Sri Lanka News

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 : Veteran leader and former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, admitted to a hospital here Thursday after complaining of breathlessness and fever, is eager to watch the forthcoming India-Sri Lanka cricket match, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said Saturday.

Sri Lankan cricket selectors have recalled World Cup fame wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana to the one-day squad to face England in the upcoming three match series.

Sri Lanka's practice match against the Indian board president's XI was called off on Friday without a ball being bowled on all three days.

Sachin Tendulkar begins a third decade in world cricket next week, insisting he is still as passionate to play for India as he was as a wide-eyed teenager 20 years ago.

Kolkata, Nov 13 : Describing Sachin Tendulkar as the best role model for a sportsman, Indian pacer Irfan Pathan Friday said he wanted to see the master blaster as a member of the World Cup winning team in 2011.

Dubai Feisty off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was the lone Indian to make any substantial gains in the ICC one-day rankings, jumping 11 places to joint eighth in the bowling chart even as batting stars like Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir lost ground in the latest list.

India will play in a tri-nation tournament and a two-test series against Bangladesh in January, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday.

In a dusty corner of the Galle Stadium yesterday, under the searing early afternoon sun, a touching little ceremony took place.

Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed joined current and retired players in voicing concern over the captaincy in the leadup to Younis Khan's decision to stand down for the test series in New Zealand.

Kumar Sangakkara is hoping to become the first Sri Lankan captain to lead his country to a test win on Indian soil during the three-match series which starts later this month.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has named Mohammad Yousuf as captain for their tour to New Zealand after regular skipper Younus Khan asked to be rested.

The retreating monsoon is likely to rob the visiting Sri Lankan team of valuable practice ahead of the three-match Test series.

Groundsmen try to prepare the ground at D Y Patil stadium for the 7th ODI, as it rain in Mumbai on Tuesday.

New Delhi Sachin Tendulkar rates the 2007 World Cup cricket debacle as the worst moment of his professional career and blamed the setback on a batting order blunder.

NEW Zealand survived Mohammad Aamir's explosive half-century to clinch the series against Pakistan with a narrow seven-run victory in the third one-day international on Monday.

Fast bowler Shantha Sreesanth was named in India's 15-man squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka beginning next week.

Mumbai Pacer S Sreesanth on Tuesday staged a surprise comeback into India's 15-member Test squad for the first two cricket Tests against Sri Lanka starting November 16 in Ahmedabad.

New Delhi, Nov 9 : Rahul Dravid, gearing up for the Test series against Sri Lanka at home next week, feels the start of the Ranji Trophy Super League couldn't have been timed better.

When the traditional last man of a team spends considerable time countering a oethrow downsa for an extended period after nets, you know that the team means business.

England will begin their 2011 World Cup campaign against Holland in Nagpur - three days after the six-week tournament gets under way with Bangladesh hosting India.