Aravinda de Silva

A star-studded selection panel chaired by Sunil Gavaskar will choose the ICC World XIs for the six-day Super Test against Australia and three one-day matches in October

Sri Lankans thank New Zealand Cricket

The ICC's cricket committee has recommended that more research be done regarding bowling actions before making any changes to the current rules on illegal deliveries

Nathan Astle scored an unbeaten 64 to confirm that he is well on the way to full match fitness, but New Zealand were frustrated by the weather for the third day running, as the opening fixture of their tour of England - against a British Universities

Sanath Jayasuriya believes his performance at the top of Sri Lanka's batting order will be crucial to the outcome of the forthcoming Test and ODI series between Australia and Sri Lanka

Perhaps the biggest surprise of recent weeks - a period packed with resignations, sackings and appointments - was the appointment of Aravinda de Silva as a selector

So the time has come to say farewell

Aravinda de Silva, the Sri Lanka's highest run scorer in Tests and ODIs, is preparing himself for the final chapter in a glorious career that has spanned nearly two decades

Veteran middle order batsman Aravinda de Silva, the longest serving international cricketer on the circuit today, has applauded his younger teammates for their abrasive, never-say-die approach in the final Test against South Africa

Veteran Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva, who announced on Friday that he would retire after the ICC World Cup next year, has been asked to consider extending his 18-year career by Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore and captain Sanath Jayasuriya

He looked set to slip quietly into retirement; an unsatisfactory end for such a great cricketer

Star batsman Aravinda de Silva has been given fresh hope of an international recall after a meeting with Sri Lanka's newly appointed selection committee

Veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva, on the verge of retirement after his recent omission from the national squad, blamed Sri Lanka's bowlers and fielders for their seven-wicket defeat by India in the second Test Kandy

Sri Lanka's five-man selection committee will select the Test squad for the forthcoming three-match series against India on Thursday night and they look set to omit veteran batsmen Aravinda de Silva

Sri Lanka's special anti corruption investigator Desmond Fernando confirmed today that he has completed his match fixing investigations and will handover his report to the Sri Lankan cricket board tomorrow

Sri Lanka's special anti corruption investigator, Desmond Fernando, admitted today that he is not in a position to submit his match fixing report by the end of this month

Alan Dawson, the Western Province allrounder who was last part of the South African squad in Nairobi in 1999, received an emergency call-up for Tuesday's Standard Bank one-day international in Paarl as yet another fast bowler clambered onto the

Aravinda de Silva looks set to be sent to South Africa as a replacement for Upul Chandana, who has sustained an injury and is being sent back to Sri Lanka