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England was all out for 460 – yesterday

England was all out for 460 in their first innings against Sri Lanka in the second Test match at the P. Sara Stadium. Kevin Pietersen scored 151 and Alistaire Cook scored 94 for England while Rangana Herath took six wickets for 133 runs. England have a first innings lead of 185 runs.

Sri Lanka was all out for 275 in the first innings of the second test match against England in Colombo a short while ago. Captain Mahela Jayawardena scored the highest for Sri Lanka with 105 runs with Thilan Samaraweera and Angelo Mathews chipping in with half centuries.

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Ticket sales for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka this year are on the rise after just one week of their start. More than 25 percent of tickets in the first phase have been already sold with an average of 10,000 tickets being sold each day. “There has been a great response from the wonderful [...]

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Mahela Jayawardene has given a century and ensured Sri Lanka stayed in contention on the opening day of the first Test against England at Galle. Jayawardene finished the day on 168 not out as the hosts reached 289-8 at stumps with England unable to press home their advantage on a day that had, at certain [...]

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ICC T20 World Cup ticket

ICC T20 World Cup ticket sales to commence from today (March 26) in Sri Lanka. An individual could purchase four tickets by producing valid identification, stated the SLC chairman.

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Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by five wickets to reach the final of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka were all out for 232 while Bangladesh scored 212 runs in 37.1 overs to win on the D/L method. Tammim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan scored half-centuries in the chase.

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After beating Sri Lanka by 16 runs Australia won the Commonwealth Bank series following a tense final at Adelaide. Clint McKay took five wickets for 28 runs while Upul Tharanga scored 71 off 122 balls for the Lankans.

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Australia Captain Michael Clarke who is injured will be joined despite the situation on the sidelines by paceman James Pattinson for Thursday’s tri-series decider against Sri Lanka.

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<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2062" style="margin: 5px;" title=" on January 19, 2010 in Mumbai, India.” src=”http://spot.lk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/davwhatmore100119potraitg30021.jpg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”300″ />Pakistan’s new head coach, Australian Dav Whatmore has been appointed for two years, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated. Englishman Julian Fountain would be the fielding coach, the PCB said. The two men would take immediate charge [...]

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Australia defeat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the first tri-series one-day international final at the Gabba yesterday.

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