Sanath Jayasuriya who will be contesting in the parliamentary elections in April spoke to The Nation on his decision to enter politics.

Destruction is the name of his game, but phenomenal consistency has brought the fame. From a lower middle order batsman, into a devastating opener, this is the story of Tillakaratne Dilshan’s amazing transformation.

At the post match ceremony of today's Tri-Series Final in Bangladesh, Kumar Sangakkara thanked the Sri Lankan selectors for picking a young side and sticking with them.

In front of a large gathering Sangakkara told Ravi Shastri that the selectors were under a lot of pressure in Sri Lanka and they owed the selectors a lot for having faith in such young squad.

Mahela Jayawardene on the pitch fiasco in the Delhi ODI

December 26th, 2009 marks 20 years of international cricket for Sanath Jayasuriya. He made his international debut against Australia at Melbourne on December 26, 1989.

Island Cricket was launched on the 25th of December 2008. It's hard to imagine that we are already an year old! I sincerely hope that in it's first year Island Cricket has been a source of information for Sri Lankan Cricket fans, and more importantly I hope it served it's purpose, as a platform for the average Cricket fan to have his/her voice heard.

Sanath Jayasuriya was rightfully given another go in this series. It was however sad to see the great batsman fail once again.

Consistency was never Jayasuriya's forte, his style of play and the risks involved inevitably meant that Jayasuriya would fail more often than not.

The LK domain registry (.lk) is currently conducting a competition for 'The most favourite Sri Lankan website'.

Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga has agreed to play for the Highveld Lions in South Africa’s Standard Bank Pro20 competition starting in February 2010, Alan Kourie, the chief executive of the Highveld Lions, announced today.

Several Sri Lankan cricketers will be on show during the Champions League Twenty20, 2009.

Apart from the all Sri Lankan Wayamba team, Sri Lankan fans may also get the opportunity to see others representing their IPL franchises.

Sri Lanka all-rounder Farveez Maharoof has chosen to play for Wayamba in the forthcoming Champions League.

Maharoof qualified for the inaugural Champions League for both his home province Wayamba and the Delhi Daredevils. As per the tournament regulations, he was required to make a choice after both teams selected him in their initial squads.

During Pakistan's 2009 tour to Sri Lanka, and now in the current test series, as many as 13 cricket balls have been changed. In most cases after only 4 overs. The Kookaburra cricket balls, which is used commonly in the subcontinent, has never had such serious issues before. It has always held up well in the dry rough outfields and on wickets in Asia.

Sri Lanka Cricket is on the hunt for a new assistant coach to fill Paul Farbrace's position.

Sri Lanka's current assistant coach, Farbrace, will be heading back to Kent where he has been offered a lead role as head-coach.

Sri Lanka Cricket has named a 15 man squad for the upcoming T20 match against Pakistan.

The final match of Pakistan's 2009 tour to Sri Lanka includes a lone T20 fixture at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday (12 Aug 2009).

The squad is as follows:

Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Bwl)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Bat/Bwl)

If you witnessed the 2009 Indian Premier League, you know how good Lasith Malinga was in that tournament. Malinga was a regular in the Mumbai line up. He was equally as impressive in the Twenty20 World Cup in England.