Sri Lanka have made a late change to their preliminary squad for the ICC World Twenty20, adding all-rounder Jeevantha Kulatunga to the list of players.

A rather grim-faced Chaminda Vaas came to the post-match media conference at Chepauk on Sunday night. His three-wicket haul against the Chennai Super Kings had helped the Deccan Chargers post their first win in IPL III and bagged him the Man-of-the-Match award.

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to impose a ban and several financial penalties on several senior players has not gone down well with other international cricketers.

Sydney: Cricket s highest wicket taker Muttiah Muralitharan plans to retire from Tests at the end of the year and from all forms of international cricket after the 2011 World Cup.

Lahore: Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene does not even want to talk about the March 3 attack on his team in Lahore last year while Meher Khalil who drove the Lankans to safety under a hail of bullets and grenades still shivers with horror whenever he recalls the episode.

Sri Lanka: Test cricket's most prolific wicket-taker, Muttiah Muralitharan, plans to retire from test cricket at the end of this year and from all forms of international cricket after the World Cup scheduled for next March.

Wellington: The 2011 World Cup which is scheduled to be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, can be shifted to New Zealand and Australia as part of a contingency plan if terrorism continues to threaten sport in the subcontinent.

Lancashire's signing of Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara has been thrown into doubt by Sri Lankan efforts to host India for a five-week tour in the middle of the English county season.

New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka just can't get enough of each other on the cricket field.Despite playing more than 50 contests with India in the past five years, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

New Delhi: International Cricket Council (ICC) endorsed Indian board's decision not to have any international matches at the Ferozeshah Kotla till the year-end, thus clearing the way for the stadium to host the 2011 World Cup matches.