Sri Lanka News

Gautam Gambhir, captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, led celebrations as the players took an open-top bus tour through a sea of frenzied fans to the team's home ground at the Eden Gardens stadium.

Karachi, May 29 : The pay hike announced by Pakistan Cricket Board in the central contracts and match fees has reportedly not been received well by many of the leading national team players.

Sri Lankan cricket team captain Mahela Jayawardene and Pakistani Twenty20 cricket captain Mohamed Hafeez pose for photographers with the Twenty20 trophy during a press conference in Colombo yesterday.

David Saker , the England bowling coach, has said England's bowling attack is "as good as" the great Australian attack that dominated world cricket for more than a decade.

England's Stuart Broad has taken 14 wickets in the two Tests against West Indies and faces a busy international schedule.

Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Cheema has said forming separate teams for all formats and the extensive training camp with the practice matches will pay bring results against Sri Lanka.

Gautam Gambhir was in Dubai en route to the capital from South Africa in January 2011 when he came to know that his IPL team, Delhi Daredevils, had not retained him.

Sri Lankan cricket team captain Mahela Jayawardene and Pakistan Twenty20 cricket captain Mohammad Hafeez pose for photographers with the Twenty20 trophy during a press conference in Colombo, yesterday.

Ravi Bopara, the Essex and England batsman, will begin his comeback from the thigh injury that ruled him out of the first two Tests against West Indies in Rotterdam when he faces Netherlands in a CB40 tie on Tuesday.

South Africa will ensure they have adequate reserves to call during their tour of England by basing their A squad in Ireland during part of the trip.

SHOWS: COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 1. PAKISTAN CRICKET COACH DAV WHATMORE SAYING: "There are players that are distinctly suited for different formats and selectors are tempted to do that for the first time.

Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan fast bowler, has pulled out of a deal to play for Middlesex in this year's Friends Life T20 because of injury concerns.

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Sources said that Discussions were held on the omissions of Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Talha from the list of contracted players.

Joe Root has revealed that he is working on his strength in order to help him become a bigger hitter in more orthodox areas of the one-day arena.

Mark Waugh One of the most graceful of batsmen, Waugh often made it look easy, starting with a fine century on debut for Australia against England in 1990-91. But a couple of years later, in Sri Lanka , he ran into trouble, bagging successive pairs in Colombo and Moratuwa.

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Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Ashantha de Mel has said the Sri Lanka batsmen should to be wary of the two Pakistan spinners, Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman , during the upcoming Twenty20, ODI and Test series.

Islamabad, May 27: Pakistan cricket head coach Dav Whatmore has said victory in the upcoming Sri Lanka team is the foremost thing on their minds.

Sri Lanka Cricket are annoyed after an interview of Kumar Sangakkara was published in a newspaper and are set to tighten the noose as far players` interaction with the media is concerned, reports PTI.