India in doldrums as Lanka take control
It was a session that the Indians would want to forget quickly. Adding to their first day’s exploits, the Sri Lankan batsmen scored 145 runs in the session without losing a single wicket with their skipper Kumar Sangakkara completing a stupendous double century. None of the Indian bowlers looked like troubling the batsmen with their toothless attack. The Lankans went into Lunch at 457/2.

CA likely to dump Howard's candidacy on Friday
Cricket Australia is likely to drop John Howard as its candidate for the International Cricket Council`s president-elect post on Friday, a media report said.According to a report in `The Australian`, CA is expected to take the decision in its special board meeting scheduled for Friday.

I have no differences with Younus: Yawar
Pakistan team manager in England Yawar Saeed has denied having differences with Younus Khan and said it was drummed up by the media and that he has tremendous respect for the former skipper.
The differences between the two was highlighted in the media and is deemed to be one of the main reasons for the Pakistan Cricket Board not considering Younus for the Test series against England.

Online ticket sales for cricket world cup a success
The online ticket sales for the ICC Cricket World Cup next year has got a phenomenal response, according to the official ticketing partner for the quadraennial event.If the initial response of India-England ICC World Cup 2011 match at Eden Gardens is any indication, the February 27 match is going to be a sellout, official partner KyaZoonga said.

Report on Lahore attack after clearance from authorities: PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board said that it will submit its report to the ICC on the terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore last year after obtaining due permission from the concerning authorities.
"Since it is a top level inquiry we need certain permissions to send the report to the ICC. We have already sought these permission and as soon as get it we will dispatch the report to the ICC," PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said.

No racist angle in chucking allegations against Murali: Waugh
Showering praise on retired Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, former Australian captain Steve Waugh said there was no racist angle involved in chucking allegations which the bowler had faced earlier.Muralitharan brought down the curtains on his glittering 18-year-old Test career after reaching 800-wicket mark in his swansong Test against India last week.

BCCI disciplinary meet on Tuesday, Modi to be absent again
The BCCI`s disciplinary committee meets here on Tuesday to continue its probe into alleged financial irregularities by suspended IPL chief Lalit Modi, who would once again skip the proceedings.Modi will be represented by his lawyers who are seeking the recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary panel.

Pakistan to play youngsters in future series
Virtually ruling out Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan`s return to the side for the series against England, PCB chairman Ejaz has said that Pakistan will continue to test youngsters in future matches to build a strong team for next year`s World Cup.Butt`s statement comes on the heels of a young Pakistani side`s series-levelling Test win over Australia in 15 years in Headingley, England.

Tendulkar rise, Gambhir slip in ICC Test batsmen ranking
Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar gained two places to reach the sixth spot but a poor form saw opener Gautam Gambhir slip five rungs down the ladder at ninth in the latest ICC ranking for Test batsmen released on Sunday.Gambhir, who got out cheaply in the first over in both innings in first Test, have 773 points, while Tendulkar has 795 points in his kitty.

Murali and Malinga’s absence won’t make job easy: Dhoni
The dreaded duo of Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan would be missing from the Sri Lankan bowling attack but Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said their absence does not make his batsmen’s job any easy in the second cricket Test starting here on Monday.Pacer Malinga and off-spin genius Muralitharan shared 15 of the 20 Indian wickets among them and played a major role in inflicting a crushing 10-wicket defeat on the visitors in the first Test in Galle.