The Sri Lankan Cricketers’ Association (SLCA) has contacted the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) seeking assistance over the delay in the cricketers’ salaries for series following the World Cup this year. Sri Lanka have played three series since the end of the World Cup in April and the players are still awaiting payment, including ...

Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister has told the nation’s cricket team to start talking to each other to help end their losing streak, saying a lack of communication was the main problem in the squad. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage met the players, selectors and administrators on Tuesday to find a solution ahead of next month’s Test ...

Dhaka, November 29 (AFP): Resurgent Pakistan continued their winning form to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday in a low-scoring affair. Misbah-ul-Haq’s men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka

MUMBAI (Reuters): The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is under investigation for violating the country’s foreign exchange laws, sports minister Ajay Maken said on Tuesday. The government was looking into alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act amounting to some 10.77 billion rupees ($206.7 million), Maken told the Indian parliament. He said the investigation covered ...

Sri Lankan Batsmen Dinesh Chandimal has been fined 10 percent out of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision. This incident has occurred during the recent Twenty20 International played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The Game was played in Abu

Karachi(ANI): Interim Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan has warned his team against taking Bangladesh lightly in the upcoming tour. Khan says that the Bangladesh team will have home advantage, and insisted that his team must be careful. “I think it will be a very good series in Bangladesh. They always try hard and the upcoming series ...

Sri Lanka captain T. Dilshan on Saturday sought for patience from fans and time to come better after failing during the series with Pakistan in UAE. Sri Lanka had contrasting fortunes during the tour, but skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan hoped fans back home would show patience. “I know like us every cricket fan in Sri Lanka ...

Reuters) – Tests and Twenty20s are the future of international cricket and 50-overs matches should be scrapped, according to England spinner Graeme Swann. “I think one-day cricket will have to give at some point,” he told the BBC. “I don’t think that game should carry on for much longer. For me it’s not as enjoyable ...

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in a thrilling finish to the only Twenty20 international played at Abu Dhabi stadium here on Friday.

Misbah-ul-Haq's steady hand and some lusty blows from Shahid Afridi secured Pakistan's five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the lone Twenty20 international at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Friday.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international on Friday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Scores: Pakistan 142-5 from 19.3 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 48 not out, Asad Shafiq 33; Thisara Perera 1-26) def. Sri Lanka 141 all out from 19.3 overs

Captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit an unbeaten 48 off 38 balls Friday to guide Pakistan to a tense five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 international at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Misbah struck three fours and a six as Pakistan reached its victory target of 142-5 with three balls remaining

Sri Lanka made 141 off 19.3 overs in Friday's Twenty20 International against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Paceman Aizaz Cheema bowled superbly in the slog overs to keep Sri Lanka to 141 in the only Twenty20 international against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi stadium here on Friday.

Fast bowler Aizaz Cheema claimed 4-30 as Pakistan hit back to bowl out Sri Lanka for 141 off 19.3 overs in Friday's Twenty20 International at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Sri Lanka won the toss and made a flying start thanks to openers Tillakaratne Dilshan (28) and Upul Tharanga (12), who added 30

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan won the toss Friday and chose to bat first in the Twenty20 International against Pakistan. Buoyed by victories in the preceding test and one-day series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan made two changes for the match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium from the 11 that won

Abu Dhabi, November 24, 2011 (AFP) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq is hoping to win the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka on Friday to lift their rankings and give them a clean sweep of the series after their Test and one-day victories. Pakistan, the 2009 World Twenty20 champions, have lost

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has urged his side to "lift themselves" for Friday's one-off Twenty20 fixture against Pakistan. Dilshan's side go into the match after losing the final game of their one-day international series against Pakistan on Wednesday, and with it the series 4-1.

Chamara Silva, a middle-order batsman, has joined Sri Lanka’s squad in the UAE as back up for Mahela Jayawardene, who has an injured knee. Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka and will miss the fifth ODI and the Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.  “After Sunday

that Jayawardene will not be considered for selection for the Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi...

All-rounder Shahid Afridi scored a half-century before taking five wickets to steer Pakistan to a hard fought 26-run win in the fourth day-night match over Sri Lanka at Sharjah stadium on Sunday.

Umar Gul (3-48) bowled well in the final overs to make sure good work by spinners Saeed Ajmal (3-42) and Shahid Afridi (2-42) do not go waste as they dismissed Sri Lanka for 236 in the penultimate over at Dubai stadium.

Dubai(AFP): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday. Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but allowed Sri Lanka to level the series with a 25-run victory in the second, on Monday. ...

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has called on Sri Lanka fans to sing and dance the team to victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday when his side faces Pakistan in the third One-Day International (ODI) of their five-match series. Sri Lanka’s fans were loud and proud in Monday’s second game, cheering Dilshan ...

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of Lord’s and longstanding supporters of the Test Championship concept, said yesterday ICC”s decision to postpone the contest until 2017 was a “setback for Test cricket”. “It is disappointing to learn that the ICC has postponed the inaugural World Test Championship from 2013 until 2017,” MCC head of cricket ...

DUBAI: Sri Lanka’s win over Pakistan in their second one day international (ODI) has given them a badly-needed confidence boost for the rest of the five-match series, according to Tillakaratne Dilshan, the captain. T.M. Dilshan (third from right)celebrates with his teammates after Lasith Malinga (second from left) he dismissed Pakistan's cricketers Younis Khan (R) during ...

Lasith Malinga took three wickets to help Sri Lanka to a 25-run win over Pakistan in the second one day international to level the five-match series 1-1 on Monday.

DUBAI  (Reuters) : Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced on Monday. “I am afraid that is no longer going to happen in 2013,” he told reporters at the Pakistan v Sri Lanka one-day international in Dubai. “At the last (ICC) board meeting we decided ...

Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night match here on Friday.

Dubai: Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night match here on Friday. Afridi took 3-27 in his first match since returning from a six-month exile, helping Pakistan dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 131 in 40.3 overs before ...