Cricket News

Cricketing heavyweight Arjuna Ranatunga held his first press conference Thursday as he prepares to stand as a candidate in the forthcoming General Election in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka take on Zimbabwe in the opening match of the Sharjah Champions Trophy today with skipper Sanath Jayasuriya hoping to make it a hat-trick of wins at the venue

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HONG KONG, October 23, 2001 - In a stunning coup for the tournament, Mike Walsh, Chairman of the Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA), today revealed that Pakistan will send a stellar squad of current Test and one-day stars to the 2001 Cathay

The West Indies Cricket Board stands to lose approximately 300,000 US dollars on the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka

Less than 24 hours after Brian Lara passed a medical test and West Indies looked set to take a full strength squad to Sri Lanka key middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been ruled out with a back injury

Tamil Nadu emerged worthy winners of the MJ Gopalan Trophy 2001 after they got better of Colombo Districts Cricket Association (CDCA) XI by virtue of their 199 runs first innings lead

Former England Test batsman, Raman Subba Row, has been appointed match referee for the three-match Test series between Sri Lanka and West Indies and for the triangular tournament that follows, ICC communications manager, Mark Harrison, confirmed

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have requested changes to the proposed itinerary for their tour of Sri Lanka after changes made made to accommodate the General Election scheduled for December 5

The Champions Trophy 2001, which will be keenly contested between Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Zimbabwe has found a new sponsor

Objections from the Zimbabwean Cricket Union (ZCU) have forced the CBFS to revert back to the original tournament schedule

Star West Indian batsman, Brian Lara, has been given the all-clear to play in the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka according to a BBC Online report Monday, but doubts still linger over his fitness

Tamil Nadu have almost clinched the MJ Gopalan Trophy after three days of cricket at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

World Sport Group (WSG) Nimbus confirmed Saturday that they had initiated legal proceedings against the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) following their decision to cancel a three year television, radio and sponsorship deal earlier

West Indies were boosted Friday by news that key middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been cleared to tour Sri Lanka next month following tests on his back

Sri Lankan captain, Sanath Jayasuriya, looked a confident man before leaving to Sharjah for the tri-nation tournament with Pakistan and Zimbabwe at the desert city from October 26

Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu may have started his international career in disastrous fashion, recording five ducks in his first six Test innings, but he is now riding high and is widely acknowledged to be Sri Lanka's most technically accomplished

A hundred from Sridharan Sriram and a half-century from C Hemanth Kumar saw Tamil Nadu reach 261 for five at the end of the first day's play against the Colombo Districts Cricket Association (CDCA) XI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) announced Friday that Dilmah Tea had won official Sri Lankan team sponsorship rights team for the next three years