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Steve Smith's side will play three Tests along with five one-day internationals and two T20Is

Seizure is biggest since 2013 when police found 260 kilograms of heroin hidden in shipping container from Pakistan

Both sides failed to get past Super 10 stage

England also need to win but their need is not as urgent as the islanders’

Sri Lanka has deployed troops and firecrackers to clear deer and wild buffalo from a sprawling airport

The 32-year-old's injury flared up before the match against Afghanistan on Thursday

The 39-year-old hit three sixes and eight fours to score an unbeaten 83

The cuts will occur for seven and a half hours, five and a half hours during the day and two hours at night

It was the second major power failure in less than a month, following a three-hour disruption late February

Asian teams have won three out of five stagings of the biennial tournament

Photos show men watching bird being skinned alive with a knife and its legs cut off

Angelo Mathews would take over as skipper from paceman Malinga

Hosts start their campaign against New Zealand on March 15

President says he ordered security forces to conduct joint operations with police to dismantle crime networks

False rumours spread that a new six-year-old pupil was HIV-positive, an official said

Sri Lankan skipper grabbed 4-26, restricting UAE to 115-9 at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium

Shops & offices closed early and parliament was disrupted as authorities said restoring supply could take three hours

Sarath Fonseka led the military to victory in a 26-year war against Tamil Tiger separatists

55-year-old South African is set to resume duty as Islander's coach after his first spell ended in 2014

Younger brother of country's World Cup winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga's brother is also among the accused

The 55-year-old South African previously coached the Islanders from 2012 until 2014

Most of the alleged recipients of the illegally traded kidneys were Indian nationals

World governing body announcement comes a day after Sri Lankan police questioned skipper Angelo Mathews

Kusal Perera and Rangana Herath reported the $70,000 offer they received to throw the second Test against West Indies

Signing of eight MoUs during the recent visit of PM Nawaz Sharif to Sri Lanka is very welcome

Sivarajah Jeneevan was sentenced last January to 10 years in jail for conspiring to murder President Sirisena

Pakistan was a key supplier of weapons and aircraft for Sri Lanka’s military in its decades-long, bloody war

The last three wickets fell for six runs in the space of 10 deliveries

Nawaz says Pakistan is eager to invest in Sri Lanka's sugar and cement industries

Several trade agreements are likely to be signed by both sides

Sri Lankan president had earlier said organisers of Iglesias concert should be “whipped with toxic stingray tails”

Sirisena says they should be "whipped with toxic stingray tails"

We have succeeded in getting the death sentence overturned, says Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva

Sports ministry claims Perera, Herath were offered money to engineer batting collapse

Batsman Nicholls to debut for New Zealand against Sri Lanka

The 45-year-old married mother of two was convicted in August

PM Nawaz says given the current security situation, series should be played at a third location

A comparison of Pakistan's wins in Tests, ODIs, T20s with India and Sri Lanka

West Indies dismiss hosts for 200 on second Test’s day one

The tourists have yet to win a five-day match in the Island at 10 attempts

Visitors suffer innings defeat as left-arm spinner claims 10 wickets in the match

The then government of Rajapakse and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels blame each other for the audacious assassination

Since army crushed separatist Tamil Tigers, ending their decades-long insurgency, visitors have returned in droves

Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, 83, head of Tamil National Alliance, is first ethnic minority opposition leader since 1983

Ishant Sharma and the hosts had a heated exchange after Prasad bowled three consecutive bouncers to Indian tailender

India dismiss Sri Lanka for 201 but fall to 21-3 at stumps

The hosts slipped to 11-2 before going to lunch on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club on a shaky 47-5

Pujara, who was dropped from India's last four Tests, made his seventh Test century in the decisive final match

Only 15 overs were bowled before downpour washed out the remaining sessions

Upul Tharanga named to replace the veteran in final Test in Colombo