Sri Lanka has pulled off a sensational 208 run victory over South Africa at Kingsmead to level the three-Test series one-all.
The odds seem stacked against the Sri Lankan cricket team with a three-day match against a South African Invitation XI which starts on Friday.
Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has called on his side to find "new ways of winning Tests" after a 1-0 series loss to England.
Thousands of Sri Lankan fans on Tuesday gave their hero Muttiah Muralitharan a final standing ovation after the home team reached the World Cup final.
Sri Lanka are expected to welcome the return of fast bowler Lasith Malinga to their ranks when they meet Kenya on Tuesday.
Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka reached the 800-wicket mark with his last delivery in Test cricket on Thursday.
Cricket great Muttiah Muralitharan said on Wednesday he was retiring from Tests because he had nothing left to strive for.
Muttiah Muralitharan said on Wednesday that John Howard faces difficulty winning over South Asian cricket nations as the new head of the ICC.
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has signed to play with Victorian Bushrangers in Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 competition.
Pakistan police on Wednesday arrested suspects in the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team, but said they had made no progress in tracking the gunmen.
Pakistan police were on Wednesday hunting for the gunmen behind a deadly assault on Sri Lanka’s cricket team.
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/ 21 January 2009
Spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis took six wickets to help Sri Lanka to a 129-run victory over Pakistan in an ODI on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over India in the first one-day international on Monday.
Spin bowlers will be centre of attention during the Test series between India and Sri Lanka starting in Colombo on Wednesday.
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/ 17 January 2008
Australia’s bid to break their own world record for consecutive Test wins was on shaky ground on Thursday after their batting collapsed on a dramatic second day of the third Test against India in Perth. India bowled the Australians out for 212 in 50 overs and then added 52 runs for the loss of one wicket, reaching stumps with an overall lead of 170.
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/ 16 December 2007
England and Sri Lanka will mark one of cricket’s most poignant moments when they contest the third Test at the previously tsunami-ravaged Galle International Stadium from Tuesday. The stadium, situated close to the Indian Ocean in the country’s coastal south, was destroyed by the Asian tsunami in 2004.
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/ 19 October 2007
A racism row has refused to go away in India where fans repeatedly taunted Australia’s only black player, tarnishing the country’s sporting image. Andrew Symonds was subjected to monkey chants from the crowd during the fifth game of seven in the India-Australia one-day series and booed and mocked in the final game in Mumbai on Wednesday.