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England's two Tests in Bangladesh starting on Friday come with a sub-plot that threatens to be more fascinating than the main event. Kevin Pietersen arrived in international cricket five years ago with such clamour that it seems preposterous for him to be locked in such a grim struggle to find form, and it is all starting to get a little bit out of hand. Read More
COLOMBO, Oct 27 - Sri Lanka recalled left-arm paceman Chanaka Welegedara to their squad on Tuesday for the test series in India next month. Welegedara, 28, made his debut against England in 2007 but lost his place after suffering problems with his run-up. Read More
Sri Lanka completed a 2-0 series win over New Zealand despite a defiant century by Daniel Vettori in Colombo. The Kiwis began the final day on 182-6, chasing a target of 494, and hoping for rain and heroics from Vettori. Read More

COLOMBO: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram hit robust half-centuries to keep Sri Lanka's seemingly inevitable victory on hold in the second and final Test on Sunday. The tourists, who began the last day gasping for survival at 182/6 in chase of an improbable target of 494, went to lunch on the fifth day at 302/7 at the Sinhalese Read More

Delaying the inevitable already seems the best New Zealand can hope for when Sri Lanka toy with a declaration when the second cricket test resumes at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground today. Read More

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka took a 272-run lead over New Zealand with eight wickets in hand by tea on the third day of the second and final Test on Friday. The hosts, who led by 182 runs in the first innings, were 90/2 in their second knock at the break and well-placed to set an unassailable target for the Kiwis at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Read More
COLOMBO, Aug 27 - Thilan Samaraweera scored an unbeaten 134 to help guide Sri Lanka to 372 for five at lunch on the second day of the second test against New Zealand on Thursday. Samaraweera followed a brilliant 159 from the first test at Galle with his 11th test century, an equally impressive knock spanning 221 balls that included 17 boundaries and one six. Read More
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Aug 18- Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene scored an undefeated century as the hosts reached 293 for three at stumps on the first day of the first test against New Zealand on Tuesday. The 32-year-old right-hander shared big partnerships with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera to pile up 108 from 217 deliveries, including 14 boundaries. Read More

DAMBULLA: Mahela Jayawardene hit his first ODI century in two years as Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by six wickets on Monday to grab a winning 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Read More
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Left arm pace bowler Thilan Thushara claimed three wickets as Sri Lanka dismissed Pakistan for 168 in the second one-day international on Saturday. Read More

International Twenty20, or T20I, has a short history, so Tillakaratne Dilshan has been able to launch himself into third place on the list of all-time run-scorers largely as a result of this tournament. Read More