Lasith Malinga indicates he may play on beyond T20 World Cup

Lasith Malinga has his sights set on captaining his country at the T20 World Cup in Australia next year, and possibly beyond, firm in the belief that his body has two more years of cricket left in the tank.

Pakistan consider debut for 16-year-old whose mother just died

Shami stars in India’s crushing Test win over Bangladesh

Mohammed Shami took four wickets as India crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs inside three days of the opening Test on Saturday.

Smith turns down Cricket South Africa director role

Former South African captain Graeme Smith has withdrawn his interest in becoming Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) director of cricket.

Pakistan to play Sri Lanka Tests in front of home crowds

After more than 10 years, Test cricket will return to Pakistan in December when Sri Lanka will play their World Test Championship matches in Rawalpindi and Karachi. The first Test will be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium from 11-15 December, while the second Test will be held at the National Stadium from 19-23 December.

Hope ton powers West Indies to ODI sweep over Afghanistan

Opening batsman Shai Hope struck an unbeaten century as West Indies outplayed Afghanistan by five wickets in the third one-day international on Monday to complete a 3-0 series rout.

Seamer Chahar posts best T20 figures in India’s series win

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India seamer Deepak Chahar took a hat-trick and posted the best bowling figures in Twenty20 internationals to guide the hosts to a series clinching 30-run win against Bangladesh in the third and final match at Nagpur on Sunday.

Maddinson out of Pakistan clash over mental health issues

Nic Maddinson on Saturday pulled out of Australia A’s clash against Pakistan in Perth on mental health grounds, all-but ruling him out of contention for a berth in the Test squad.

Sharma blitz flattens Bangladesh as India draw level

Skipper Rohit Sharma smashed 85 in his 100th Twenty20 international to power India to an eight-wicket series-levelling win over Bangladesh on Thursday.

Victory over India brings back Bangladesh smiles

Bangladesh’s stunning first-ever Twenty20 win over India brought back smiles to a team left in turmoil by weeks of scandal, according to man of the match Mushfiqur Rahim.

Australia beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in 3rd T20

Australia cruised past Sri Lanka to clean-sweep their three-match Twenty20 series Friday, with David Warner grinding out a third successive half-century in the seven wicket win.

Sangakkara to lead MCC against Essex

Kumar Sangakkara, the first overseas president of the Marylebone Cricket Club, will captain the MCC against English county champions Essex in Galle next March.

Smith, Warner guide Australia to series win over Sri Lanka

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Steve Smith and David Warner’s first batting partnership on home soil since their ball-tampering suspensions helped Australia to a series-sealing nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Bangladesh’s Shakib banned for breaching corruption code

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all cricket for two years with one year of that suspended on Tuesday, after the all-rounder was found to have breached the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption code.

Aussies set sights on No.1 T20 ranking

Aaron Finch has declared he wants Australia to be the best Twenty20 side on the planet by next October’s ICC T20 World Cup, though what appears a lofty ambition could theoretically be achieved as soon as next week.

The real deal behind the 1997 cricket TV deal

A widely-reported alleged bribery scandal related to a controversial Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) television rights deal in 1997 has taken a fresh turn with the International Cricket Council (ICC) citing fresh evidence against Thilanga Sumathipala, the then Vice President and Chair of the relevant sponsorship committee, in a 12-page report released to the Ministry of Sports.

Warner makes birthday ton as Australia crush Sri Lanka in T20

Things could barely have been scripted better for David Warner. Playing his first international on Australian soil since the ball-tampering scandal, Warner blasted an unbeaten century - on his 33rd birthday no less - as Australia crushed Sri Lanka in the international season opener, a performance the Aussies will hope sets the tone for a big year of Twenty20 international cricket culminating in next year’s World Cup on home soil.

Schedule confirmed for England Men’s tour of Sri Lanka

Smith, Warner return to Aussie T20 side as World Cup looms

Steve Smith and David Warner return to the short format Sunday in the first of Australia’s three games against a buoyant Sri Lanka, with both tipped for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup at home.

Fawad the finisher ices PM’s XI victory

Harry Nielsen, the son of former Australian coach Tim Nielsen, has guided the PM’s XI to a narrow one-wicket T20 victory against Sri Lanka in Canberra on Thursday night.

SLC agrees to play Test series in Pakistan

Sri Lanka Cricket has agreed to play the two-match Test series against Pakistan in Pakistan--the first to be staged in Pakistan since the 2009 series against Sri Lanka – when a terrorist attack had derailed the series as well as shut the doors of international cricket on Pakistan for many years to come.

India leave South Africa hurting with Test series sweep

Shahbaz Nadeem took the final two wickets in straight balls as India thrashed South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in the third Test on Tuesday to complete a 3-0 series rout.

All the draft picks from cricket’s newest tournament The Hundred

Glenn Maxwell will link up with coach Shane Warne at the London Spirit after the all-rounder became one of seven Australians picked in the inaugural Hundred draft while several big names were snubbed.

India tour in doubt as Bangladesh cricketers go on strike

Bangladesh’s professional cricketers -- including several members of the national squad -- went on strike Monday to call for better pay and benefits.

Raw deal on young guns as SLC finalise annual contracts

The decisions of Sri Lanka Cricket, whose latest feat is to sideline some of the most promising young cricketers from national cricket contracts–continue to baffle.

Trailblazer Chamari Atapattu role model for aspiring women cricketers

Cricket is known as the Gentlemen’s game, as it’s played, predominantly, by men, but, the women’s game has also grown in importance over the last few years.

Pakistan sacks Sarfaraz as Twenty20, Test skipper

Pakistan sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed from his post as Twenty20 and Test skipper on Friday, a week after he led the side to a shocking 3-0 home defeat against an inexperienced Sri Lanka.

The Hundred: Draft prices revealed for Chris Gayle, Lasith Malinga, Steve Smith and more star names Louis Sealey

Chris Gayle and Lasith Malinga are among the star players who have entered the Hundred draft at the highest possible reserve price of £125,000. The ECB’s new 100-balls-a-side tournament will see eight city-based teams go head-to-head next summer.

UAE captain Naveed charged with corruption on eve of world T20 qualifiers

PCB not willing to stage Sri Lanka Test series in UAE

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not willing to host their two-Test home series in the UAE during December against Sri Lanka unless Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is ready to share the expenses of staging the series abroad.