Kusal Mendis was agonisingly denied a maiden double century by a sensational catch on the boundary ropes on Wednesday as Sri Lanka piled on the runs in the first Test against Bangladesh. The hosts...
Foreign players have tentatively endorsed the return of international cricket to Pakistan after their whirlwind trip to Lahore for Sunday's heavily guarded Pakistan Super League final. Players...
Kusal Mendis scored an unbeaten half-century to steady the Sri Lankan innings after Bangladesh struck early blows on the opening day of the first Test in Galle on Tuesday. Mendis was batting on 80 as...
Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim urged Bangladesh's batsmen to fill their boots again when they begin their Test series against Sri Lanka Tuesday on a ground where they made history last time round....
South Africa are backing their pace attack to snap New Zealand's unbeaten run at Dunedin's University Oval when the first Test starts on Wednesday. After surveying a typically green New Zealand...
Pakistan on Monday hailed the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League final as a step towards restoring international cricket in the country after a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan team in...
Bangladesh will be hoping to improve their woeful away record with a win against an under-strength Sri Lankan side when a two-Test series against the hosts gets underway in Galle on Tuesday. The Test...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a fresh appeal from the United Nations to allow international judges to investigate alleged war-era atrocities, vowing to not prosecute...
Quetta and Peshawar will have a host of foreign players available for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final in violence-hit Lahore despite security fears having already scared off a host of...
Pakistan will deploy troops and bullet-proof buses for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final, its biggest cricket match in years, after a wave of militant attacks prompted a host of foreign stars to...
Dinesh Chandimal scored an entertaining 190 for a Sri Lankan Board President's XI Friday as Bangladesh's bowlers took a battering in a warm-up match ahead of next week's first Test. The unbeaten...
The UN on Friday warned that a range of serious abuses, including torture, appear to remain widespread in Sri Lanka and criticised the country's slow progress in addressing wartime crimes. "A number...
Karachi Kings upset defending Pakistan Super League champions Islamabad by 44 runs in Sharjah on Wednesday as a host of foreign stars refused to travel to violence-plagued Lahore for the final citing...
England one-day specialist Luke Wright has joined Kevin Pietersen and other foreign team-mates in withdrawing from the Pakistan Super League final on March 5 over safety fears regarding the final...
Sri Lanka on Wednesday named two uncapped players in a 15-member squad led by spinner Rangana Herath for the two-Test home series against Bangladesh starting next week. All-rounder Malinda...
Sri Lanka on Monday named Rangana Herath as skipper to replace Angelo Mathews who was dropped from next week's two-Test home series against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 38-year-old left-arm...
Sri Lanka Monday vowed to honour government bonds of up to 1,780 billion rupees ($11.86 billion) even as the central bank admitted "procedural shortcomings" in state-issued securities. Finance...
Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the worst gang-related violence to hit Sri Lanka in decades. Police said the gunmen...
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body's future. Over its...
Australia skipper Steve Smith has warned his players against complacency and expects India to come back hard after the hosts' crushing first Test defeat in Pune The tourists on Saturday demolished...
