 England spinner Graeme Swann and Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene head a star cast of cricketers who will be auctioned on Saturday to join the Indian Premier League.© AFP Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:43 GMT© eContent.in Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:03 GMTThe World Cup finalists clash again after nearly a year on a 'different' turf. While Sri Lanka will be itching to start the tri-series tournament on a winning note, India will be eager to get back to winning ways after the loss in the opening game ag© HT Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:03 GMTSo much have they played against each other in the recent past that there was a joke in cricket circles that whenever both these teams are likely to get a break from their hectic international calendar, India and Sri Lanka cricket board bosses would© HT Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:45:24 GMTThe Englands team tour to Sri Lanka next month for a two-match series before playing four Tests in India at the end of the year will shape their batting line-up for the 2013 Ashes.© ANI Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:30:03 GMTWhile in the midst of a dream debut - the Test series against the West Indies - R Ashwin had tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart.© HT Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:25:31 GMTSri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has rejected suggestions that the Indian team is vulnerable, claiming they remain a world-class team despite losing the Test series 4-0 to Australia.© ANI Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:35:30 GMTAce Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said England are poor players of spin bowling. The Mirror quoted Muralitharan as saying that he was not surprised to see the England batters struggling against Pakistan spinners Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Re© ANI Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:59:43 GMTNot even a year has lapsed since India and Sri Lanka squared off in the World Cup final. The world champions and runners-up will face-off again when the CB Series - the annual tri-series involving Australia - gets underway at the Melbourne Cricket Gr© HT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:29:43 GMTThe International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to reduce its president to a figurehead from 2014 and instead appoint a chairman to head the powerful Board and run its affairs. The decision was made at its two-day Board meeting at its Dubai headq© HT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:26:24 GMTSri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has said his team is looking forward and not dwelling on past glories. Sri Lanka won their maiden one-day series 2-1 in Australia 15 months ago.© ANI Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:20:11 GMTThe International Cricket Council (ICC) plans to reduce the powers enjoyed by its president and covert it to an ambassadorial role.© ANI Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:17:04 GMTThe International Cricket Council (ICC) is planning to raise the prize money for the top four Test cricket teams as part of plans to promote the inaugural Test Championship in 2017.© ANI Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:11:32 GMTSri Lankan players will be playing the Commonwealth Bank Series because of their love for cricket, despite not getting their payments on time.© ANI Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:29:41 GMTAustralian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said Tuesday he has been dropped, not rested, from the one-day squad to face India and Sri Lanka and conceded it will be tough for him to win back his place.© AFP Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:25:19 GMTSri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board president Upali Dharmadasa Saturday backed the board's decision to sack Geoff Marsh as coach of the national team.© IANS Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:14:42 GMTLegendary Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country's sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as disgraceful and unprofessional.© AFP Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:44:21 GMTSri Lanka Cricket has sacked Australian coach Geoff Marsh and replaced him with South African Graham Ford as part of a major shake-up following the national team''s poor run against Australia and South Africa.© ANI Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:44:42 GMTSri Lanka's cricket chief Friday defended the sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh and the selection of a new team captain, saying the changes would help usher in a new era of cricketing excellence.© AFP Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:56:57 GMTSouth African Graham Ford has been named Sri Lanka's new coach in a series of changes aimed at improving the standard of the national cricket team, the government information department said here Tuesday.© IANS |