Sri Lanka has switched their captaincy in their last match against England to avoid Mahela Jayawardene being banned for slow bowling again.
West Indies and hosts Sri Lanka earned hard-fought wins in an exciting start to the Super Eights round in the World Twenty20 on Thursday.
Disparagers of T20 cricket may not like hearing this, but the game has pushed the boundaries of tactical strategising.
The Proteas are ready to make the right decisions when pressure builds in Sri Lanka during their World Twenty20 match.
Pakistan, trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, took advantage of Sri Lankan captain’s surprise decision to field first on a good batting track.
Nuwan Kulasekara and Suraj Randiv vanquished Pakistan as Sri Lanka won the first Test by a massive 209 runs, their biggest win over their rivals.
England offspinner Graeme Swann completed a career-best 10-wicket match haul to dismiss Sri Lanka for 278 in its second innings on Saturday.
Resolute batting by Sri Lanka and at least three missed chances in the field thwarted England on the fourth day of the second Test in Colombo.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has scored his second consecutive ton against England in the final Test in Colombo, saving his team’s blushes.
Sri Lanka’s military has been preparing its own documentary on the final battle with Tamil Tiger rebels as a response to allegations of war crimes.
Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs despite Dan Christian’s hat-trick in a dramatic ODI to book their place in the final against the hosts.
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/ 28 February 2012
Virat Kohli came to India’s rescue in the last ODI of the tri one-day series against India, giving them a seven-wicket bonus point victory.
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/ 21 February 2012
An outstanding display of seam bowling from Sri Lanka has helped beat India by 51 runs in their ODI tri-series match.
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/ 23 January 2012
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has resigned from the captaincy and former skipper Mahela Jayawardene has been reappointed to the role.
Thisara Perera scored 69 not out to secure Sri Lanka’s first win from four ODIs, leading his team to a five wicket victory, with eight balls to spare.
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/ 18 January 2012
South Africa has taken a 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Sri-Lanka, after the Proteas won by the Duckworth Lewis method in Bloemfontein.
In an improved performance, Sri Lanka set the Proteas a target of 267 in the third one-day international in Bloemfontein.
AB de Villiers, in his first tour as SA’s ODI captain, says the Proteas can’t rest on their laurels as they look to wrap up a victory over Sri Lanka.
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/ 15 January 2012
Cricket SA has announced the Proteas’ one-day team will be without Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla for the rest of their ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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/ 14 January 2012
Half-centuries from Hashim Amla and JP Duminy have led South Africa to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Buffalo Park.
Hashim Amla says the Proteas will not be taking Sri Lanka lightly after thrashing them in their first ODI, winning by 258 runs.
Rookie Proteas captain AB de Villiers says the game against Sri Lanka was the perfect start in his new role but that it won’t always be so easy.
A century from Hashim Amla and six early wickets helped SA rout Sri Lanka by 258 runs in the first of five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka.
AB de Villiers enjoys a new challenge when he captains South Africa in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Boland Park on Wednesday.
Albie Morkel, who’s in the Proteas’ team for their ODIs against Sri Lanka after a series of injury setbacks, says he’s back with a better attitude.
South Africa has won their first home Test series in over three years by beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with more than a day to spare in Cape Town.
Forced to follow on, Sri Lanka were 138 for four at stumps on day three of the third and final Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Sri Lanka collapsed to 239 all out shortly after lunch on Thursday in the deciding Test against South Africa at Newlands.
Jacques Kallis completed his second Test double century and AB de Villiers scored an unbeaten 160 to put South Africa in control against Sri Lanka.
Jacques Kallis made 224, his highest career score, as South Africa powered to 453-4 at lunch on the second day of the third Test against Sri Lanka.
Jacques Kallis came back after his first-ever pair in December to hit his second double-century in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka.
After making a "pair" in Durban, Jacques Kallis celebrated his 150th Test by scoring an unbeaten 159 in the final Test against Sri Lanka at Newlands.