SL need team effort for success: Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews decided to bat after winning the toss for the second time in the ODI series. The hosts retained the same side that played in the first two games in Hambantota. . Bangladesh made one change to their line-up. They ...

There was surprise in cricket circles when after Michael Clarke's injury-prompted withdrawal, Pune Warriors anointed Angelo Mathews as skipper. More so as the move came in the backdrop of anti-Sri Lanka protests and the consequent prospect of his ...

At the end of the league stage, Chris Gayle is still IPL6’s most valuable player (MVP), according to Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle. But his time has run out and he cannot increase his MVPI tally of 864. Shane Watson (802) looks most likely to emerge MVP especially if Rajasthan Royals win the qualifier. The most valuable player index (MVPI) collapses a player’s batting, bowling and fielding performances into a one-dimensional ‘run equivalent’. The best MVPI ...

Sports News: Pune Warriors have won the toss and decided to bat first against Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League match at SRS Stadium in Pune Saturday. Although T20 can be a funny game, Mumbai Indians start overwhelming favourites against ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will hold a meeting next week to decide whether it should make a request to the BCCI to release some of the under-performing Sri Lankan cricketers in the ongoing IPL so that they can partake in preparations for the Champions ...

Colombo ? Sri Lanka on Thursday recalled left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara for next month's Champions Trophy in England, but kept unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis out of the 15-man squad. Welegedara, 32, played the last of his 10 one-day ...

Ajantha Mendis was left out of SL's 15-member Champions Trophy squad. [ AFP] Ajantha Mendis was left out of SL's 15-member Champions Trophy squad.[ AFP] Sri Lanka today named a 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England next ...

Cricket News: Needing 165 to win, Warriors could manage only 149 for four despite a 76-run opening stand between Aaron Finch (37) and Robin Uthappa (37) at the newly built swanky Shahid Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium. Delhi Daredevils won ...

Sports News: Before this match, no KXIP batsman had scored a half-century in the tournament. Two of them arrived on Sunday night. Mandeep Singh and David Miller overcame the host's initial wobble at the PCA Stadium to lead it to an exciting ...