Sri Lanka hope to make most of home comforts

Sri Lanka have often proved tough customers in all conditions, having depth in batting and bowling

"It's obviously been the focus since the last World Cup, where being runners-up was a great effort. Everyone involved in cricket would like to copy what happened in 1996."

Bashed but not broken, Jones dreams of England

To play in the Ashes is the pinnacle, you can't beat that feeling: Simon Jones

Simon Jones, a fast bowler whose England Test career was halted in its prime by one debilitating injury after another, wakes to a daily routine of strengthening exercises and icing his battle-weary limbs.

He is the virtually forgotten spearhead of his country's glorious 2005 Ashes triumph over a previously dominant Australian team but at 32 refuses to believe his days representing England are over.

Bangladesh chase history on home turf

Limited-overs cricket is Bangladesh's forte

The 'Tigers' will bank on skipper Shakib, the leading all-rounder in the official one-day rankings, veteran batsman Mohammad Ashraful and star spinner Abdur Razzak to lift the side.

Left-hander Shakib is a reluctant captain, but has led from the front with 787 runs in 27 one-dayers last year and picked up 46 wickets with his left-arm spin.

BCCI still to release CLT20 prize money

CL T20 organisers failed to honour its commitments to pay prize money totalling USD six million.

Champions League Twenty20 organisers have not paid the teams and players prize money to the tune of USD six million and the Indian Cricket Board was responsible for it, a report said on Monday.