Sri Lanka Cricket News

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) _ Knocked out of the World Cup in the first round, India's cricket stars received another blow Thursday when they were fined for a slow over rate in their game against Sri Lanka. The 69-run loss to the Sri Lankans in Trinidad on Friday meant that Rahul Dravid's team failed to make it to the Super 8s. But the players were also one over short of a ...

Sri Lanka held a tenuous 73-run lead over New Zealand with only two second innings wickets remaining at stumps on the second day of the first cricket Test at Jade Stadium on Friday. Bowled out for only 154 in its first innings after winning the toss and batting, Sri Lanka fought back to dismiss New Zealand for 206, before collapsing again to be 124 for eight at stumps. Fast bowler ...

Fast bowlers Shane Bond and James Franklin and recalled batsmen Mathew Sinclair and Craig Cumming gave New Zealand control of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka after its opening day Thursday. Bond and Franklin took three wickets each, Chris Martin two including his 100th in Tests, as New Zealand dismissed Sri Lanka for 154 after the visitors won the toss and batted. Sinclair and Cumming, both returning to the ...

Graeme Smith thinks Sri Lanka is the form team of the Champions Trophy competition and his South African lineup will have to produce something special to beat them in subcontinental conditions. It's not beyond the South Africans, he said, particularly with survival in the competition at stake. ``Probably the conditions suit Sri Lanka more tomorrow, but it doesn't mean we don't believe that we can't beat them,'' Smith said Monday. ...

A penetrative spell by ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan spurred Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket victory Friday over New Zealand in the limited-overs ICC Champions Trophy, reviving the South Asian team's hopes of advancing to the semifinals. Muralitharan snared four for 23 as Sri Lanka bowled out New Zealand for 165 in 49.2 overs. In reply, composed innings from opener Upul Tharanga (56) and skipper Mahela Jayawardene (48) took Sri Lanka ...

New Zealand is getting used to life without its pace spearhead Shane Bond as it remains unsure of the ace fast bowler turning out for Friday's Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka. Bond continues to feel stiff despite an extended rest period and the team management is reluctant to rush him back into competitive cricket until the pacer's complete recovery. New Zealand, which defeated South Africa by 87 runs in ...

Abdul Razzaq's brilliant all-round performance powered Pakistan to a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy Group B cricket match on Tuesday, a day after Pakistan lost key pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif amid a doping scandal. Razzaq took four wickets for 50 runs to bowl out Sri Lanka for 253 in 49.2 overs and then smashed unbeaten 38 off 24 balls as Pakistan replied strongly ...

Seam bowler Farveez Maharoof claimed a career-best haul of six for 14 Saturday and spurred Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the final ICC Champions Trophy limited-overs cricket qualifier. Maharoof ripped through the middle order as the West Indies was bundled out for 80 in 30.4 overs before Sri Lanka took just 13.2 overs post a winning total of 83 and take the top spot in the four-nation qualifying competition with three ...

Opener Upul Tharanga stroked his second successive limited-overs century and spurred Sri Lanka to a 144-run victory Tuesday in a Champions Trophy qualifying match against Zimbabwe. Boosted by Tharanga's smashing 110, Sri Lanka posted 285 for seven in 50 overs and then bundled out minnow Zimbabwe for 141 in 42.3 overs to stay on course for the main round of the ICC Champions Trophy. Under the new tournament format, defending ...

Opening batsman Upul Tharanga crafted an attractive century Saturday as Sri Lanka started its qualifying campaign for the main round of the ICC Champions Trophy with a 37-run victory over Bangladesh. Tharanga's 105 off 129 balls piloted Sri Lanka to 302 for eight off its 50 overs and then under lights, Bangladesh was restricted to 265 for nine _ its best-ever total against Sri Lanka. Saqibul Hasan, a 19-year-old Bangladesh left-hander, fought a lone battle and top-scored with ...