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South Africa 78 for 4 (De Villiers 30, Kulasekara 1-9) beat Sri Lanka 46 for 5 (Steyn 2-10) by 32 runs AB de Villiers gave the big crowd at Hambantota as much entertainment as he could as South Africa won a seven-over-a-side shootout against the hosts. The fixture was the most anticipated in Group C […]

Ajantha Mendis marked his return to Sri Lanka’s national side by achieving the best figures in T20 internationals. He puzzled and prised out the Zimbabwe batsmen to contribute to a comprehensive victory in the tournament opener. […]

Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga, center, exercises during a practice session against Zimbabwe ahead of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on Sept. 17, 2012. […]

The World Twenty20 explodes into action this week in tropical Sri Lanka with no runaway favourites and upsets likely in cricket’s shortest and least predictable form. At least half of the 12 participating nations will consider themselves strong contenders to lift the trophy in Colombo on October 7, the others hopeful of living up to […]

Kumar Sangakkara has won three awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara also won the People’s Choice prize, an honour he had received last year as well. […]

A few months ago, Yuvraj Singh was in hospital undergoing chemotherapy. On Tuesday, he stepped out onto a cricket field for the first time in over year. He bowled, fielded and batted like he had never left the international stage. India lost the match by one run, but that seemed entirely secondary compared to Singh’s […]

Twenty20 is the flavour this cricket season in Sri Lanka. The T20 fever hit the Lankan fans with the inaugural Sri Lankan Premier League and the party will continue with the World T20 Cup starting in the country on September 18. […]

Pradeep Sanjaya won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka at the Paralympics by winning the Bronze medal in the Men’s 400m T46 event at the London Paralympic Games. […]

Kumar Sangakkara, the No. 1 ranked Test batsman, is raring to pick up his bat after a finger injury sustained during the ODI series with India in July forced him into a break. Prior to his injury, Sangakkara had a successful year in all three formats leading to four ICC awards nominations including the Cricketer […]

Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga feels that his side will have a distinct advantage over other countries during next month’s Twenty20 World Cup as most of the island nation’s players have prepared well by competing in the Sri Lanka Premier League. […]

Afghanistan’s top cricket official on Friday demanded more technical support from the cricket world to build on his team’s success. […]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating alleged corruption in Sri Lanka, which centres around a taped conversation, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) press release has said. […]

Usain Bolt says he will continue to “push the barriers” after finishing London 2012 as a triple Olympic champion for the second time. After claiming 100m and 200m golds, the 25-year-old anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100m relay in a new world record time of 36.84 seconds. […]

Usain Bolt became the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a gold and green Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m. Bolt matched Michael Johnson’s then world-record time from the Atlanta Games of 19.32 seconds as he held off training partner Yohan Blake in silver and Warren Weir in bronze. […]

Virat Kohli cracked a half-century and Irfan Pathan bagged three key wickets to help India post an easy 39-run win over Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele on Tuesday. […]

Usain Bolt defended his men’s 100m title in stunning style at London 2012, winning Sunday’s final in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds. The Jamaican, who holds the world record, finished ahead of countryman Yohan Blake and American Justin Gatlin. […]