Lahore, Feb. 10: The Sri Lankan cricket team will return to Pakistan on February 14 to participate in the two match Test series starting February 21.

The islanders would be playing a two-day practice game from February 17 before taking on the home side in Karachi.

The second Test match scheduled to start on March 1 will be played in Lahore, the Nation reported.

Karachi, Feb. 10 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that Javed Miandad demanded an exorbitant salary package which forced the Board to sack him from the post of Director-General.

PCB chief Ijaz Butt said Miandad turned down the offer of Rs 500,000 and demanded Rs 1.6 million as salary.

"Miandad asked for a salary which we could not give to him. I regard him highly as a great cricketer but we can''t pay him more than what we had offered him," the News quoted Butt, as saying.

Melbourne, Feb. 10 : Former Australian cricketer Simon O'Donnell has said that skipper Ricky Ponting and coach Tim Nielsen need to grow up and start delivering results.

In a scathing assessment, the former Test all-rounder blasted the "ridiculous" decision to rest Ponting and hit out at the leadership and selection structure.

Former Test selector John Benaud, who claimed it was a major tactical error to announce that Ponting would be rested, supported him.

Adelaide (Australia), Feb. 10 : Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has no doubt that big-hitting New South Wales rookie David Warner will bounce back to the international arena.

He said Warner should take heart from the fact that all great cricketers are dropped at some stage in their careers.

Twenty-two-year-old Warner belted 89 on debut for Australia in the Twenty20 last month, but a string of flops in the 50-over format led to the youngster being axed from the national squad.

Jamaica (West Indies), Feb. 10: England opener Alastair Cook has said that he has not lost his appetite for making runs, and knows that he hasn't scored a Test hundred since December 2007.

"I haven't lost my hunger. There's no better feeling than scoring Test hundreds, you'd do it every day if you could. I probably get conscious when I get to 50 because I haven't done it for a while," The Sun quoted Cook, as saying.

Karachi, Feb. 9, : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday appealed to batsman Mohammad Yousuf to snap his ties with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) and rejoin the national team.

"If he decides to end his association with the ICL, I will see he is selected again for Pakistan the next day," PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt said.

Mohammad Yousuf had claimed last year that he had been shabbily treated by former captain Shoaib Malik and this had forced him to join ICL.