Posts Tagged ‘Sri Lanka’
Tharanga, Malinga shape Sri Lanka’s vital win
Left-handed opener Tharanga made 111 for his 12th one-day hundred as Sri Lanka scored 286-9 before dismissing Australia for 208 in the must-win match Hambantota, Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga hit a century and paceman Lasith Malinga grabbed five wickets as Sri Lanka posted a crucial 78-run win over Australia in the third one-day international on [...]
Pointer gives Aussies 2-0 series lead vs. Sri Lanka
Former captain Ricky Ponting hit an unbeaten 90 and shared unbroken 107-run stand with captain Michael Clarke on Sunday as Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their second one-day international. Ponting hit a six and eight boundaries to help his team chase down a victory target of 209 runs and take a 2-0 [...]
The Sri Lanka Premier League has to stand up on its own feet
I have a confession to make – up until the World Cup final, earlier this year, I wasn’t a well-wisher of Sri Lankan cricket. The animosity started the day India lost the 1996 World Cup semi-finals to them at Eden Garden. A million dreams crushed in a few hours, that too brutally. The extent of [...]
Aussie cricket sets standard in Sri Lanka
Captain Michael Clarke told his Australian team they set a standard to build on with their crushing victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international. Inspired by a man-of-the-match bowling display from left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson in his 100th ODI, Australia romped to a comfortable seven-wicket win over the World Cup finalists in Kandy [...]
Sri Lanka paceman Malinga quits Test cricket
Injury-prone Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga on Friday quit Test cricket in a bid to prolong his career in one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches. Malinga is playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and had recently made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka’s tour of England, attracting criticism that he had chosen to play [...]
India Won Cricket World Cup 2011 By Six Wickets
India beat Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup for the first time in 28 years, with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni guiding the run chase on Saturday to deliver the great Sachin Tendulkar his first title in six attempts. Dhoni scored an unbeaten 91, sharing a 109-run stand with Gautam Gambhir (97) and finishing [...]
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand – Enter ICC World Cup 2011 Finals
Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets to enter ICC World Cup Finals: SLanka bundle out NZealand for a modest 217 in 48.5 overs despite Scott Stryis’s fighting half-century, in the first semi-final of the cricket World Cup in Colombo on Tuesday.Pace spearhead Lasith Malinga and spinner Ajantha Mendis, with three wickets each, were [...]
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Pakistan Defeat Sri Lanka by 11 Runs
Exciting cricket took place in Columbo RPS in the day/night ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Saturday 26th February 2011. Pakistan set Sri Lanka a total of 277 for 7 from their 50 overs, to which Sri Lanka could only manage 266 for 9 in response, which meant that [...]
Cricket World Cup 2011: Sri Lanka vs. Canada Live!
Sri Lanka vs. Canada Live: 1996 champions Sri Lanka host minnows Canada at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota for the third match of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The newly built arena is a venue that both sides know nothing about because no one has ever played on it. The Lions [...]
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