Upul Tharanga

Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lanka opener, has been ruled out of the limited-overs leg of the England tour as he prepares to face a disciplinary committee for failing a drugs test during the World Cup.

The Sri Lankan sports minister, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, has named a three-member panel to look into Upul Tharanga's failed doping test

The last time 230 was chased at the Premadasa was six-and-a-half years ago. It was fitting then that on the big day the home side lost the toss, and put in a supreme performance to comfortably chase and win

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put their team within touching distance of the World Cup semi-finals, as they overcame a tricky start to their innings to lay into England's bowlers with an unbeaten first-wicket stand of 132

Upul Tharanga wants to become a more consistent batsman and is working on converting his starts into bigger scores

Sri Lanka came on this tour with the goal of beating Australia in a series and achieved it with a match to spare

Against New Zealand, Upul Tharanga gave another demonstration of why he remains integral to Sri Lanka's World Cup plans

A strong Board President's XI gave the Indians a welcome as harsh as Colombo's humidity

Who'd a thunk it? Zimbabwe finished the league stage at the top of the table, winning comprehensively all their 50-over matches, and losing the one that was truncated to 26

A round-up of the action from the first four rounds of the 2009-10 SLC Inter-Provincial Limited Over Tournament

Not long ago, Tharanga was struggling to put bat to ball. Now he's the first name on the ODI team list

The emergence of Virat Kohli and Suraj Randiv, and the comeback of Upul Tharanga, have been the highlights of an otherwise dull tournament

Bangladesh, under immense pressure to defend a modest 250, found themselves at the receiving end of an annihilation by Sri Lanka, led by openers Mahela Jayawardene and Upul Tharanga

Virtually chanceless centuries from Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir made sure they would go to their home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, with the series in the bag

After Virender Sehwag had bludgeoned 44 from just 28 balls, an unhurried and unbeaten 96 from Sachin Tendulkar took India to a facile victory that took them 2-1 ahead in this five-match series

A round-up of the fifth round of matches in Tiers A and B of Sri Lanka's Premier League Tournament

Twin centuries by the Sri Lanka A openers handed the hosts a much-needed win to stay afloat in the five-match series against Pakistan A

An imperious century from Mahela Jayawardene was central to a commanding six-wicket victory for Sri Lanka which clinched the series with two games to spare

The hosts took the three-Test series 2-0 and the Sri Lankan captain pointed out that adjustments would need to be made from the five-day format