Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said Friday that his team is determined to avoid a fifth successive defeat in a limited-over final against India. Sri Lanka has lost to India in four finals in the past two years at home, with the most recent being the Asia Cup in June. The hosts lost a five-match bilateral series 3-2 in 2008 and another 4-1 in early 2009. Later that year India beat Sri Lanka in a tri-series final also involving New Zealand. The two teams will meet again in the final of the current tri-series, which featured New Zealand again as the third team. “They (India) lifted themselves for the finals and outplayed us in many occasions,” Sangakkara said. “You got to give credit when a side wins consistently. We've been to a lot of finals as well we've just got to make sure that we lift ourselves tomorrow for a special effort.” India's opener Virender Sehwag has been the livewire in India's batting in the series, scoring 240 runs in four matches with a century and a 99 not out. “A lot of people have tried a lot of plans but he's (Sehwag) an excellent player if we can get him early it will be an advantage,” Sangakkara said of the Indian batsman. He also urged Sri Lanka batsmen to learn from how Sehwag has managed to score heavily on bowling-friendly pitches at Dambulla. “You can't bat all the time in the same way. You got to adapt to situations, pitches and the bowlers. He has adapted himself well and our batsmen too have something to learn from him,” Sangakkara said. Sri Lanka, India to tour England in 2011 England will host Test and one-day series against both Sri Lanka and India in 2011, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced. Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground will stage its first Test during a three-match series between England and Sri Lanka that will be followed by a Twenty20 international and five one-day internationals. England then play India in a four Test series ahead of a Twenty20 international and a five-match one-day series. ECB chief executive David Collier said: “With India currently the number one ranked Test side in the ICC Test Rankings and Sri Lanka in third place, England supporters can expect to see two exciting Test series against high quality opposition. “Both teams will also provide a tough challenge for England in the shorter forms of the game in what promises to be a highly competitive and entertaining summer of international cricket all round.” Moller named New Zealand Cricket chairman Former New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Chris Moller has been named chairman of New Zealand Cricket. Moller, who has been an NZC board member since September 2008, succeeds Alan Isaac, who has been appointed vice president of the International Cricket Council. The announcement was made Friday. As chairman, Moller will be New Zealand's delegate on the ICC board. He was NZRU chief executive from 2003 to 2007. South Africa adds game for Pakistan flood relief South Africa has agreed to play an additional Twenty20 match against Pakistan to raise funds for the country's flood victims, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced. The Proteas will now play Pakistan in two T20 internationals, five one-day internationals and two Tests in Abu Dhabi and Dubai during October and November.
