The return of Steve Smith and David Warner to Australia’s squad for the Cricket World Cup came as little surprise on Monday but selectors still managed to cause a stir by omitting strike bowler Josh Hazlewood and in-form batsman Peter Handscomb.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Veteran Dinesh Karthik pipped young Rishabh Pant to the second wicketkeeper’s spot in India’s World Cup squad on Monday and all-rounder Vijay Shankar also made the cut.

Rookie swing bowler Abu Jayed earned a spot in Bangladesh’s World Cup squad on Tuesday while batsman Mosaddek Hossain also made the cut for the showpiece tournament in England and Wales.

Opener Dimuth Karunaratne has emerged as front-runner to take up the limited over captaincy as the selectors prepare to announce Sri Lanka’s World Cup squad on April 18.

A new World Cup payment structure introduced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) initially met with some resistance from senior players but, with little bargaining power given their dwindling performance in the ODI format, they signed the contracts this wee

Lahiru Thirimanne gave a timely reminder to the selectors with a measured century for Team Galle ahead of World Cup team selection in the rain-affected inter-provincial limited over finals against Team Colombo at the Dambulla International Cricket St

A brilliantly crafted century by Angelo Mathews and a magnificent 95 by Bhanuka Rajapaksa helped Team Dambulla record a 94 run win over Team Kandy in the third place play-off match played at Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Sri Lankan pace ace Lasith Malinga joined the Mumbai Indians on the eve of its Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Kings XI Punjab.

As the International Cricket Council (ICC) edges closer to completing their corruption investigations here, Sri Lanka is just a step away from bringing tough laws to make all sports-related corruption a criminal offence.

One of the problems bugging Sri Lanka’s limited over team is the absence of a pair of solid openers. Not all that long ago, hopes were high that Niroshan Dickwella will fill the bill. But his subsequent failures have put a big question mark against

Sri Lankan cricket has hit an all-time nadir and the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan blames it on the paucity of talent coupled with lack of passion among the current generation of cricketers for this steady decline.

Afghanistan has named a new captain to lead the cricket team into the forthcoming World Cup -- a move that has not gone down well with some of the players.

Team Galle skipper Lasith Malinga returned a career-best List A figures of 7 for 49 as he led from the front to record a thumping 156 run over Team Kandy in the opening Super Provincial 50-over match played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stad

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. These new charges are in addition to charges imposed on him on behalf of the Emirates Cricket

Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell was the surprise selection in New Zealand’s 15-man squad for cricket’s one-day World Cup later this year, despite never having played the format at international level.

Sri Lanka Cricket will conduct random breathalyzer tests on cricketers in the future, its President Shammi Silva said today. The board has taken this decision after national Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne was involved in an accident this Sunday und

Virat Kohli’s India have topped the international Test rankings for the third year in a row -- boosted by their first ever series triumph in Australia -- earning a million dollar prize for the team.

Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has made a public apology after an alleged drink driving incident, describing his own behaviour as ’’utterly unbecoming of a Sri Lankan national cricketer”

Lasith Malinga will now be available for the domestic 50-over tournament starting next week. Malinga who played for Mumbai Indians in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) will play the entire tournament.

Lasith Malinga has been cleared to play the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after Sri Lanka Cricket granted the paceman permission to skip the domestic 50-overs tournament on Tuesday.

Dwaine Pretorius starred with the bat and Andile Phehlukwayo shone with the ball as South Africa completed a 3-0 sweep of the Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka with a 45-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method at The Wander

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka’s limited-overs captain, aims to play the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia before signing off from international cricket.

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen impressed with the bat as a much-changed South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 16 runs to seal the Twenty20 International series at Centurion Park on Friday.

Amy Jones scored 76 and managed two run-outs as England’s women sealed a comfortable 3-0 one-day series whitewash in Sri Lanka.

Having won the first game after a thrilling super over, South Africa will look to seal the series with a game to spare when they face Sri Lanka in the second T20I on Friday, 22 March.

David Miller helped South Africa blast 14 runs from their super over, before the wily Tahir restricted Sri Lanka to only five in reply, two of which were wides.

A total of 88 players have been picked by the national selectors to play in the SLC Inter-Provincial fifty-over cricket tournament to be played in Dambulla and Pallekele from April 4-11. Each team consists of a squad of 22 players and will have reput

Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi said Monday Afghanistan has world-class spinners and is capable of beating any Test side in the world if their batting clicks.

South Africa completed a clean sweep of their five-match one-day international series against Sri Lanka with a 41-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method on Saturday as the final match at Newlands was ended prematurely by a failed floodl