Cricket lovers, ranging from senior bureaucrats to local ‘tuk-tuk’ drivers, are not amused over former Sri Lankan cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga’s off-the-cuff remark that he does not advise the cricket team any longer because President Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken up that job. Sri Lanka takes on India in the final of the 10th edition of […]
Fast Bowler Chaminda Vaas says that following the World Cup final, he will retire from One Day International Cricket. breakingVaas made this statement to Sportsfirst, before boarding a flight to Mumbai, where he may represent Sri Lanka in the World Cup final against India. […]
Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup hero Chaminda Vaas wanted to hang up his boots after playing the World Cup at home. He waited two years for the big moment, since he played his last match in 2008. But he could not fulfil his dream despite his good form in domestic and county cricket. However, he […]
India 260 for 9 (Tendulkar 85, Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231 (Misbah 56) by 29 runs India’s dream of a World Cup triumph at home is one step closer after their bowlers suffocated Pakistan’s batsmen to set up a 29-run victory in the semi-final in Mohali. Saturday’s decider will now be a battle of the […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana in Los Angele (Pix by Reuters) New Zealand captain Daniel Vittori will quit Cricket twenty20 and captain of the national team after the defeat of his team at Colombo’s R. Premadasa cricket gtounds, the New Zealand Herald reported. “Vettori, … confirmed after the match that he’ll step down as […]
Sri Lanka 220 for 5 (Dilshan 73, Sangakkara 54) beat New Zealand 217 (Styris 57, Mendis 3-35) by five wickets Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday’s World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten […]
For the second match in succession, Sri Lanka are sweating over the fitness of Muttiah Muralitharan who is nursing a leg injury ahead of the semi-final against New Zealand tomorrow. “Murali and everyone around him is trying to get him as fit as possible and fit enough to play,” Kumar Sangakkara said. […]
Security arrangements have been strengthened by the Police with the assistance of the Special Task Force and the three Forces for today’s World Cup semi-finals between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo, said Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya. […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—As his cricketing career winds down, Sri Lanka’s superstar Muttiah Muralitharan, the man who can spin a cricket ball like magic, is turning his sights on dragging war-shattered youngsters out of poverty and nurturing the country’s next generation of athletes. Who else but Murali, as he’s known to the whole country, could […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana (Pix by Getty Images) “We were thoroughly outplayed we can’t hide away from that, we go home with our tail between our legs,”said England captain Andrew Strauss after being defeated by the Sri Lankan team at R.Premadasa stadium in Colombo. Following is the full story published by London’s Daily […]
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga set an emphatic seal on Sri Lanka’s place in their home semi-final against New Zealand next Tuesday, as England’s chaotic World Cup campaign came to an abrupt and anticlimactic end under the floodlights at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. […]
COLOMBO – The internet can be a cruel mistress. There was a time when what was said on the cricket field stayed on the cricket field. Now, thanks to the wonders of noise-cutting stump-microphone technology and video-sharing websites, the past refuses to stay where it should be. […]
