The Government today vehemently rejected the allegations made by a certain State Media against two Sri Lankan cricketers of alleged match fixing at the Sri Lanka – Pakistan match at the 2011 World Cup. The Government noted that they had full confidence in each and every member of the Sri Lanka cricket team and said […]
Los Angeles, 03 March: Serena Williams, a former world number one and a 13-time Grand Slam singles champion, had emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from her lungs, a representative for the tennis star said on Wednesday. Nicole Chabot confirmed that the 29-year-old American underwent an emergency operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los […]
Ireland 329 for 7 (K O’Brien 113, Cusack 47, Swann 3-47) beat England 327 for 8 (Trott 92, Bell 81, Pietersen 59, Mooney 4-63) by three wickets Kevin O’Brien stunned England with the fastest hundred in World Cup history as Ireland secured their greatest victory with a monumental three-wicket triumph in Bangalore. O’Brien clubbed a […]
Source: ESPN Cric Info – Pix by Getty Images Sri Lanka 146 for 1 (Tharanga 67*, Dilshan 44) beat Kenya 142 (C Obuya 52, D Obuya 51, Malinga 6-38) by nine wickets Lasith Malinga announced his return to full fitness by storming his way to an unprecedented second World Cup hat-trick with an exhibition of […]
World Cup Group A, Colombo (R Premadasa Stadium): Pakistan 277-7 (50 overs) bt Sri Lanka 266-9 (50 overs) by 11 runs Sri Lanka vice captain Mahela Jayawardene is considering legal action in response to commentary which implied he was guilty of match-fixing. A state television broadcast suggested Jayawardene deliberately played badly for financial gain in […]
Indications are that Lasith Malinga would play in today’s match against Kenya COLOMBO: In the normal course, Sri Lanka — taking on associate member Kenya in its third match of the ICC World Cup here on Tuesday — would have tested its bench strength. But, not everything is fine, after Sri Lanka’s seventh straight loss […]
Paceman Kemar Roach took a stunning hat-trick as West Indies thrashed the Netherlands by 215 runs in their World Cup Group B clash in Delhi. Roach became only the sixth bowler to take a World Cup hat-trick as he finished with outstanding figures of six for 27 and gave his side an emphatic victory at […]
India 338 (Tendulkar 120, Bresnan 5-48) tied with England 338 for 8 (Strauss 158, Bell 69, Zaheer 3-64) On an evening that simply beggared belief, England tied with India in an incredible finale in Bangalore. Andrew Strauss was England’s inspiration, producing an extraordinary 158 from 145 balls, the highest score by an English batsman in […]
Pakistan 277 for 7 (Misbah 83*, Younis 72) beat Sri Lanka 266 for 9 (Silva 57, Afridi 4-34) by 11 runs Anyone out there who still thinks Pakistan are not dangerous contenders for the World Cup? With tremendous poise and skill in the middle overs, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan propelled Pakistan, who were on a […]
Sri Lanka could become the first team to play international cricket in Pakistan in more than two years as they are considering touring the country later this year. Pakistan haven’t hosted international teams since March 2009 when the Sri Lanka team bus came under fire during a terror attack. Several Sri Lanka players were injured […]
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Debutant leg-spinner Imran Tahir snared four wickets and AB de Villiers struck 107 not out as South Africa coasted to a seven-wicket win over the West Indies in the World Cup on Thursday. Tahir (4-41) and off-spinner Johan Botha (2-48) shared six wickets to help South Africa bowl out the West […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) The newly constructed Suriyawewa Hambantota International Cricket Stadium which was named after the President of Sri Lanka has become the main show piece in the cricketing and sports world this morning when it hosted the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup-2011in Sri Lanka. […]
Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) beat Canada 122 (Cheema 37, Kulasekara 3-16) by 210 runs For the many who slammed the ICC’s decision to expel Associates from the next World Cup, this was a bad day. After Kenya were embarrassed by a modest New Zealand team, Canada desperately needed to showcase […]
50 overs Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) v Canada Mahela Jayawardene pulls out the reverse-sweep, Sri Lanka v Canada, Group A, World Cup 2011, Hambantota, February 20, 2011 Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara overwhelmed Canada’s bowlers to launch Sri Lanka’s World Cup bid in fine style. The pair formed the backbone […]
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka will have too much firepower for minnows Canada as the 1996 champions launch their World Cup campaign at a new stadium on Sunday. Despite having little knowledge of Canada, and of the ground in the tourist town of Hambantota, Sangakkara is confident his team will […]