Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket is feeling the heat now a days as some of their key players refused to tour England for a Test series due to clash of dates with the cash-rich IPL and to sort this problem Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to meet the board officials and cricketers.
Colombo: Former Sri Lankan Test and one-day player Upul Chandana has defied a local ban and joined the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Sydney: Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said he did not believe Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan would face racist abuse from crowds during their upcoming tour.
An Aussie flavour has just been added to the Pakistani Cricket Recipe. It comes in the form of ex-pace bowler, Geoff Lawson, as he will provide his expertise as coach of this predictably unpredictable nation.
Colombo:Contradicting his mentor Arjuna Ranatunga, spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan came to the rescue of former coach Dav Whatmore, describing him as a 'great coach' with perfect man-management skills.
Colombo:The World Cup has been shorn of its fun by the early exit of crowd-pullers India and Pakistan, former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said on Tuesday.
Colombo:Sri Lanka's World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga said on Thursday he thought India would win the sport's biggest prize even though the 2007 tournament was wide open.
The 1996 World Cup tournament will be remembered as much for Sri Lanka's triumph with bold and innovative batting tactics as with riots, boycotts and an unsatisfactory format.
Colombo:Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly has found support from former Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga, who said he was amazed that the stylish left-hander was being ignored.
Mohali:Stephen Fleming has made 80 in his record 194th One-dayer as captain and Scott Styris hit 86 as New Zealand hammered 274-7 against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy.
