Sri Lanka's cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Tuesday he was resigning from the job three days after his team lost to India in the World Cup final.

Sangakkara said he told the national selecto

Sri Lanka's cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Tuesday he was resigning from the job three days after his team lost to India in the World Cup final.

It was so much near yet so far, this was how the Sri Lankan media described the country's defeat in the cricket World Cup final at the hands of India.

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Sri Lanka were sweating over the World Cup final fitness of Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews on Thursday as 37-year-old seamer Chaminda Vaas and Suraj Randiv were called-up as cover.

"Chaminda

Sri Lanka survived a nervous last hour before making it to the final of the cricket World Cup, beating New Zealand by five wickets in the second semi-final, here on Tuesday.

New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the cricket World Cup here on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan fans braved tight security and ignored a rash of petty municipal restrictions to watch Muttiah Muralitharan play his final home game in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

The government

New Zealand made 217 all out in 48.5 overs against Sri Lanka in the first World Cup semi-final on Tuesday.

The winners will face either India or Pakistan in Saturday's final in Mumbai.

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Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan celebrated his last ball in international cricket on home soil with a wicket in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

Muralitharan had Scott Styris lbw off the

Sri Lanka reached the World Cup final on Tuesday with a five-wicket win over New Zealand.

The 1996 champions will face either India or Pakistan in Saturday's final in Mumbai.

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