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Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday.

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that Pakistan will tour the island in a month, playing three Tests, five one-day and two Twenty20 internationals.

Pakistan are set to tour Sri Lanka for a full series comprising three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20 internationals between May 29 and July 13

To many cricket aficionados, the June 30 and July 1 Twenty20 internationals between New Zealand and West Indies might seem a couple of tame warm-up matches before a test series.For New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and its investment partners…

Kumar Sangakkara, former Sri Lanka captain, believes that Test cricket is the No. 1 format and the players and officials have a big role to play in safeguarding the primacy of the format. In a chat with V V Subrahmanyam in Sportstar, Sangakkara says that Twenty20 format has its advantages too. If someone is a good cricketer, he can be good in any format. But again, you have to strike a balance. Schedules are tight. See, India plays a lot of cricket — many teams will love to play so…

LONDON, April 26, 2012 (AFP) – Australia fast bowler Peter Siddle has been ruled out of Essex's domestic Twenty20 campaign because of injury, the English county confirmed Thursday.

Rajiv Shukla, the chairman of the IPL, has denied reports that the Twenty20 tournament’s popularity has declined, and said that the “response [this year] is rocking” and that “IPL 5 will be a super success”

Worcestershire's hope of seeing Saeed Ajmal return for a second spell with the English county for their domestic Twenty20 campaign have been dashed by the Pakistan spinner's international commitments.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board has decided to expand the number of teams in the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh from 12 to 16 to give more opportunities to the non-test playing nations.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board has decided to expand the number of teams in the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh from 12 to 16 to give more opportunities to the non-test playing nations.