Sri Lanka not averse to playing in Pakistan again

Despite the attack on their players in Lahore on March 3 last year, Sri Lanka are not averse to playing in Pakistan again provided they get security clearance from the government, said a Sri Lanka Cricket Board official on Thursday.

One year later, Sri Lankan cricketers still trying to forget Lahore attack

It’s been exactly one year since the Sri Lankan team was attacked in Lahore and former Sri Lankan skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, said that he does not even want to talk about the incident and that the Sri Lankan team is still trying to forget the horrific experience.

Murli to retire at the end of World Cup 2011

The highest wicket taker in test match cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan, said on Wednesday that he is planning to retire from test cricket at the end of this year and from all forms of international cricket after the World Cup scheduled for next March.

Jayasuriya dropped for tri-series in Bangladesh

In what can only be called a knee-jerk reaction following their disastrous tour to India where they lost both the Test and the ODI series, Sri Lanka have dropped veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya from next month’s tri-series in Bangladesh featuring them, India and Bangladesh.

Jadeja was very impressive, got us back in the game: Sehwag

India’s stand-in skipper in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, said after India’s comfortable 7 wicket win in the third ODI against Sri Lanka that he was very impressed by young all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who picked up career best bowling figures of 4 for 32 while adding that all the credit for India’s comeback in the game goes to the left-arm spinner.

Tendulkar, Jadeja propel India to 2-1 lead

A couple of years ago, there was a lot of talk of Sachin Tendulkar not being the greatest batsman ever since he has not managed to finish games for India. Well, anyone who said would now be eating his words. First, it was England, then Australia and now Sri Lanka. In the last couple of years, Sachin has won games for India, singlehandedly, on multiple occasions and the big difference is that he has stayed there till the end to take the team home.

India looks to gain lead sans Dhoni

With skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni banned for the next two ODIs because of India’s slow over-rate in the second one-dayer in Nagpur, the Indian team, led by stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag, will have to be much better than they have so far been in the series, if they want to regain the lead in the five match series, which is currently tied at 1-1, when they take the field on Monday for the third one-dayer against the Sri Lankans.

We have to find a way of dismissing Dilshan early: Sehwag

Tillakaratne Dilshan has been a headache for the Indian team all throughout Sri Lanka’s tour. He was prolific in the test matches, continued his form in the two T20 matches and has so far been devastating in the one-dayers. India’s stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag said on the eve of the third ODI at Cuttack that Dilshan is a big worry for the Indians but he is sure that the pacers can get the Sri Lanka opener early in the third ODI to be played on Monday.

Muralitharan may retire before the 2011 World Cup

It is probably for the first time in his 18 year long career that ace off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is struggling to pick up wickets or even trouble the batsmen. Disappointed at his inability to provide the team with the required breakthroughs in the ongoing test series against India, the champion Sri Lankan spinner said that he is no longer the force that he used to be and he might even retire from all forms of the game before the 2011 World Cup.

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