Cricket News

West Indies scheduled tour of Sri Lanka in November will be reviewed by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) after the recent terrorist attacks in the US

The planned visit of Australian fast bowling expert Darrel Foster and specialist spin coach Peter Philpot to Sri Lanka in October have been postponed by the cricket board

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) have announced that former Sri Lankan fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake has taken over from Rumesh Ratnayake as the country's fast bowling coach

The Sri Lankan cricket board has taken action to stop the much talked about Kandy "hoodoo" from striking again during the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka later this year

South Africa's 1-0 win in the two-Test series in Zimbabwe has edged them closer to Australia at the head of the ICC Test Championship points table

Former Sri Lankan opening batsman Roshan Mahanama has been appointed as manager and head coach of the Sri Lankan A team and Development squad

"There is absolutely no change in the schedule and all the three teams have committed to play here and they will stick to the plan," said Zahid Noorani, chief executive of the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series, reported Reuters Sunday

The unfolding political crisis in Sri Lanka, which the President Chandrika Kumaratunga Bandaranaike is trying to circumvent with the formation of a delicate coalition government, has forced the resignation of the newly-appointed Sports Minister after

Newly appointed Sri Lankan Sports Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, who replaced Laksman Kiriella on Friday after a cabinet reshuffle, has vowed to come down hard on endemic corruption within national sports bodies, the most high profile of which is the

Pakistan's recent overwhelming victory by a record margin of an innings and 264 runs against Bangladesh at Multan was their largest in Test Cricket to date

Mangala Samaraweera has been appointed as the new Minister of Sports in the Probationary Government, which the People's Alliance and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have formed

When the West Indies women's cricket team arrives in Sri Lanka at the end of this year to play three one-day matches and one Test, they will take on Sri Lanka in one ODI at Asgiriya, which is increasingly being considered as a Hoodoo for Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan team is now enjoying a well-earned break before we start preparation for the forthcoming tri-nation series in Sharjah and West Indies tour of Sri Lanka in November

Dilhara Fernando, Nuwan Zoysa and Suresh Perera - bowlers with questionmarks against their fitness or bowling actions - were all named in a Sri Lanka pool of 20 by the national selectors to prepare for the three-nation Champions trophy cricket

Bangladesh suffered another crushing defeat and lost the inaugural test match of 2nd Asian Test championship at Multan by a huge margin of an innings and 264 runs on 31st August

Sri Lanka's national cricket selectors have named an eight-member squad for the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament 10-11 November

Sharjah cricket chiefs will limit players' use of mobile phones and increase security near dressing rooms as part of a campaign to combat corruption in the sport

Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen

The Asian Test Championship continues to cruise without India's participation

Aminul Islam is one of the stars of the Bangladesh cricket team