Australia captain Steve Smith was heading home Wednesday in disgrace after a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa left the team feuding and fractured amid scepticism that the full story has not been told.

For the longest time, Sri Lanka’s nemesis has been its weak first class system which is the ridicule of both local and international experts.

With Steve Smith banned for at least one Test and likely to face more punishment over the ball-tampering scandal, we look at who could become Australia's next cricket captain.

Steve Smith stepped down as Australia captain on Sunday and his deputy David Warner also relinquished the vice-captaincy amid stunning ball-tampering revelations that have plunged the test team into crisis.  

The elective Annual General Meeting of the country’s richest sports body Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is fixed for May 20, six months after its two-year term ended in January this year, the Sunday Times exclusively learns.

HARARE AFP March23, 2018: Skipper Asghar Stanikzai put a bout of appendicitis behind him to guide Afghanistan to a five-wicket victory over Ireland on Friday to qualify for next year's Cricket World Cup. Afghanistan, after losing their opening th

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada was cleared to play the remaining two Tests against Australia after winning an appeal against his ban over an alleged shoulder barge on Tuesday. 

Karthik India's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik Saturday said Bangladesh  are  always a tricky opposition and that his team would bring high intensity to the Twenty20 tri-series final between the two sides on Sunday.

Sri Lanka's veteran stars Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal are critical to the young side's hopes at the 2019 World Cup despite poor form and recent injuries, said former captain and world cup winner Aravinda de Silva. 

Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong for Sri Lanka, as Bangladesh handed Sri Lanka an embarrassing two-wicket defeat to join India in Sunday’s Nidahas Trophy T20 final.

England will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international in Sri Lanka in October and November. The winter schedule begins with a five-match ODI series, starting with a day-night game in Dambulla on 10 October.

Shakib Al Hasan is expected to arrive in Colombo on Thursday in time to join the team ahead of their must-win final group game of the Nidahas Trophy against Sri Lanka. The winner of Friday’s clash will meet India in Sunday’s T20 final.

India’s stand-in captain Rohit Sharma returned to form with a fine 89 to set up a 17-run victory over Bangladesh on Wednesday and reach the final of their Twenty20 tri-series.

Top-order bat Kusal Mendis has been declared fit for Friday’s Sri Lanka’s last group game against Bangladesh in the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation series.

Bangladesh shocked hosts Sri Lanka with an enthralling and closely fought five-wicket win to keep their hopes alive in the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation cricket tournament at the R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday night.

Controversial Sri Lanka cricketer Ramith Rambukwella was arrested on charges of assault and drunk driving near Open University, Nawala, on Friday night.  

Australia vice-captain David Warner says he will always stick up for his family after claiming a “vile and disgusting” remark about his wife by South Africa's Quinton de Kock led to their ugly altercation.   

Paul Khoury--the Lead Physiotherapist at English County-Sussex has been roped in by Sri Lanka Cricket to help country’s national cricketers on reducing injuries. 

It seems all but over for Lasith Malinga, the feared bowler with a 'no-nonsense' attitude. But does he not deserve an honourable exit in exchange for his contribution towards Sri Lanka cricket over the past 14 years?  

All roads for the young and old boys of St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s Colleges on March 2  and 3, will lead to the P. Sara Stadium, as their two teams take the field for their 84th Annual “Battle of the Saints” encounter

Wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been excluded from the 15-man squad for the Tri-nation Nidahas Trophy tournament to be played in Colombo next week. Seamers Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, and batsman Dananjaya de Silva have returne

South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will retire from all formats of international cricket after the four-match home test series against Australia starting this week, he said on Monday.  

Young fast bowler Shehan Madushanka will miss the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation series with a hamstring injury--Sri  Lanka Cricket said yesterday. Madushanka who made his international debut in Bangladesh had suffered a hamstring injury during the

?Opener Kusal Mendis hit a blazing half-century as Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh by 75 runs in the second Twenty20 to complete a 2-0 series sweep on Sunday.

It’s been a fruitful time for Sri Lanka in Bangladesh, with a triangular one-day international series also involving Zimbabwe, two Tests and then the Twenty20 International series. They have won everything after a few initial stumbles in the O