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All you need to know about Sri Lanka's two-match Test series against Zimbabwe as the hosts return to international red-ball cricket after a gap of 26 months.
South Africa and Afghanistan warmed up for the opening game of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup with victories in their final preparation games before the curtain-raiser.
Australian opener Alyssa Healy hit the highest score in Women's T20Is with an unbeaten 148 off 61 balls in their win over Sri Lanka today.
A brilliant Beth Mooney century has steered Australia to a 41-run win against Sri Lanka in the opening match
England powered their way to a comprehensive victory in the first ODI of their three-match series in Sri Lanka.
Two countries from among the West Indies, one an island and one on the South American mainland,
The ICC Women’s World T20 2018 found all its four semi-finalists, as the Windies and England booked their spots....
Group A rivals India and Sri Lanka claimed contrasting wins on the opening day of warm-up action ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 in South Africa.
The Sri Lanka under-19s clinched a thrilling 15-run victory over South Africa in the team’s first of two ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches in Soweto on Sunday.
All you need to know about the ICC U-19 World Cup 2020, comprising 16 teams who will compete in a total of 48 ODIs, starting in South Africa on January 17.
After a good start, good contributions from Manish Pandey and Virat Kohli and a useful 8-ball 22 from Shardul Thakur ensured that India breached the 200-run mark.
After KL Rahul set up the chase, Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli ensured that India did not have any further troubles in reaching the total and won the match by 7 wickets, to go 1-0 up in the series.
9:46 p.m. IST being the cut off time, the umpires had no option but to call off the match. The good thing though is that the fans will not have a long wait as the action begins in Indore on Jan 7.
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All you need to know about the three-match T20I series on the Sri Lanka tour of India, as the teams continue their lead-up to the 2020 T20 World Cup.
As Lasith Malinga continues to lead Sri Lanka for the T20Is against India, Angelo Mathews' presence will provide solidity to the Sri Lankan batting line-up which has several firecrackers like Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella and Bhanuka Rajapaksa.
The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in New Delhi on Monday to pick the Indian Cricket Team for the upcoming Paytm T20I series against Sri Lanka and the Paytm ODI series against Australia.
It took Pakistan just 15 minutes on the final morning to wrap up an historic series win at home 1-0.
A small but exuberant crowd at Karachi witnessed another day of domination by the Pakistan team
England U19s fell 77 runs short Sri Lanka's total in the Rising Stars Tri-Series final in Antigua – their last competitive match before the ICC U19 World Cup begins in January.
A great day for Pakistan cricket was all about the brilliant 278-run partnership between Abid Ali and Shan Masood
Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka teams fought tooth and nail on the second day of the Test match at National Stadium, Karachi.
By the close of play, on day one of the second Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, at the National Stadium, in Karachi, 13 wickets had fallen in the day.
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced that the proposed Ireland Tour 2020 of Sri Lanka has been postponed.
Karachi’s National Stadium will be under spotlight from Thursday as Test cricket returns to the iconic venue.
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Australian batsman among those making strides in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men's Test Players' Rankings announced today.
After having played their first Test on Pakistani soil, the national men’s team cannot wait for the second and final Test against Sri Lanka which will be played at the iconic National Stadium in Karachi.
After three days of sheer frustration when only 23.4 overs’ play was possible, the Sunday crowd at Rawalpindi Stadium, had plenty to cheer about. The two hundreds – both significant – by Abid Ali and Babar Azam, were savoured all around, before the play was finally called off, due to bad light
There was no play possible on day 4 of the 1st Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi today.
The third day of the 1st Test in Rawalpindi was almost entirely wiped out due to poor weather conditions with only 5.2 overs of play possible.
Sri Lanka were 263-6 at the close of play on day two of the 1st Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi today.
Sri Lanka were 202 for 5 at the close of play on day one of the 1st Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi today.
The significance of the Rawalpindi Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka today dwarfs the points the two teams will be fighting for the ICC World Test Championship
After suffering a serious 2-0 drubbing at the hands of Australia Down Under, which as per Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali has hurt the team's pride
Middle-order batsman Fawad Alam and fast-bowler Usman Shinwari have been recalled for the ICC World Test Championship fixtures against Sri Lanka.
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After sending a second-string squad for the limited-overs series, the SLC could not afford to repeat it with 120 World Test Championship points at stake, and hence, the Pakistani crowd will get to see some hard-fought cricket this time.
With two ICC T20 World Cups coming to Australia in 2020, the event has appointed two major national organisations as local charity partners.
After more than 10 years, Test cricket will return to Pakistan in December when Sri Lanka will play their World Test Championship matches in Rawalpindi and Karachi.
Australia had a resounding series win over Sri Lanka 3-0 after completeing another victory in 3rd and final T20I of the series,at the MCG, earlier today.
Australia completely outplayed sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I, at the GABBA , winning by the convincing margin of 9 wickets.
David Warner 100*, Aaron Finch 64 and Glenn Maxwell 62 all combined to give Australia a record breaking win over Sri Lanka in the first T20I of the series.
New South Wales fast bowler Sean Abbott has been added to the Australian squad for the Gillette T20 INTL Series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Andrew Tye.
Sri Lanka arrive on the Australian shores with confidence on two counts.
The two Test matches will form part of the ICC World Test Championship, and as such will each be worth 60 points.
Losing a series in your own backyard is pretty bad but to be whitewashed by a side that had its major players missing, was not a start Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq had expected, in his first few weeks in the job.
The Sri Lankan cricket received a tremendous boost by beating Pakistan, the top-ranking T20 side in the world, under lights at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Pakistan chased down a challenging total to beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets to wrap up the series 2-0
Pakistan national team’s head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq, has named a 16-member squad for three T20Is against Sri Lanka in Lahore from 5 to 9 October.
