As of  May 10, 2010, Group F, to which Sri Lanka, West Indies, India and Australia belong, has only one clear semi finalist - Australia. The remaining three teams still have a chance of making it through to the semi finals of the ICC World twenty20.

When journalist interview cricketers it usually sounds like they are trying to score points with the player, or trying not to lose the chance of getting their hands on another to interview in the futu

The Sunday Times in Sri Lanka has a column called 'Aney is it True' by Nam. The author has a lot of inside information, and generally he/she is on the ball. I like spending my Sundays trying to decipher the riddles and the innuendo. More often than not I come across one or two that leaves me scratching my head. So, I thought it would be better if we tried deciphering this together.

Mahela Jayawardene wants to move up the order in the 20 over format. The former Sri Lankan skipper says that his style of batting will yield more results for him at the top of the order.

If week one was nothing to write home about, then at the halfway stage most Sri Lankan fans have tuned off. The Sri Lankan players at the Indian Premier League have been miserable to say the least.

The Sri Lankan report card at the end of week-1 of the six week long 2010 Indian Premier League tournament.

I am trying not to sound overly critical here, but honestly if I was Indian I would feel cheated.

Tillakaratne Dilshan and wife actress Manjula Thilini were on a Sinhalese language talk show on Swaranavahini this past Sunday.

A statistical look back at Sri Lanka's 2009 performance.

Sri Lanka scored the second highest total in Test matches in 2009 when they made 760/7 declared against India in Ahmedabad.

However, Lanka's bowlers conceded 765 runs against Pakistan in Karachi in February 2009 to give Pakistan the highest team total in 2009.

Only four teams surpassed the 700 mark in 2009. Sri Lanka's bowlers bore the brunt of two such batting assaults. Once against Pakistan and the other against India.

Sri Lanka is ranked number seven in the ICC ODI rankings, and there is not a fan who disagrees with that ranking. We are ranked above West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ireland, and Kenya.

Lasith Malinga is back in the Sri Lankan side to face India in the 3rd ODI at Cuttack.

Malinga was out of the first two matches of the five match ODI series with the flu. He replaces debutant Suranga Lakmal.