Mumbai: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara on Sunday urged state and national cricket boards to officially recognise a rebel Twenty20 league slated to begin next week in northern India.
More images Hobart: Adam Gilchrist blazed his way to 100 Test sixes as Australia plundered Sri Lanka's bowlers for another 500-plus run innings declaration in the second cricket Test at Bellerive Oval here Saturday.
Colombo: Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu hit out at the national selectors, saying he had no faith in them although he planned to play for at least two more years.
Colombo:Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat in overcast conditions in the first cricket Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club here.
Colombo :Sri Lankan left-hand opener Upul Tharanga injured a foot and has been ruled out of the first two Tests against Bangladesh compounding problems to secure the top order, an official said.
Marvan Atapattu is arguably the most docile of captains that the cricket world will ever see. With his gentle demeanour he captained the Sri Lankan team to eight Test wins, and thirty-five one-day triumphs, without really letting his batting suffer.
Colombo:Three Sri Lankan batsmen are competing for the void created by the self-imposed absence of former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu for the series against Bangladesh.
Colombo:Bangladesh aim to improve their Test performance in the series against Sri Lanka which gets underway here next week, new captain Mohammad Ashraful said.
Colombo:Former captain Marvan Atapattu faces possible disciplinary action after opting out of Sri Lanka's forthcoming Test series against Bangladesh.
Colombo:Sri Lanka's former captain and opening batsman Marvan Atapattu has opted out of the Test series against Bangladesh, a top Sri Lanka Cricket official said Sunday.
