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  Sri Lanka aims for 2-0 series win over Pakistan

  Cricket | August 13, 2014 20:47 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews says they will be able to set aside their emotions in the second cricket test against Pakistan in order to win and give an ideal sendoff for

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  Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan run machine to end test career among greats

  Cricket | August 16, 2014 10:46 IST

  At age 37 and with hundreds of innings behind him, Mahela Jayawardene tried something new in his next-to-last test match   a move typical of his innovative attitude when it involves pursuing victories for Sri

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  SL vs PAK:Sri Lanka beats Pakistan in 1st test

  Cricket | August 11, 2014 14:16 IST

  GALLE, Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath grabbed 6-48 in Sri Lanka's seven-wicket victory against Pakistan on a remarkable last day of the first test on Sunday.   The left-arm spinner turned the game on its head when

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  Herath strikes early to give Sri Lanka the edge over South Africa

  Cricket | July 27, 2014 19:01 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath picked up an early wicket to put South Africa under pressure as the visitor,s chasing 369 to win the second test, finished day four on 38-1 Sunday.

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  Sri Lanka vs South Africa Scoreboard

  Cricket | July 27, 2014 17:13 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka :  Scoreboard Sunday at the end of Sri Lanka's second innings on the fourth day of the second test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club:Sri  Lanka 1st innings: 

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  Jayawardene out, Sri Lanka 395-6 against South Africa

  Cricket | July 25, 2014 13:05 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka:  Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene was run out for 165 after helping the hosts build a strong total on day two of the second test against South Africa, moving to 395-6 at lunch

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  SL vs SA: Steyn, Morkel leave Sri Lanka struggling at 161-6 till lunch

  Cricket | July 20, 2014 13:08 IST

  GALLE, Sri Lanka :  South Africa pace bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel struck twice each Sunday as Sri Lanka was reduced to 161-6 at lunch on the final day chasing a target of 370

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  Sri Lanka leads England by 106 with 6 wickets left

  Cricket | June 23, 2014 0:55 IST

  LEEDS, England: Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene both made half centuries on Sunday as Sri Lanka built a delicate lead of 106 runs over England after finishing day three of the second test on 214-4.  

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  Alastair Cook seeks overdue century against Sri Lanka

  Cricket | June 19, 2014 19:37 IST

  HEADINGLEY, England :  England captain Alastair Cook hopes a return to Headingley for the second test against Sri Lanka can help him rediscover his batting form.The 29-year-old Cook, England's opening batsman, made scores of only

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  Sangakkara, Jayawardene face disciplinary action

  Cricket | April 22, 2014 20:46 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka stars Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are facing disciplinary action for their public criticism of cricket board officials in a dispute over their retirement from Twenty20 internationals.   Sri Lanka Cricket

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  The legends who will be missed during IPL 7

  Cricket | April 14, 2014 7:53 IST

  New Delhi: They said T20 cricket is all about young generation cricket. But legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Kumar Sangakkara, Brett Lee proved that form is temporary but class is permanent. The experience

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  Veterans hit out at officials over retirement row

  Cricket | April 08, 2014 23:30 IST

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Veterans Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara hit out on Tuesday at Sri Lanka Cricket administrators who criticized them for announcing their retirement from Twenty20 internationals to the media without discussing with the

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  Meet the winners and losers of World T20 2014

  Cricket | April 08, 2014 15:58 IST

  New Delhi: Sri Lanka secured a fine victory against India in the world T20 final. The best thing of the final was the Lankan veteran duo Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara signed off from T20

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  The highest partnerships in T20 cricket

  Cricket | April 07, 2014 6:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Twenty20 cricket is all about the batsmen. Every individual expects a great show of fireworks. In the shortest form of cricket, sometimes lower order or even the tailenders play such cameos which

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  ICC World T20: Form, history gives India slight edge against SL in WT20 final

  Cricket | April 05, 2014 16:24 IST

  Mirpur: In sublime form through the tournament, India would be aiming to become the first team to win the World Twenty20 title for a second time but a gutsy Sri Lanka stands in the way

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  Almighty wants Sangakkara, Mahela to win a World Cup: Sammy

  Cricket | April 03, 2014 23:30 IST

  Mirpur: The affable Darren Sammy was graceful in defeat and said that may be God wants Sri Lankan legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara to get a chance to savour the taste of winning a

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  ICC World T20: Hales blitzkrieg scripts sensational England win over Lanka.

  Cricket | March 28, 2014 6:18 IST

  Chittagong: Alex Hales hit a sensational unbeaten hundred as England pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Sri Lanka to throw open the Group I for semifinals places in the ICC World Twenty20, here today.Chasing

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  I'm sure Mahela will deliver in the Asia Cup final: Mathews

  Cricket | March 08, 2014 11:16 IST

  Mirpur: Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews today threw his weight behind an out-of-form Mahela Jayawardene and expressed confidence that the veteran batsman would deliver the goods in the Asia Cup summit showdown against Pakistan here

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  Sir Lanka-Bangladesh ODI series: Jayawardene, Herath to miss series

  Cricket | February 03, 2014 12:30 IST

  Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's star batsman Mahela Jayawardene and strike bowler Rangana Herath will not play in the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh starting this month.   Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement Monday

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  Mahela Jayawardene joins 11,000 runs club in tests

  Cricket | January 20, 2014 14:51 IST

  Sharjah: Former Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has achieved the 11,000 runs mark in test matches on the 2nd inning of the 3rd test match being played against Pakistan here.Mahela became the premier Sri Lankan