Sri Lanka Cricket says former national coach Geoff Marsh has sent a letter of demand over his dismissal five months ago.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday denied any knowledge of its player being accused of match fixing in the on going Indian Premier League.

Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga's tenure as the head of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) came to be short-lived because of his opposition to IPL, a report in Colombo has claimed.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday said that it will stand by its cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan over media stories linking him to a Bollywood actress.

Sri Lanka Cricket has said it has paid its cricketers their outstanding dues, which had been pending since last year's World Cup. The ICC had paid 42.36% of the dues to the players directly, in December, out of the participation fee from the tournament due to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's fast-bowling all-rounder Shaminda Eranga was on Wednesday named as replacement for Angelo Mathews, who has been ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup cricket tournament due to a calf injury.

Former captain and star batsman Kumar Sangakkara wants an urgent review of Sri Lankan cricket, and has said first class structure should be overhauled on the lines of Australian cricket.

The Sri Lankan players have played without being paid adequately by their cricket board in the last few months and little has changed in recent times as they will now feature in the upcoming tri-series in Australia in the same financial crisis.

Legendary Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday slammed his country's sacking of Australian coach Geoff Marsh as "disgraceful" and "unprofessional".

Graham Ford has been appointed coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team, with the triangular ODI series in Australia next month his first assignment.