six-day residential training concludes today

  The national team’s 6-day residential training camp at the Centre of Excellence – Kandy ahead of the Champions Trophy 2017 draws to its successful culmination with a practice game today before the team returns to Colombo for three well-deserved days off with their families prior to departing Colombo on the 18th.?

ICC confirm Champions Trophy squads

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the squads which will be taking part in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy which will be staged in the United Kingdom from 1-18 June.?

Manohar to continue as ICC chairman until 2018

India's Shashank Manohar has withdrawn his resignation as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and will complete his term which ends in June next year, the governing body said on Wednesday

Cricketers visit Dalada Maligawa

National cricket team led by Angelo Mathews paid homage to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy yesterday ahead of their week-long residential training at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

The Top 5 centuries scored by retiring Younis Khan against Sri Lanka

Pallekele gets Indoor nets

The first phase of the Kandy High Performance Centre will be declared open tomorrow ahead of national team’s six day high intensity training ahead of the Champions Trophy 2017.

Malinga first to reach 150 IPL wickets

Lasith Malinga who returned to action after a lengthy injury lay-off became the first bowler to reach 150 wickets in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. 

India confirm Champions Trophy participation

India will take their place in the Champions Trophy tournament, the country's cricket officials announced today. 

Aravinda steps down

ICC double women's World Cup winnings

The prize pool for this year’s Women’s World Cup has been doubled to $US2 million, the International Cricket Council has announced.

Pakistan board claims $60 million from India in lost revenues

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday sent a legal notice to its Indian counterpart for failing to honour an agreement to play a bilateral series, saying this had cost them $60 million

Donald ‘happy’ to involve with Sri Lanka

Former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald yesterday said that he embraced the opportunity to work with the Sri Lankan team ahead of next month’s Champions Trophy, seeing his role as being

Ford wants Malinga for the Champions Trophy

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford is keen to have Lasith Malinga beside him when his charges take on South Africa, India and Pakistan during next month’s Champions Trophy.

Legend Sangakkara keeps on growing

Kumar Sangakkara again showed that age is no limit as the Sri Lankan legend made an unbeaten 81 to continue his stellar run of form and ease Surrey to an eight-wicket win over Glamorgan in the domestic 50-over competition in the UK.

South Africa retains No. 1 ODI ranking

South Africa and Australia have retained the top two positions on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings following the 1 May annual update, but eighth-ranked Pakistan has opened up a nine-point advantage over ninth-ranked the West Indies, which can prove decisive since England plus the next seven highest-ranked sides as on 30 September 2017 will qualify automatically for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

ICC Champions Trophy: India to arrive at a decision on May 7

The fate of India’s participation in the Champions Trophy will now be decided on May 7 in New Delhi.

Donald to mentor Sri Lankan quicks during Champions Trophy

Former South African seamer Allan Donald will arrive in Sri Lanka shortly for a brief coaching stint with the national team ahead of the Champions Trophy in England in June.

Chandimal, Thisara steer Colombo to Provincial title

Skipper Dinesh Chandimal struck a masterful century and Thisara Perera claimed four for to lead Colombo to an easy 137-run win over Galle in the Inter-Provincial Limited over cricket final played at R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday.

Colombo, Galle clash for the Provincial title

The curtains of the Super Provincial limited over tournament will come down with the final clash for the title between Colombo and Galle scheduled to be played under floodlights at the R. Premadasa Stadium today.

Aussies reject 'disrespectful' pay offer

Australia's players' union Friday rejected a Cricket Australia pay and conditions proposal, saying it was unfair and disrespectful.

SLC gets a hike in ICC revenue share

Even as India suffered a major blow after the ICC board voted down a ‘Big Three’ financial model proposed 2014 by the boards of India, England and Australia, Sri Lanka will see a substantial increase in revenue share under a revised financial model approved by the board. 

Top Ten Sri Lankan batsmen with most sixes in ODI’s

Cricket is not just a game of boundaries and sixes, but modern day batsman are rated highly if they could clear the boundary with ease

Lasith Malinga: Will he make it to the Champions Trophy?

BCCI loses revenue, governance votes at ICC meeting

The Indian Cricket Board's hegemony in world cricket on Wednesday came under severe threat as the richest board was comprehensively out-voted on governance structure and revenue model at the ICC Board Meeting in Dubai.

India miss Champions Trophy deadline

The BCCI on Tuesday became the only team that missed the April 25 deadline set for announcing the India squad for Champions Trophy with all the other seven countries already naming their team list.

Shah leads Pakistan to series lead in style

Yasir Shah completed a six-wicket haul to spearhead a second innings rout of the West Indies as Pakistan achieved a comfortable seven-wicket victory just after lunch on the final day of the first Test in Kingston.

England recall Wood for Champions Trophy

England have called up fit-again Mark Wood for the forthcoming Champions Trophy campaign, but his fellow pace bowler Steven Finn has been left out of the 15-man squad.

Mathews, Malinga, Gunaratne to return from IPL on May 10

Skipper Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga and Asela Gunaratne are expected to return to the island by May 10 to join the national squad who will be training in Kandy in preparations for the Champions Trophy in June in England.  

Cricket Australia details contract offers for 2017-18

Cricket Australia has today announced 33 male and female players as its centrally contracted players for 2017-18.

Radical changes to domestic cricket needed-- Sanga

?Since Sri Lanka’s historic Test win against Australia at home and the series clinching victory in Zimbabwe against lowly hosts, Sri Lanka has endured a difficult time across two traditional formats—Tests and ODI cricket while maintaining a clean record in the T20s