Pakistan, the host, was simply too good in the second ODI of the three-match series at National Stadium, Karachi
The match set to mark the return of ODI cricket in Pakistan, following a decade-long drought, was marred by heavy rain in Karachi...
Top-level 50-over cricket will mark its return in Pakistan after a gap of four years when the first ball will be bowled at the National Stadium in Karachi at 3pm local time.
Australia star David Boon has been appointed by the ICC as match referee for the upcoming Pakistan versus Sri Lanka ODI and T20I series...
Pakistan men’s team head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq, has named a 16-member squad for three ODIs against Sri Lanka, from 27 September to 2 October, in Karachi.
The interest and convenience of families and general public was the focus for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) which today announced ticket prices for the upcoming ODI and T20I series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, starting on 27 September.
Head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has named 20 probables for the training camp, which will commence at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore from Wednesday, 18 October.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat against New Zealand in the 3rd and final T20I of the series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy today.
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Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat against New Zealand at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy in the 2nd T20I.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat against New Zealand in the 1st T20I at Kandy today.
The 120 points on offer for the two-match series were split equally between the two teams as the caravan now moves towards the T20Is.
Clearly, New Zealand are not batting again and if they win indeed, they will win by an innings. But for that, they need to put in Sri Lanka to bat quite early on the last day and their spinners have to deliver.
Despite Tom Latham's dogged century, New Zealand trail by 48 runs and a first innings lead of 50 will hold them in good stead.
A total of 114 overs have been already lost in the match but due to the conditions being conducive for bowling, even if we get half of game time on the three remaining days, we have a match on our hands.
The Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket today announced to swap upcoming matches of the split series in Pakistan
Skipper Karunaratne (49*) took a gutsy decision of batting first under cloudy conditions and took the shine off the new ball. The score could have read much worse if it was not for his perseverance.
It is a huge win for Sri Lanka in terms of the Test Championship. This being only a two-match series, the Lions have bagged 60 valuable points.
Sri Lanka now need 135 runs to go one up in the series and unless they implode, there is every chance of a Sri Lankan win before Tea on day 5, weather permitting.
When the game was finally called off due to bad light, New Zealand were at 195-7 and lead by 177 runs. A total of around 230 will challenge the Sri Lankan batsmen on a pitch that is still not too bad for batting.
New Zealand would derive confidence for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka from their prized out victory in similar conditions against Pakistan last year in UAE.
New Zealand arrive on the Sri Lankan shores for a two-match Test series and a three-match T20I series.
Sri Lanka completed a 3-0 series win over Bangladesh with 122 run win in 3rd ODI today
The ICC Test Championship's objective is to give context to Test matches. Interestingly, it's the biggest irony that the Test Championship is beginning with Ashes....
Cricket needs the ICC World Test Championship. Context is essential, to play for points as well as pride.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in their must win 2nd ODI, at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, today.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat against Bangladesh in the 1st ODI at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
England are the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup champions for the first time after Jofra Archer held his nerve to help beat New Zealand in a nail-biting Super Over at Lord’s.
The six-week long 2019 World Cup comes to its conclusion with a showpiece final at Lord’s today between the host England and New Zealand.
Chasing has been a nightmare for teams in this World Cup
Angelo Mathews hadn’t bowled a ball in an ODI for 18 months, and hadn’t even bowled in the nets all tournament for Sri Lanka.
Avishka Fernando’s maiden one-day ton puts him third in the list of the youngest century-makers at an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and he joins some exalted company...
Dead rubber, eh? Just when you think that you pretty much where the game is headed, cricket has this unique habit of surprising you every now and then.
Sri Lanka’s World Cup fate is out of their own hands after defeat to South Africa on Friday in Durham.
Dimuth Karunaratne was frustrated at his side’s inability to rotate the strike after their semi-final hopes were left hanging by a thread in Durham on Friday.
South African skipper Faf du Plessis, who had said that the losses were beginning to be borderline embarrassing, must be relieved after this inconsequential but much-required win for the team.
Sri Lanka are wary of a South African side who have nothing to lose in their final matches at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, according to their coach Chandika Hathurusingha....
From the perspective of a neutral cricket fan, it is of lesser importance which side wins, but all you want is to experience a tight game, in which both sides give it their all and the batsmen have to work hard for every run.
England lacked their usual intensity with the bat as they failed to chase what appeared a relatively modest target of 233 to beat Sri Lanka....
Lasith Malinga is an example for the rest of Sri Lanka to follow – according to his captain Dimuth Karunaratne.
Eoin Morgan admits England forgot about the basics of a run chase in defeat to Sri Lanka – but has backed his men to come out swinging on Tuesday against Australia.
Lasith Malinga didn’t even take his jumper off for this latest masterclass.
Chasing a target of 233, after piling up 397 in the last match, the debate was about how quickly can England chase this total down. Well, we call cricket a great leveler for good reason.
Dimuth Karunaratne has labelled England the best players of spin at this World Cup
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia at the Oval, London today in their World Cup encounter.
Dimuth Karunaratne insists the Sri Lanka batting order will have full licence to take on the short ball when they face off with Australia in their crunch ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup clash at the Oval.
Twice in two days, the match has been washed out without a ball being bowled
Batting coach Jon Lewis insists the quality of Sri Lanka’s middle order will shine through sooner rather than later after their indifferent start to the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
Given the fluctuating fortunes of both teams, there was a lot of build up to the game between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Securing a morale-boosting win was all that mattered to Isuru Udana after Sri Lanka held their nerve against Afghanistan to get off the mark in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl against Sri Lanka in their World Cup encounter at Sophia Gardens Cardiff, today.
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