Jayawardene to lead Sri Lanka in Australia

Hours after Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned as Sri Lanka captain from all three formats, the country's new selection panel appointed former captain Mahela Jayawardene in his place to lead the ODI squad to Australia for the tri-series in February involving the hosts and India. Angelo Mathews remains the vice-captain of the 15-member squad which also includes Dilshan. Jayawardene was ODI captain from 2004 till 2009 (he took over as Test captain in...

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Alastair Cook: History is on England's side

Alastair Cook knows history, of their own making, is on England's side as they bid to bounce back against Pakistan in the second Test, starting Wednesday. England's batsmen did themselves no justice in Dubai last week, where consecutive collapses to under 200 to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal, and then Umar Gul, resulted in a 10-wicket defeat inside three days. The opener concedes that shock setback has inevitably eroded a little of the confidence...

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