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(CI) When yet another shower lashed the Galle International Stadium at 2.15pm, even though the Indian bowlers would have been relieved, it was a cruel heartbreak for the groundsmen who had worked hard to get the ground ready – despite heavy showers at consistent intervals – for a 2.30pm inspection and [...]

(TOI) Jayananda Warnaweera has seen it all. He’s played Test cricket from 1986 to 1994, admired the young potential in ex-teammate Muttiah Muralitharan, been at the receiving end of a young Sachin Tendulkar, raised the Galle stadium from scratch only to see it wrecked by the tsunami, then put it all [...]

(AFP) India on Sunday embark on a third Test series in two years against Sri Lanka, with the world’s top-rated side hoping to end their 17-year drought in the island nation.

The Indians have not won a Test series in Sri Lanka since a 1-0 success by Mohammad Azharuddin’s team in 1993, despite [...]

(CI) Yuvraj Singh made optimum use of the tour game to ensure his place at No. 6 in the Test line-up, scoring an entertaining and assured century, but could not save the Indians the embarrassment of not making the follow-on mark against the Board Presidents’ XI. Ajantha Mendis gave the selectors [...]

(The Island – by Pemasara Epasinghe) The Indian word ‘Kohinoor’, means the most precious and valuable diamond (The transparent precious stone of pure carbon, in crystallized form) in the world. If the champion batting artist Sachin Tendulkar of India, is the ‘Kohinoor’ or the batting artist in the [...]

(CI – by S. Rajesh) Murali’s wickets against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are often held against him, so here’s how his stats stack up against Warne’s after excluding those performances

Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne? That’s perhaps one of the most fascinating debates going around in cricket (even if one of the protagonists has retired), [...]

(CI) Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been named in the 16-member Sri Lanka squad for the three-Test series against India beginning on July 18, setting him up for a return to Tests after two-and-a-half years . However, there was no place for spinner Ajantha Mendis, who tormented India during their [...]

(The Island)  Zafar Sobhan The Daily Star/ANN

There is nothing on this Earth more conservative than a sports authority, and there is no sports authority that is more conservative than Fifa.

This is too bad, because, while football is without question the sport of the gods, if there is anything that we [...]

(The Island )  The China Post/ANN

Debate over goal-line technology reignited last week after England and Mexico fell victims to refereeing blunders during their round-of-16 matches at the FIFA 2010 World Cup; the errors prompted an apology from FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the decision on Tuesday not to [...]

(National) It’s hard to imagine what went through Muttiah Muralitharan’s mind last week when John Howard’s attempt to navigate his way into the International Cricket Council’s corridors of power was torpedoed.

Murali is not a vindictive or bitter man but the one time I’ve seen him lose his cool was when Howard was [...]

(Daily News – by Phillip Fernando) South Africa’s memorable World Cup extravaganza signaled the changing of the guard. The grand finale this month amidst boisterous revelry: steel drums, marimbas and their cherished vuvuzela trumpets would herald a generational change. With one lethal kick the aspiring wizards are bound to [...]

(Daily News) The third Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships 2010 will be held in Colombo, from July 06 to 10, 2010.

Players from 14 countries from the Asian Squash Federation’s member nations are billed to take part in this international event. Among them are Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, [...]

(Sunday Observer – by Amal Hewavissenti)

Healing effect: People get involved in sports to be physically and mentally healthy

It appears fair to say that engagement in sports has become a panacea for life’s challenges. In the roughest definition, sport is what co-ordinates a person’s physical well-being with mental health and [...]

(The Island – Rex Clementine  reporting from Dambulla)

Sri Lanka, who won the previous two editions of the Asia Cup tournament in 2004 and 2008 will be looking for their third successive regional title in today’s grand final of the tournament against India at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket [...]

(The Island – Rex Clementine  reporting from Dambulla)

Sri Lanka, who won the previous two editions of the Asia Cup tournament in 2004 and 2008 will be looking for their third successive regional title in today’s grand final of the tournament against India at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket [...]

(The Island – by Pemasara Epasinghe)  A violent tropical hurricane that occurs in the Pacific is usually known as a typhoon. It invariably destroys the entire environment, people, buildings and all other resources.

In a game of cricket, one of the most exciting, sometimes a fearful sight is a [...]

(Daily News – by Renton de Alwis) We won the Micromax Tri-nation Cup last week and we did it without a few of the big names. Sans Sange, Mahela, Murali and Sanath J. M.P., we fielded a young side. Captaincy was rested with Dilshan, who much like Sange led from [...]

(CI) Match Facts – Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Start time 1430 (0900 GMT)

The return of Shoaib Akhtar and Shoaib Malik could add to the interest surrounding the opening game © AFP

The Big Picture

Pakistan cricket is in the spotlight, once again. Having endured a period of internal upheaval, they [...]