Russel Arnold told Sky Sports that Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene will be a “massive loss” for Sri Lanka when they retire.
Sangakkara and Jayawardene played their final one-day internationals on home turf on Tuesday as Sri Lanka defeated England by 87 runs to win the seven-match series 5-2.
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Mahela Jayawardene plans to play with style and a smile in Tuesday’s one-day international against England – his final game on home soil before he retires.
The legendary Sri Lanka batsman will be retiring after next year’s World Cup and wants to enjoy his final international match in his native city Colombo, at the Premadasa Stadium.
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Gloucestershire have awarded batsman Ian Cockbain a new contract which keeps him at Bristol until 2017.
Cockbain has scored 1751 first class runs in the past three seasons, plus 1005 in one-day cricket and 771 in Twenty20.
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Mitchell Johnson’s ICC Cricketer of the Year accolade is just reward for turning his career around, says Dominic Cork.
Australian left-arm quick Johnson, who was also named Test Cricketer of the Year, pipped Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews as well as South Africa’s AB de Villiers to scoop the gong for a second time, having first won it in 2009.
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England all-rounder Luke Wright has signed a three-year extension to his contract with Sussex which keeps him at Hove until 2018.
Wright, 29, has already been awarded a benefit year in 2015 following a fine season in county cricket.
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Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has won the prestigious ICC Cricketer of the Year award.
There was plenty for England to celebrate in the awards though. England’s Gary Ballance was named the Emerging Cricketer of the Year, Sarah Taylor the Women’s ODI Player of the Year and Katherine Brunt won the ICC Spirit of Cricket award.
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Award winning female cricketer and degree one umpire Salma Bi desires to see more girls officiating at matches.
Only 436 of the England & Wales Cricket Board’s 7800 officials are girls, although you can find plans to double that amount in another 36 months.
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England’s Gary Ballance and Ben Stokes have been shortlisted for the International Cricket Council’s emerging player of the year award.
The pair are amongst four players, with New Zealand’s Corey Anderson and Jimmy Neesham additionally up for the award.
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Durham seam bowler Graham Onions has been granted a benefit year by the county in 2015.
The 32-year old came through the academy at Chester Le Street prior to making his first class introduction in April 2004.
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Former England teammate Graeme Swann has slammed Kevin Pietersen’s new autobiography, labelling it the “the biggest work of fiction since Jules Verne”.
Speaking at an awards ceremony at Lord’s, Swann denied accusations by Pietersen that he was part of a clique of bowlers who perpetuated a “bullying culture” in the England dressing room.
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Middlesex batsman Sam Robson insists his England ambitions remain undimmed after missing out on a central contract.
Having opened England’s innings in all seven summer Tests, the 25-year-old was overlooked for a lucrative 12-month central deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board awarding contracts to six stars for the first time.
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Middlesex batsman Sam Robson insists his England ambitions remain undimmed after missing out on a central contract.
Having opened England’s innings in all seven summer Tests, the 25-year-old was overlooked for a lucrative 12-month central deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board awarding contracts to six stars for the first time.
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Yorkshire dominated the Professional Cricketers’ Association Awards with openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees scooping two of the top honours at Old Billingsgate on Wednesday night.
Left-handed opening batsman Lyth was crowned 2014 PCA Player of the Year after playing a key role in helping Yorkshire to their first LV= County Championship for 13 years, contributing 1,489 runs at an average of almost 70.
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Yorkshire’s opening batsmen Adam Lyth and Alex Lees have claimed the top honours in the Cricket Writers’ Club Awards.
The pair played a vital part in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title success this season so that as a result Lyth continues to be named the William Hill CWC Championship Player of the Year, with Lees picking up the CWC Young Cricketer of the Year award.
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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has been charged with one count of perjury, the Metropolitan Police have supported.
The charge relates to the 2012 libel case which saw Cairns given £90,000 after he sued Lalit Modi, the former commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Somerset has given contracts to five young players including wicketkeepers Alex Barrow and James Regan.
Barrow, 22, came through the county’s school and was given a contract in 2010.
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