Sri Lanka’s legendary off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was the cynosure of all eyes as he began his farewell Test match against India at the Galle International Stadium yesterday. As bad weather delayed the start of the match by half an hour, Muralitharan walked into the middle to a rousing welcome with warm congratulations from the […]
As Muttiah Muralitharan prepares for his farewell Test, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has cautioned his team not to get carried away by the occasion and instead concentrate on beating India in Galle. “As a team, the best we can do for Murali is to make sure we don’t get too overwhelmed or carried away […]
GALLE: India is determined not to join the party as Sri Lanka celebrates World record wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan’s final cricket Test appearance in Galle from Sunday. The off-spinner, 38, will retire after the opening contest of the three-match series at the Galle International Stadium, in which he needs eight scalps to reach the unprecedented 800-wicket […]
Colombo: Veteran all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been denied central contract by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) while retiring spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan finds his name in the 20-player list issued for the current year by SLC. Jayasuriya, a veteran of 110 Tests and 444 ODIs, has been witnessing a slump in his performance for quite some […]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Spain stunned the Netherlands to win their first World Cup on Sunday in sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra time. With the scoreless match inching toward a penalty shootout, and the Netherlands down to 10 men, Andres Iniesta collected a pass from Cesc Fabregas to fire home […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)—Sri Lanka has imposed a temporary ban on its cricketers playing in foreign leagues to help it select a squad for next year’s World Cup, an official said Monday. Brian Thomas, Sri Lanka Cricket media manager, said the ban affected 76 players, who are set to be sent away to a camp […]
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the opening match of the Asia Cup limited-overs tournament on Tuesday. India and Bangladesh are the other teams in the four-nation event being held in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla. […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s new cricket selection panel on Thursday left veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya out of the 15-man squad for next week’s Asia Cup. Selectors also dropped spinner Ajantha Mendis and included fast bowling all-rounder Farveez Maharoof for the four-nation limited-overs tournament against India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in Sri Lanka from […]
HARARE (AP)—An unbeaten century by Tillakaratne Dilshan guided Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe on Wednesday in the final of the limited overs tri-nation series at Harare Sports Club. Dilshan, who looked in control from the start, scored 108 off 102 balls as he steered Sri Lanka to a total of 203-1 […]
Reuters – By Simon Evans India were humiliatingly knocked out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Tuesday when a last-ball six from Sri Lanka’s Chamara Kapugedera condemned them to their third straight defeat in the Super Eight stage. Sri Lanka, who have two victories in Group F, won by five wickets and go through to […]
PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AP)—Mahela Jayawardene cracked a brilliant 100 off 63 balls Monday and Sri Lanka just beat the rain to defeat Zimbabwe by 14 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis system at the World Twenty20 tournament. The 32-year-old Jayawardene slammed 10 fours and four sixes to dominate Sri Lanka’s innings of 173-7 off 20 overs. […]