South Africa beat Wales to RWC Final

Sri Lanka steps up security after clashes

World Twenty20 hosts Sri Lanka are to beef up security after angry fans clashed with baton wielding police in Hambantota where the home side lost a match to South Africa, officials said on Sunday. Local residents in the southern port town stormed the ground after they were told that tickets for Saturday’s match at the 35,000-capacity Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium had been sold out, a security official told AFP. “The crowds got very boisterous and they smashed the barricades and forci

23 Sep, 2012

Sri Lanka, South Africa qualify for Super Eight

South Africa and hosts Sri Lank?became the first two teams to qualify for the second round of the Twenty 20 cricket world cup on Friday after South Africa beat Zimbabwe in a group stage match. The South Africans beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets on Thursday night in the Group C match while the hosts had also beaten Zimbabwe in the opening match of the tournament. Three teams makeup of the four groups in the tournament and Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe are in Group C. The top two teams of each

21 Sep, 2012

New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka confirmed

New Zealand will visit Sri Lanka for a series of two Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 in October and November. Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed the schedule for the tour, which begins with a one-off T20 in Pallekele on October before the teams move on to the one-day international portion of the trip. The ODIs begin on November 1 in Pallekele and continue at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on November 4 and 6 before finishing with a pair of matches in Hambantota on November

15 Sep, 2012