Sri Lanka news

SLC cracks down on illegal bowling actions

Aug 23, 2015: SLC's Illegal Bowling Action Committee has taken several steps to eradicate suspect actions with the immediate aim of ensuring their players are not pulled up during the U-19 World Cup next year

The Investec Ashes 2015

Howard questions Australia hubris

Aug 23, 2015: Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard concedes it is a "fair question" to ask whether the Ashes tourists underestimated England ahead of and during a series Michael Clarke's side were widely expected to win.

Clarke second only to Taylor as captain

Aug 23, 2015: He was proactive and tactically aware, making it clear to both the opposition and his own team that he was seeking victory from ball one

Kumar Sangakkara retires

ESPNcricinfo's Sangakkara reader

Aug 23, 2015: We dug through the archives to put together a collection of some of our best features on the Sri Lankan maestro

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

England must confront old spin concerns

Aug 22, 2015: The Ashes are regained, but England have been horribly poor at The Oval not least in their playing of Nathan Lyon which does not bode well for challenges ahead

Ireland v Australia, 3rd women's T20I, Dublin

Perry, Villani lead Australia to 3-0

Aug 22, 2015: Half-centuries from Elyse Villani and Ellyse Perry lifted Australia Women to 186 for 1, and set up a crushing 99-run victory against Ireland Women in Dublin

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

Reborn Siddle thought Test career was over

Aug 22, 2015: Peter Siddle has admitted he feared his Test career was over after he was ignored for Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, but now hopes a roaring return to his familiar role in the Australia XI will cause the selectors to reconsider their opinion of him

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

Lyon is Clarke's greatest legacy

Aug 22, 2015: It is fitting that spin is playing a key role for Australia in Michael Clarke's final Test as he has always been a captain who has understood and nurtured the art

England v Australia, 5th Investec Test, The Oval, 3rd day

England's follow-on specialist

Aug 22, 2015: Stats highlights from the third day at The Oval

England U-19s v Australia U-19s, 5th Youth ODI, NewRoad

Lawrence ton squares one-day series

Aug 22, 2015: Essex batsman Dan Lawrence scored his second century in three matches as England U-19s defied the weather to chase down Australia's 294 with four wickets and two balls to spare at Worcester.

Sri Lanka v India, 2nd Test, Colombo, 3rd day

Action-man Kohli squeezes Sri Lanka's fight

Aug 22, 2015: In the never-ending public PhD dissertation that is Test captaincy, Virat Kohli would have been happy to get through a draining, bruising day with something to show for it: finishing somewhere, it can be argued, between a B and a B+

Sri Lanka v India, 2nd Test, 3rd day, Colombo

Mathews, a straight face among comedians

Aug 22, 2015: He has scored the most runs, bowled the most economic spells for Sri Lanka, led them out of tough situations and has been the driving force in this Sri Lankan team, silently

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA, 5TH INVESTEC TEST, THE OVAL, 3RD DAY

Cook digs in, Australia close in

Aug 22, 2015:

Sussex v Yorkshire, LV= Championship, Division One, Hove, 2nd day

Joyce backs Rashid Test claims after duel

Aug 22, 2015: Ed Joyce scored a fine century after Gary Ballance's 165 guided Yorkshire to 494 on the second day at Hove

Somerset v Worcestershire, LV= Championship, Division One, Taunton, 2nd day

Trego and Hildreth make hay as Somerset dominate

Aug 22, 2015: Somerset took a firm grip on their LV= County Championship match against Worcestershire on the second day at Taunton.

Notts v Warwickshire, LV= Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge, 2nd day

New-ball wickets leave Warwickshire floundering

Aug 22, 2015: Nottinghamshire pressed home their advantage on the second day of their LV= County Championship match against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge

Northants v Leicestershire, LV= Championship, Division Two, Wantage Road, 2nd day

Cosgrove ton sets up Leicestershire lead

Aug 22, 2015: Mark Cosgrove's second consecutive century and a breezy 95 from Niall O'Brien helped Leicestershire fight back from 34 for four to take a lead of 47 at Wantage Road. Cosgrove's 110 mirrored the captain's knock played by Alex Wakely on day one and saw Leic

Lancashire v Glamorgan, LV= Championship, Division Two, Old Trafford, 2nd day

Brown ends tonless run as Lancashire push on

Aug 22, 2015: Karl Brown scored his first century for over four years but Alex Davies fell five short of a maiden hundred as Lancashire's batsmen dominated the second day of their Division Two game against Glamorgan.

Gloucestershire v Surrey, LV= Championship, Division Two, Bristol, 2nd day

Foakes takes chance to bolster Surrey

Aug 22, 2015: Ben Foakes made the most of a Championship outing for Surrey with an unbeaten 140 as they build a strong lead over Gloucestershire

Durham v Middlesex, LV= Championship, Division One, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day

Drop proves costly as wickets tumble

Aug 22, 2015: On a day when 19 wickets fell at a heavily overcast Chester-le-Street, the one which got away proved costly for Durham.