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Will Jacks shines with bat & ball to lead England to win over Sri Lanka in first ODI

All-rounder Will Jacks starred with both bat and ball as England overwhelmed Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the first one-day international at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday.

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England seal T20 series sweep over Sri Lanka to go top of world rankings

Jos Buttler hit an unbeaten half-century as dominant England beat a sorry Sri Lanka by eight wickets to ⁠complete a 3-0 series whitewash and replace India on top of the T20 world rankings after the final match of the series in Manchester on Saturday.

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'Special performance': England ease past Sri Lanka in Cardiff to seal T20 series win

Jos Buttler became the first player to score 15,000 career T20 runs, and ⁠Liam Dawson took a three-wicket haul as a dominant England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in Cardiff on Thursday ‌to secure the series 2-0.

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Brook keen to learn from 'hero' Pietersen after superb 42-ball England ton

England white-ball captain Harry Brook hopes "hero" Kevin Pietersen can inspire him to even greater heights after watching highlights of the 2005 Ashes before smashing a 42-ball century against Sri Lanka.

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Captain Brook smashes century as England thump Sri Lanka in first T20

England captain Harry Brook's blistering unbeaten century paved the way for a 119-run thrashing of Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 international at Southampton on Tuesday.

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India captain Shubman Gill keen to look at positives despite final test draw

India captain Shubman Gill said there were lots of positives to take ⁠from their 1-0 series win in Sri Lanka but there can be little doubt the squad return home disappointed and ‌disheartened after letting the hosts off the hook in the drawn second test.

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Sri Lanka & Dinusha salvage remarkable draw in second Test but India seal series victory

Sri Lanka's middle-order batter Sonal Dinusha engineered a remarkable rearguard action to help the hosts salvage a draw and ⁠deny India a series sweep in the second test on Thursday.

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India close in on second Test victory despite Sri Lanka resistance

Sri Lanka mounted a brief fightback, but India remained firmly on ⁠course for a series-sweeping victory in the second and final Test on Wednesday.

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Sri Lanka fighting to avoid follow-on with India in charge after day three of second Test

Sri Lanka were fighting hard to avoid the follow-on when rain brought an early end to play on day three of the second Test against India on Tuesday, with the hosts on 265-8.

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Jurel ton puts India in driver's seat after day two of second Sri Lanka Test

India took control on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Monday, posting 503-9 declared before claiming two quick wickets to leave the hosts reeling at 8–2.

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India in control of second Test against Sri Lanka after Padikkal hits another century

Devdutt Padikkal continued his red-hot form with his second century ⁠of the series as India reached 300-5 on the opening day of the second and final test ‌against Sri Lanka on Sunday.

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India captain Gill hails long-term prospect Suthar after Test win over Sri Lanka

Manav Suthar is barely two Tests into his international career but ⁠India skipper Shubman Gill is convinced they have unearthed a long-term spin prospect in the 24-year-old, ‌who bowled them to victory in the opening Test in Galle ‌on Wednesday.

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Dinusha hits maiden hundred for Sri Lanka but India take control of first test

Sonal Dinusha's maiden test hundred kept Sri Lanka afloat, but India remained ⁠firmly in command after day three of the opening test between the neighbours in Galle on Monday.

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Sri Lankan spinners fight back on second day in Galle as Padikkal powers India to 460

Comeback star Devdutt Padikkal hit a polished 167 as India scored 460-9 on a rainy second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Sunday.

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Padikkal hits impressive maiden ton as India dominate Sri Lanka on day one in Galle

Top-order batsman Devdutt Padikkal made a memorable comeback on Saturday, posting his maiden hundred as India finished the first day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on 288-2 in Galle.

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India seek boost to World Test Championship hopes ahead of Sri Lanka series

India arrived in Sri Lanka with their World Test Championship campaign at ⁠a crossroads, and the importance of a resounding victory in the two-test series is not lost on the tourists ‌heading into the series opener at Galle on Saturday.

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India's Sarfaraz Khan to replace injured Sudharsan in Sri Lanka series

India's Sai Sudharsan has been ruled out of the upcoming two-Test series in Sri Lanka, with Sarfaraz Khan named as his replacement, the country's cricket board said on Sunday.

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India hand maiden Test call-up to Saransh Jain for Sri Lanka series

India handed a maiden Test call-up to off-spinning ⁠all-rounder Saransh Jain on Tuesday after the country's cricket board (BCCI) announced the ‌squad for next month's two-Test series in Sri ‌Lanka.

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Lanka Premier League team co-owner held in prison over match-fixing allegations

A Sri Lankan court ordered Friday that the Indian co-owner of a Lanka Premier League (LPL) team, charged with attempting to bribe five players for match-fixing, be held in prison till the end of the month.

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West Indies win first Test series since 2023 after match with Sri Lanka ends in draw

West Indies sealed a 1-0 victory over Sri Lanka on Tuesday, their ⁠first Test series win in three years, after the rain-affected second and final Test in North Sound ended ‌in a draw.

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Greaves and Hope centuries push second Test closer to a draw

Patient centuries by Justin Greaves and Shai Hope ushered the West Indies towards safety on the fourth day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday.

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Aussies under pressure in abnormally open T20 World Cup

The Women's T20 World Cup starts on Friday when hosts England face Sri Lanka in Birmingham, with at least one leading nation guaranteed an early exit from what promises to be an unusually open tournament.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad produce strong bowling performance to down Chennai Super Kings in IPL

Sri Lankan pacer Eshan Malinga's tight spell of 3-29 and a trademark blistering half-century by Abhishek Sharma helped Sunrisers Hyderabad down Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs on Saturday in the Indian Premier League.

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Middle East war claims another bilateral series as Sri Lanka-Afghanistan called off

Sri Lanka have indefinitely postponed a six-match white-ball series against Afghanistan that was due to start in the United Arab Emirates this week, an official said on Monday.