A century partnership from the in-form Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera helps Sri Lanka recover from early losses to reach 109 for two at lunch against Australia in the second Test in Galle.

Sri Lanka are in no mood to let Australia off the hook as they look to follow up their first Test victory over the top side in 17 year.

David Peever, who replaced Wally Edwards as Cricket Australia's (CA) chairman in 2014, emphasizes on the significance of balancing the game's well-established traditions and heritage with the changing climes of the cricketing landscape.

Australian Paul Smalley changes his mind and decides to take the job offered by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).

Sri Lanka suffer another injury setback ahead of the second Test against Australia in Galle.

Cricket Australia says it has extended the contract of head coach Darren Lehmann until October 2019 to keep him in place during the next Ashes.

Darren Lehmann has extended his contract as Australia's head coach until 2019 to cover the World Cup and the Ashes series in England that year.

Selectors leave out all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and include Moises Henriques and Shaun Marsh in their squad for the one-day international series in Sri Lanka.

Spanish giants Atletico Madrid crash to a 1-0 loss to A-League side Melbourne Victory on their Australian pre-season tour in Geelong on Sunday.

Australia drop out-of-form limited overs specialist Glenn Maxwell from the squad for the one-day international series in Sri Lanka next month.

The Australian team says they evacuated their building at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro because of a fire in the basement on Friday,

Proteas seamer Vernon Philander expresses some reservations about the pink ball that will be used in a Test against Australia in November.

Skipper Steven Smith blames Australia's "lack of discipline" on the batting front for the number one Test team's shock loss to Sri Lanka.

Tonight, Sri Lanka are gonna party like it's 1999. Specifically, like it's September 11, 1999, the only other date on which they have beaten Australia in a Test.

Rain and bad light delay the start of the fifth and final day's play in the nail-biting first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Pallekele on Saturday.

Australia call up left-arm spinner Jon Holland in a like-for-like replacement on Friday after a hamstring injury all but ends Steve O'Keefe's tour of Sri Lanka.

Australia remove Sri Lankan opener Kusal Perera cheaply after building up an 86-run first innings lead over their hosts.

Adam Voges remains unbeaten on a match-high 41 as Australia overcame a batting collapse to lead Sri Lanka by 29 runs at lunch on the second day of what promises to be a low-scoring first test at Pallekele.

An unbroken stand of 59 between Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja places Australia in command of their opening Test against Sri Lanka.

The duo of Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood share three spoils each to snuff out Sri Lanka for a paltry117 in just 34.2 overs on Day 1 of the first Test at the Pallekele International Stadium.