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Swann's late strikes hand England advantage
spinner Graeme Swann in the penultimate over of the fourth day put England within reach of victory in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka Friday. England needs to win the match to square the series and retain its world No. 1 (...)

07 - 04 - 2012
Strauss desperate to make amends
England's Andrew Strauss insisted Monday that he would fight on as captain and battle through his batting slump as the team look for a series-levelling win in the final Test against Sri Lanka. Strauss's world No. 1 side face a must-win situation at (...)

03 - 04 - 2012
Honors even on day one
Sri Lanka and Australia shared the spoils on the opening day of the third and final Test with the tourists 235 for five Friday when bad light stopped play. A sedate knock of 81 off 207 balls by Shaun Marsh held the Australian innings together as (...)

17 - 09 - 2011
Australia clinches ODI series
Fast bowler Brett Lee and spinner Xavier Doherty took four wickets apiece as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by five wickets to win the fourth One-Day International and take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match series at the R Premadasa Stadium (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
Pakistan ends Aussie run
match unbeaten run in the Cricket World Cup dating back to 1999 was finally broken by Pakistan Saturday when Ricky Ponting's team was beaten by four wickets. Way back in 1999 in England, it was against the same opponents that Australia had lost its (...)

20 - 03 - 2011
Asians prepare for World Cup
Captain Kumar Sangakkara challenged his team to fill the void left by absence of 2008 heroes Sanath Jayasuriya and Ajantha Mendis as Sri Lanka bid to retain the Asia Cup trophy on home soil. While India will be keen to experiment following a (...)

15 - 06 - 2010
Akon saddened by Sri Lanka uproar
Singer Akon Wednesday said he was disheartened Sri Lanka planned to deny him a visa to perform on the Indian Ocean island nation, after Buddhists angered by a video he appeared in staged a violent protest. Akon's international booking agents, (...)

26 - 03 - 2010
Sri Lanka refuses Akon visa
Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it would deny a visa to the Senegalese-American R&B singer and rapper Akon, whose plan to hold a concert there in April infuriated Buddhists offended by one of his videos. “Taking into consideration the allegations (...)

25 - 03 - 2010
Sri Lanka plunges in darkness
Sri Lanka's power grid crashed Friday, plunging the entire country into darkness barely 24 hours after private companies took over some functions of the state-owned electricity company despite union objections. The government ruled out sabotage or (...)

10 - 10 - 2009
New Zealand bags Sri Lanka T20 series
New Zealand won the second Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka by 22 runs to clinch a 2-0 series victory Friday. New Zealand followed its thrilling three-run victory Wednesday night with an impressive all-round display, following the (...)

05 - 09 - 2009
Herath puts Sri Lanka on brink
New Zealand faced an uphill struggle to avert a 2-0 series defeat as it closed on 182 for six, having been set a 494-run victory target by Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test on Saturday. The tourists were soon in trouble after Sri Lanka (...)

30 - 08 - 2009
Umar's maiden ton secures Pakistan win
Pakistan ended its losing run against Sri Lanka with a comprehensive 146-run victory in the fourth One-Day International on Friday. The tourists, who lost the Test series 2-0 and trailed the one-day series 3-0, won their first game of a difficult (...)

08 - 08 - 2009
Lanka grills new LTTE leader
Sri Lanka on Friday said it had captured and was interrogating the new head of the Tamil Tigers, their most-wanted target since crushing the separatist rebels and their 25-year insurrection in May. But mystery remained over exactly where Selvarajah (...)

08 - 08 - 2009
Late wickets peg back Pakistan
Late strikes with the new ball left Pakistan on 289 for seven at the close on the first day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. Pakistan's batsmen had dominated much of the day with opener Khurram Manzoor scoring 93 and (...)

21 - 07 - 2009
3 uncapped players in Sri Lanka Test squad
Sri Lanka has+ named three uncapped players in its 15-man squad for the first Test against Pakistan on July 4. All-rounder Angelo Mathews, fast bowler Suranga Lakmal and wicketkeeper Kaushal Silva have all been included for the opening game in (...)

01 - 07 - 2009
‘Last phase of Lanka war killed 6,200 troops'
Sri Lanka has for the first time made public its heavy casualties from the last phase of the 25-year war, as the UN chief flew to the island on Friday to push for a rapid end to a lingering humanitarian crisis. Officials said over 6,000 soldiers (...)

23 - 05 - 2009
Sri Lanka war grinds on despite US, UN calls
Fighting in Sri Lanka's war showed no signs of abating on Thursday despite strong words from Barack Obama and the UN.Security Council, with both sides refusing to budge in the waning days of a 25-year conflict. The Security Council and Obama on (...)

15 - 05 - 2009
Sri Lanka brushes off criticism over rebel war
Sri Lankan troops broke through Tamil Tiger defenses on Tuesday and the government brushed off Western criticism of civilian deaths as part of a rebel-orchestrated bid for a last-minute reprieve. The rebels, cornered in a coastal strip where they (...)

13 - 05 - 2009
Civilian deaths: LTTE, Lanka trade charges
The cornered Tamil Tigers on Sunday accused Sri Lanka of killing hundreds in an artillery barrage, which the military said the guerrillas had fired off themselves to win sympathy for a truce to stave off defeat. The reported attack is the latest in (...)

11 - 05 - 2009
UN council sees no need to punish Lanka
UN Security Council members see no point withholding an IMF loan or taking other steps to punish Sri Lanka, the council's president said, the same day Sri Lanka's president rejected international calls for a ceasefire with rebels. “I have not heard (...)

02 - 05 - 2009
LTTE leader's son hurt: Lanka
The son and heir apparent to Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been wounded in a gunbattle with soldiers trying to crush the separatist rebels, the military said on Wednesday. The battle to end the quarter-century war is centered around (...)

02 - 04 - 2009
Sri Lanka rejects EU truce appeal
Sri Lanka firmly rejected a European Union appeal for an immediate ceasefire in the island's civil war on Tuesday, saying any deal would allow the besieged Tamil Tiger rebels to regroup. Meanwhile, fighting raged around the last rebel enclave in (...)

18 - 03 - 2009
Sangakkara Sri Lanka captain
Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed Sri Lanka captain, selectors confirmed on Wednesday. Sangakkara, 31, the vice-captain since 2006, was the obvious heir apparent to Mahela Jayawardene, who stepped down after the recent Pakistan tour which was (...)

12 - 03 - 2009
Lanka blast kills 14, wounds minister
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and wounded 35, including Sri Lanka's telecommunications minister, during a Muslim festival in the Indian Ocean island's south on Tuesday, officials said. The blast happened in front (...)

11 - 03 - 2009
From Tiger to Parliamentarian
Giving a glimpse of the post-war political landscape, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed the former No. 2 Tiger as a non-cabinet minister for national integration and reconciliation late on Monday, the president's office said. Parliamentarian (...)

10 - 03 - 2009
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