An ankle injury has ruled Lahiru Thirimanne out of the remainder of the three-Test series against Pakistan.

Mahela Jayawardene talks to ESPNcricinfo about the impact of fewer Tests on Sri Lanka's cricket, the cricketing transition facing the national side and his plans to continue until the 2015 World Cup

Graham Ford, the Sri Lanka coach, has said that his team's young batsmen are in the "apprenticeship stage" of their careers, and so are required to bat down the order though they have the games suited to batting higher up

Sylvester Dias, a fast bowler who played first class cricket in Sri Lanka in the 1960s, has died aged 76 following a brief illness

Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has said the upcoming series against Pakistan in the UAE will be a tough challenge for his team

Sri Lanka Cricket may appoint an interim coach between the 2014 World Twenty20 and the 2015 World Cup, as it awaits the retirement of three senior batsmen

Tillakaratne Dilshan said his decision to open the innings in Test cricket was the most important in his 14-year career, as he retired from Tests on Thursday

Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is set to retire from Test cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket has received six applications for the job of head coach as the deadline closed on Sunday, SLC's acting CEO Ashley de Silva has said

Sri Lanka's fast bowling coach Chaminda Vaas has criticised the emerging group of seamers in the country's pace academy for being "soft" and wanting in drive for self-improvement

Sri Lanka Cricket has approached other cricket boards to look into the possibility of organising a tour to the country after receiving a request from Zimbabwe Cricket seeking postponement of their scheduled series

Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe is in doubt after reports that Zimbabwe Cricket Union has sought a postponement

Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka Cricket's chief selector has confirmed that fast bowler Lasith Malinga will miss the tour of Zimbabwe, which starts in the first week of October

Sri Lanka umpire Piyadasa Vidanagamage, who officiated in the country's maiden Test win over India at the P Sara Oval in 1985, died in England at the age of 79 on Saturday

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford has said consistency is an issue with the team's batting, especially in the middle order

Sri Lanka Cricket has postponed the player draft of the second season of Sri Lanka Premier League by six days till July 20, the tournament's chief executive officer Ajith Jayasekara has said

Chandika Hathurusingha, assistant coach of New South Wales, has brought four young Australian spinners on a coaching tour of Sri Lanka

The second season of the Sri Lanka Premier League is expected to begin with the player draft on July 14 in Colombo

Sri Lanka batting coach Marvan Atapattu was confident the team would put behind their dismal batting performance against New Zealand in Cardiff and bounce back in the remaining two Champions Trophy group matches

KT Francis, who umpired in Sri Lanka's inaugural Test match against England in 1982, has died at the age of 73 after losing his battle to diabetes