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Mahela Jayawardene has said his sublime century in the World Cup final was no consolation following his team's six-wicket defeat

Century no consolation for Jayawardene

Lasith Malinga has said he could not bowl yorkers in the final against India because the ball was wet, while Muttiah Muralitharan said the inability of the spinners to get wickets caused the loss

Malinga says wet ball hampered bowling

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will miss the upcoming IPL as he will be out of action for eight weeks due to the injury that also caused him to miss the World Cup final against India

Injured Mathews out of IPL

Kumar Sangakkara was named captain of the ICC's team of the World Cup 2011 that is dominated by players from India and Sri Lanka, with seven spots going to the finalists

Sangakkara leads ICC's World Cup XI

India have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the World Cup final in Mumbai against Sri Lanka

India fined for slow over-rate

MS Dhoni said India's players had felt anxiety throughout the World Cup, but they had planned it for 18 months and were dedicated to winning it for each other first

We felt the pressure - Dhoni

03-Apr-2011•Sharda Ugra at the Wankhede Stadium

'India were a step ahead of us' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lanka captain, took heart from his team's performance to reach the final of the World Cup but described the defeat to India in Mumbai as "hugely disappointing"

India had been talking about reaching the World Cup final and what they would do there for a year, says their mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton

'India planned final for a year'

02-Apr-2011•Sidharth Monga at the Wankhede Stadium

'We're going to miss Murali terribly' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara rued not being able to give Muttiah Muralitharan the perfect send-off in what was his final international appearance for Sri Lanka

Reactions from players immediately after India's World Cup win in Mumbai

'I couldn't control my tears of joy'

The World Cup final ran into its first controversy before the first ball was bowled

Toss taken twice after confusion over call

Ravi Bopara has received positive news after a scan on his side showed no sign of an injury

Bopara cleared of side injury

Kevin Pietersen believes a stint at the IPL would have provided the ideal warm-up to England's international summer

Pietersen missing IPL buzz

Batsman Hamilton Masakadza has admitted he is yet to get over the disappointment of being left out of Zimbabwe's World Cup squad

World Cup snub 'still hurts' - Masakadza

The ICC has decided to take legal action against the news channels it alleges to have breached the broadcasting guidelines for the ongoing World Cup

ICC to take legal action against news channels

Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura is planning to establish a cricket academy in Harare

Chigumbura plans to open cricket academy

The injury to Ashish Nehra has put the Indian team management in a dilemma over who should be his replacement for the World Cup final against Sri Lanka

Nehra injury creates selection dilemma

01-Apr-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi

Ajmal still baffled by Tendulkar lbw reversal

Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal has said that he is still not sure how Decision Review System (DRS) overturned on-field umpire Ian Gould's lbw ruling against Sachin Tendulkar during the World Cup semi-final against India in Mohali

Chennai Super Kings have appointed former Australia seamer Andy Bichel as their bowling coach, replacing Venkatesh Prasad who has moved to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise

Andy Bichel appointed Chennai's bowling coach