing a part in the forthcoming NatWest triangular series have been boosted by the news that his finger injury is not as bad as expected

England today announced a 15-man squad for the NatWest Series against India and Sri Lanka

The England and Somerset pace bowler Andrew Caddick was today ruled out of the NatWest Series which starts next week with a side injury

A One-Day International championship table appears to be set to emerge from the International Cricket Council meeting in London next week

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka is pleased to announce that the International Cricket Council has informed the BCCSL that Pepsi have permitted Dilmah Tea to be the Team Sponsor for the Sri Lanka Cricket Team for the ICC Champions Trophy

Hatton National Bank and John Keels have qualified for the final of the Mercantile Cricket Association Division A, which is to be played next weekend at NCC Grounds in Colombo

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka's leading run scorer in Tests and One-Day Internationals, has been put on standby for the NatWest triangular series after a finger injury to Marvan Atapattu

It was only a couple of days ago that the crowd at Old Trafford was cheering wildly as an English foot made contact with a ball

Darryl Foster, Sri Lanka's bowling coach, has resigned following the refusal of the Board of Control for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) to assist him with the payment of emergency travel expenses

Sri Lanka's bowling coach Darryl Foster said he was left feeling dismayed and disappointed after his treatment by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on Monday

England's cricketers briefly emerged from the World Cup's shadow, cheered to the rafters by 2000 loyal supporters during a thrilling finish to a one-sided series against Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan vice-captain Marvan Atapattu will play no further part in the third npower Test match and could miss the Natwest triangular series that follows