Colombo, Feb. 11 : Sri Lanka's cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene resigned from the post on Wednesday.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Board sources said Jayawardene decided to quit the captaincy from both forms of cricket after the Test series against Pakistan.

Sri Lanka was handed a 4-1 drubbing by India in the recently concluded One-day series during which Jayawardene's lacklusture performance was criticised by top cricket officials, The Colombo Times reports.

Karachi, Feb. 11 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) may allow players, who sided with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), to play in international games.

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt is expected to make an official statement regarding the fate of the 21 cricketers after a hearing in the Sindh High Court where the Board will place its stand on the banned players, The News reports.

London, Feb. 11: England cricket stars Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison went on a lavish free booze cruise just hours after England's humiliating innings and 23 run Test defeat against the West Indies in Sabina Park, Jamaica.

The pair lapped up luxury on a superliner after the West Indies bowled them out for an embarrassing 51.

They were flown back to the team hotel by helicopter after staying the night on board the "six-star" Silver Shadow, reports The Sun.

New Delhi, Feb. 11: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has barred Pakistani speedster Muhammad Asif for a year after he tested positive in a drug scandal during the league's inaugural season last year.

A statement issued by the IPL drug tribunal said the ban imposed on Asif will be from September 22, 2008 to September 22, 2009, which means he will miss the Twenty20 extravaganza's second season starting from April 20, 2009.

Adelaide, Feb. 11: He is an international cricketer who has scored over 10,000 runs in Test cricket and over 11,000 runs in one-day internationals, but Australian captain Ricky Ponting failed to get bat to ball against a plucky 10-year-old survivor of Victoria''s bushfires today.

To the crowd''s delight, and with a wry smile, Ponting headed for the sheds as the youngster, Koby, took over batting duties.

"I was actually trying today," news. com. au quoted a grinning Ponting, as saying.

Lahore, Feb. 11: The Pakistan Cricket Board's former COO Shafqat Naghmi has said he will file a defamation suit against PCB chairman Ijaz Butt for accusing him of financial mismanagement.

"I will claim a public apology from them and one rupee in damages to show these people what I think they are worth," Naghmi was quoted by The News, as saying.

Naghmi has decided to file the defamation suit against Butt and senior PCB officials later this week.