Recent record gives Pakistan edge over Sri Lanka – Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s Test and ODI captain, has said that his team’s recent record against Sri Lanka gives it the edge leading into the tour slated for June and July

Pakistan’s hunt for bowling coach continues

Pakistan will travel to Sri Lanka without a bowling coach as all applications received for the job vacancy left by Aaqib Javed have been deemed unsuitable.

Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Ayub keen to impress

Faisal Iqbal, a middle-order batsman who is set to make his third comeback to the Pakistan team when they tour Sri Lanka this summer, is eager to cement his place in the Test side once and for all this time

Venue needed for AUS-PAK series

Sri Lanka drop plans to host?ODI and T20?series between Pakistan and Australia in August as it clashes with their Premier League. Read the entire article .

Sri Lanka won’t host Pakistan-Australia series

Pakistan are searching for alternate venues for their limited-overs series against Australia later this year after Sri Lanka backed out of hosting it Read the entire article .

SLPL to be played in Colombo, Pallekele

The inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) will be played from August 10 to 31, Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed

Rain washes out final game

West Indies Women sealed the five-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka Women 3-1 after rain washed out the fifth and final T20 in Trinidad with just 18.2 overs of play possible

Wobbly WI Women seal series win

Rain held up the encounter, but West Indies Women survived a top-order collapse to snatch the Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka with a 3-0 lead at Queen's Park Oval yesterday, eking out a three-wicket victory. Shemaine Campbell played a sensible innings to finish unbeaten on 27 off 23 balls, and shared in partnerships of 13 and 18 with skipper Merissa Aguilleira (six runs) and Anisa Mohammed (nine), and an unbroken stand of 24 with Tremayne Smartt (12 not out) respectively, to steer the regional team home in 15.1 overs after the match had been shortened to 16 overs due to bad weather. Sri Lanka, who got a brave contribution of 22 not out from Deepika Rasangika to post a fighting total after the visitors elected to bat, would have thought the match was theirs after they reduced West Indies to 38 for six, and then 56 for seven

Daley continues to torment Sri Lanka

West Indies Women made a winning start to the five-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka Women, winning by 23 runs in Barbados. Shanel Daley, who was adjudged player of the series during the ODIs, continued her fine form, top scoring, picking up a wicket and effecting a run out in the game. more at ESPNcricinfo

Daley all-round efforts lift Windies to series win

LUCAS STREET, Barbados (CMC) — Shanel Daley's spirited all-round performance fired West Indies Women to a handsome 45-run over victory over Sri Lanka Women under the Duckworth/Lewis method, in the third and final One-Day International here yesterday, securing for the hosts a 2-1 series win. The 23-year-old left-hander stroked a responsible 61 as West Indies, sent in to bat at the Windward Cricket Club, finished on 168 for seven after rain disrupted the innings and forced a reduction in overs to 40. Read more: .jamaicaobserver

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