Sri Lanka 312 for 4 (Dilshan 71, Tharanga 54, Sangakkara 52) beat Bangladesh 186 (Tamim 51, Dilshan 3-37) by 126 runs… Tillakaratne Dilshan produced a terrific all round show as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 126 runs to virtually qualify for the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Friday. After scoring an…

India 168 for 4 (Gambhir 82) beat Bangladesh 167 (Sehwag 4-6, Nehra 2-28) by six wickets… Bangladesh may have moved from the cool climes of England to hot and humid Sri Lanka, but they don’t seem to have left at customs the habit of wasting scintillating starts by the openers. They collapsed twice, from 81 [...]

Sri Lanka 242 for 9 (Mathews 55*, Jayawardene 54, Shoaib 3-41) beat Pakistan 226 (Afridi 109, Malinga 5-34) by 16 runs… Defending champions Sri Lanka fought jangled nerves to override Shahid Afridi’s blistering century and record an exciting 16-run win over Pakistan in the first match of the Asia Cup cricket tourn…

Zimbabwe 240 for 2 (Taylor 119*, Chibhabha 58) beat Sri Lanka 236 (Dilshan 78, Tharanga 69, Mpofu 2-32, Cremer 2-33) by eight wickets… Who’d a thunk it? Zimbabwe finished the league stage at the top of the table, winning comprehensively all their 50-over matches, and losing the one that was truncated to 26. Even i…

Sri Lanka 270 for 4 (Chandimal 111) beat India 268 for 9 (Kohli 68, Yusuf 44, Thushara 3-57) by six wickets… It’s a script that never seems to go stale. Sri Lanka have yet again disposed India from a multi-nation tournament. They were splendid today; they hustled on the field, the spinners kept hauling them [...]<…

South Africa 255 for 9 (Kallis 57, Duminy 51) beat West Indies 252 for 6 (Chanderpaul 67, Deonarine 53) by one wicket… The humiliation was complete, but only moments after it seemed West Indies had done enough to avert it. Partly misfortune but mostly indiscipline cost them the fifth and final ODI in Port of [...]

Zimbabwe 197 for 3 (Taylor 74, Masakadza 66) beat India 194 for 9 (Jadeja 51, Lamb 3-45) by seven wickets… A listless India received their second mauling in a week at the hands of hosts Zimbabwe, who crushed them by seven wickets in the ongoing tri-series on Thursday. In a shock repeat of the tournament [...]

Sri Lanka 119 for 1 (Dilshan 60*) beat Zimbabwe 118 (Masakadza 62, Randiv 3-23) by nine wickets… “Frankly today we were rubbish,” said Zimbabwe’s new coach Alan Butcher. And he was right. It was a one-way street in Bulawayo. Only Hamilton Masakadza turned up for Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka attacked from every …

India 243 for 3 (Rohit 101*, Kohli 82) beat Sri Lanka 242 (Mathews 75, Dilshan 61) by seven wickets… What stood out was the ease with which India overhauled Sri Lanka’s 242, with nearly seven overs to spare. Virat Kohli played a mature hand and Rohit Sharma overcame moments of impetuousness to hit a delightful [..…

South Africa 304 for 3 (Amla 129, de Villiers 57*, Kallis 51) beat West Indies 303 for 6 (Chanderpaul 66, Richards 59, Darren Bravo 45*) by seven wickets… Hashim Amla achieved another personal milestone in his flourishing international career when he anchored the Proteas’ Standard Bank ODI squad to a seven-wicket vict…