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ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)—Australia has set Sri Lanka a target of 272 to win Game 2 and keep the best-of-three match tri-series finals alive. […]

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was staying cool after his side’s loss to Australia in the first final of the Commonwealth Bank Series, declaring they were on the right track and confident of firing in the second match. […]

March 4 (Reuters) – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the first final of the one-day Tri-series against Sri Lanka at the Gabba, Brisbane on Sunday. […]

Former Australian batsman Dav Whatmore, who guided Sri Lanka to World Cup glory, arrived in Pakistan to sign a contract as the new coach of the national team, an official said Friday. […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs to reach at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday to reach the tri-series finals. […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Sri Lanka set a victory target of 239 in its must-win limited-overs tr-series cricket match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. […]

India came up with an outstanding performance to annihilate Sri Lanka a short while ago chasing down the Lankan total of 320 within just 36.4 overs. Virath Kohli slammed 133 runs off 86 balls to help the Indians gain the bonus point in order to keep their hopes alive for the best of three finals […]

50 overs Sri Lanka 320 for 4 (Dilshan 160*, Sangakkara 105) v India Tillakaratne Dilshan equalled his best one-day score of 160 and Kumar Sangakkara also smashed a ton in Hobart Tuesday as Sri Lanka pushed India to the brink of elimination from the tri-series. […]

NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field against Sri Lanka in the 11th ODI of the tri-series at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. […]

Sri Lanka 7 for 283 (Jayawardene 85, Chandimal 80, Christian 3-53) beat Australia 6 for 280 (Forrest 104, Clarke 72) by three wickets Sri Lanka sure know how to keep things interesting. On a day when Peter Forrest announced himself as Australia’s new No.3 with his maiden one-day century, Mahela Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal helped […]

Australia scored 280 for the loss of six wickets setting the Lankans a target of 281 after electing Sri Lanka to bat first when Michael Clarke won the toss. Peter Forrest top scored with 104. He together with Clarke put on a stand of 144 for the third wicket. […]

Sri Lanka 289 for 6 (Thirimanne 62, Dilshan 51, Mathews 49*) beat India 238 (Kohli 66, Irfan 47, Kulasekara 3-40) by 51 runs India abandoned their rotation policy and played all three senior batsmen. They also brought in a spinner in place of a fast bowler. They still leaked runs at the death. Their heavyweight […]

Former cricketer and commentator Ranil Abeynaike has passed away today at the age of 57. He had been receiving treatment at a private hospital and died of a heart attack. […]

Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday for their first victory in the one-day international tri-series. […]

India and Sri Lanka finished in a sensational tie in their tri-series one-day international at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. […]

Stalwart Kumar Sangakkara wants an urgent review of Sri Lanka’s cricket system, warning natural talent won’t take the nation far enough. […]