The Zimbabwe Cricket Board will not back the former Australian PM, John Howard in his bid to become the next ICC vice-president.

After the fourth ball of the fifth over in the 2010 Asia Cup final, Sangakkara murmurs to Mahela Jayawardene, "Kanda othanta dala oya methanta enna."

"Don't mix politics with cricket" is a popular phrase amongst cricket fans in Sri Lanka. That's because Sri Lankan cricket fans have had their fare share of politicians meddling with cricket administration.

Australia and New Zealand's nomination for ICC presidency is a slimy politician in every sense of the word. Although Muttiah Muralitharan was eventually able to forgive Howard, the rest of us have not; Howard, during his time as Aussie PM, climbed on the anti-Murali bandwagon to gain political mileage in Australia.

If he was included in the side due to political influence then what influence got him into the final playing eleven? Are Sangakkara, the selector on tour, and the coach, who pick the final playing eleven, also become Rajapaksa supporters?

Has Sri Lanka Cricket's official website now taken on the responsibility of publicly belittling our players?

If anything the Reverse sweep has proven its self over time to favour the opposition than the batting side. So, "put the shot away son!"

Sri Lanka was never Tom Moody's first choice destination. It was only after loosing out to Greg Chappell for the job as coach of India that Moody decided to accept an offer from Sri Lanka.

The website CricketNext says that Sanath Jayasuriya was included in the squad of 15 players for the ICC WT20 2010 at the expense of Upul Tharanga. It goes on to say that Sports Minister, Gamini Lokuge, was behind the inclusion despite the selectors choosing a different squad.

Some of you may find this observation a little too obsessively creepy. But who cares, right?

The man who led the Lahore terrorist attacks targeting the cricket team of Sri Lanka is under arrest. Investigations uncover interesting details.

I didn't think it would excite me at all. Nope. Not one bit. But it did! Boy, did it!?

I've never followed an Under19 World Cup before. Didn't think it was even televised to be honest. ESPN/Starsports has been covering a few of the matches from the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010, and it has just been a treat to watch.

Sri Lankan cricket fans will never forget the 3rd of March 2009. Players from Sri Lanka's cricket team were ambushed and shot at by the Taliban in Pakistan.

As a result, several Pakistani policemen and drivers attached to the convoy paid the ultimate price. Although injured and suffering from bullet and shrapnel wounds, none of the Sri Lankan players were in critical condition.

Similarly, on Saturday, the football (soccer) team of Togo (Togolese Republic) was ambushed and attacked by armed gunmen on it's way to the African Nations Cup in Angola.

With injuries to Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara weakening the Sri Lankan batting, there is some talk of Mahela Jayawardene being sent to Bangladesh to join the squad.

Silva has fractured his finger whilst Pushpakumara has injured his shoulder.

Both may not play any further part in this tournament.

From 01 January 2009 to 18 December 2009, only one batsman has averaged over 50.00 in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka. It's not a brain teaser. That man was neither Mahela Jayawardene or Sanath Jayasuriya, it was TM Dilshan.

At the toss, ahead of a crucial match up which was to decide Sri Lanka's fate in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Kumar Sangakkara told the TV presenter that he had decided to drop ODI's highest wicket taker, Muttiah Muralitharan.