Former Sri Lanka test captain Hashan Tillakaratne said on Tuesday he will tell the ICC that matches were fixed during his career.
Doctors and aides abandoned the only hospital in Sri Lanka’s war zone amid unrelenting shell attacks, a health official said on Thursday.
Assault signals Tamil Tigers are turning to guerrilla tactics as government closes in on rebel-held territory.
India clinched their first-ever one-day international series in Sri Lanka by winning the fourth match by 46 runs on Wednesday to take a 3-1 lead.
A Sri Lanka batsman becomes the first player to take advantage of cricket’s new trial laws and successfully challenge an on-field umpire’s decision.
Muttiah Muralitharan took six second-innings wickets and 10 in the match to propel Sri Lanka to a crushing innings and 153-run win over South Africa in the first cricket Test. Resuming Monday on 311-4, South Africa were dismissed for 434 in the middle session of the final day.
A devastating spell by Mohammad Asif left Sri Lanka reeling on 73-8 in their second innings of the second cricket Test as the Pakistani seam bowler grabbed his first 10-wicket haul in a Test match. Coming in to bowl while his team were 109 runs behind in the second innings, Asif bowled Upul Tharanga (12), Kumar Sangakkara (16) and Thilan Samaraweera (4).
Pace bowler Mohammad Asif took his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket for Pakistan on Monday to restrict Sri Lanka to 267-8 wickets in their first innings at stumps on the first day of the second Test. After skipper Inzamam ul-Haq elected to bowl first after winning the toss, Asif bowled with accuracy, moving the ball both ways on a seaming pitch.