Jayawardene, Mathews give Sri Lanka first innings lead over Kiwis

By Fathima Zanaida

GALLE, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) November 18, 2012: Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene (91) and all-rounder Angelo Mathews (79) helped Sri Lanka to take a slender 26 runs first innings lead over New Zealand in first Test at Galle International Stadium on Sunday.

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 14 runs in 2nd ODI

By Fathima Zanaida 

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: Inclement weather once again left bad taste in the mouth of cricket lovers on Sunday when rain forced another cricket game to use the infamous Duckworth-Lewis Method as Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the five-match One Day Internationals by winning the second ODI at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium by 14 runs.

Angelo Mathews handed Sri Lanka T20 captaincy

By Fathima Zanaida

Angelo Mathews given role to lead young Sri Lankan Twenty20 side

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) October 24, 2012: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday appointed all-rounder Angelo Mathews as Sri Lankan Twenty20 skipper for a period of a year.

My 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI

By Adrian Meredith

Chris Gayle would be part of any World Twenty20 XI

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 11, 2012: A lot has been written about the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI and former cricketers like Alec Stewart has also come up with his selection of the best players of the tournament. Time is now to check out my 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI.

WT20 Final Preview: Sri Lanka vs West Indies

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Hosts Sri Lanka and West Indies are all set to fight for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 title tomorrow and it is pretty easy to get a preview here, by looking at the previous matches in the tournament that involved them.

ICCWT20: Blunders and Controversies hitting Pakistan, Sri Lanka skippers

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: As former World T20 champions Pakistan and title favorites Sri Lanka will fight for the place in the final of ICC World T20 2012 today, I want to bring my readers’ attention towards the controversies hitting captains of the two teams during their Super Eights matches.

ICCWT20: Mahela Jayawardene misses out on 1,000 T20I runs

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNext) September 18, 2012: Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene missed out on an opportunity to bring up 1,000 runs in his Twenty20 International career when he was run out during inaugural match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) at Hambantota on Tuesday.