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 […]
Source: Reuters – By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has banned spectators from carrying defamatory banners, posters, glass bottles and also drums and bands to Cricket World Cup venues, police said on Friday. Sri Lanka, co-host of the tournament with Bangladesh and India, is hosting 12 matches including the quarter-finals and […]
NEW DELHI: Brief run-down of the top batting knocks in the World Cup (against Test playing nations only) ahead of the 2011 edition which starts on Saturday. 1. Sourav Ganguly (India) – 183 (158 balls, 17 fours, 7 sixes) v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999 Ganguly provided a taste of what T20 might be like with […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Record-breaking Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan goes into his fourth and final World Cup praying that he ends his glorious international career on a high. “My role for this World Cup is to take as many wickets as possible,” says the 38-year-old off-spinner. “I just want to focus on my performance and […]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Murali’s technique will also be recorded and downloaded into the Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence ‘virtual bowler’ machine, if and when he visits the country as a guest spin coach in June. Asked if there was some sense of poetic justice in this, Murali, said that he did not want […]
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be held in the sub-continent South Asian countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai will be hosting the final of the Cricket World Cup 2011. Sri Lanka will play under Group A with Australia,Pakistan, New Zealan, Zimbabwe and Canada. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule has […]
Sachin Tendulkar is playing his 444th one-day international, reaching another milestone in a career where he holds nearly every major record with the bat. Tendulkar, 37, equaled Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya for the number of ODI appearances. Tendulkar reached the mark in the second ODI against South Africa on Saturday and will likely break the […]
