Sri Lankan Foreign Minister to rush to Pakistan

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa instructed Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama to immediately rush to Pakistan on Tuesday, hours after the terrorist atack on Sri Lankan cricket team which......

Stead to continue as New Zealand coach through to 2025

  IMAGE: First appointed in 2018, Gary Stead guided New Zealand to the final of the 2019 one-day World Cup and victory in the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021. Photograph: Hagen......

Samaraweera scored a patient hundred

Thilan Samaraweera's patient hundred guided Sri Lanka to a comfortable total (425) in their first innings. However, Virender Sehwag led a strong Indian fightback with a blistering unbeaten......

'Hurt' Samaraweera retires after Bangladesh axe

Middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera said his omission from the Test squad for the series against Bangladesh forced him to retire from international cricket. The 36-year-old, who played 81 Tests......

Sri Lanka's Samaraweera mulls retirement

Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera wants to retire from all forms of cricket but bosses are trying to persuade him otherwise. Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga confirmed that......

Pitch drier than expected: Samaraweera

Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera expects the wicket to take spin from the third day as it was drier than expected and said his side would look to pile up runson Wednesday to press for a win in......