Tendulkar is the greatest ever: Sangakkara

As Sri Lanka get ready to begin a three match test series against India later this month, skipper Kumar Sangakkara, was all praise for batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who would be completing 20 years in international cricket on November 15, calling the Indian legend the “greatest player of the modern era”.

You shouldn’t get a runner for cramps, full stop: Strauss

England may have comfortably moved into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy when they defeated South Africa by 22 runs and knocked the hosts out of the tournament, but the win has been overshadowed by the controversy during the end of the match at Centurion when Andrew Strauss denied Graeme Smith a runner.

NZ, Sri Lanka and West Indies suffer warm-up defeats

The Champions Trophy campaign kicked off on Friday with three warm-up matches between New Zealand-Warriors, Pakistan-Sri Lanka and South Africa-West Indies with Warriors, Pakistan and South Africa securing wins.

Sri Lanka humiliates India

India’s status as the number 1 ODI team proved to be shortlived as Sri Lanka demolished them on way to a 139-run win in the last league game of the Compaq Cup.

Sri Lanka maul New Zealand in tri-series opener

Sri Lanka thrashed New Zealand in the first match of the Compaq Cup tri-series by 97 runs to secure their first points in the tournament. The Lankans were led by a batting master class by Thilan Samaraweera and then Lasith Malinga wrecked havoc and cleaned up the Kiwi middle order to give Sri Lanka a comprehensive win.

Samaraweera puts Sri Lanka on top

Thilan Samaraweera struck a magnificent 159 and took Sri Lanka to 452 in the first innings before New Zealand responded strongly in the final session with Tim McIntosh leading the resistance to Sri Lanka’s twin-spin threat.

Jayawardena guides Sri Lanka to series win

Powered by a hundred from Mahela Jayawardena, Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by six wickets to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the 5 match ODI series.

Murali back with a bang; Sri Lanka take 1-0 lead

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 36 runs in the first one dayer of the 5-match series and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Defending a modest total of 232, fast bowlers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara ripped through the Pakistan top order before the lower order provided some resistance but it was always going to be difficult once they had lost more than half their team for less than 100.

Sangakkara helps Sri Lanka to a draw; Sri Lanka wins the series 2-0.

Sri Lanka resumed the final day of the 3rd and final test of the series at 183 for 3 still needing more than 300 runs to win the game. Pakistan would have fancied their chances to get a consolation victory but in the end it was the placid pitch that played spoilsport as Sangakkara in the company of first Samaraweera and then Matthews made sure that Sri Lanka went through the day losing just one wicket and secured the series 2-0.

Gayle, Sangakkara pay rich tribute to dazzling Dilshan

Rival captains Chris Gayle and Kumar Sangakkara paid rich tributes to Sri Lanka’s prolific batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying the right-hander’s sublime knock made all the difference in last night’s second semifinal of the Twenty20 World Cup.

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