‘Sri Lanka’ Archives
Sri Lanka beats India by 51 runs in CB series
All round Sri Lanka beats fragile India by 51 runs today in CB series. India abandoned their rotation policy and played all three senior batsmen. They also brought in a spinner in place of a fast bowler. They still leaked runs at the death. Their heavyweight top order still caved in [...]
South Africa outplayed Sri Lanka in 1st test
South Africa overwhelmed a brittle Sri Lanka by an innings and 81 runs at Centurion with victory sealed before tea on the third day when Vernon Philander claimed his tenth wicket of the match. The home side's bowlers needed just 39.1 overs to dismantle the opposition batting line-up for a second [...]
Sri Lanka bundled on 218
As has been the case for the bulk of this tour, Kumar Sangakkara was left with the responsibility of bailing the struggling Sri Lankan batting line-up out of trouble. Failures with the bat cost them the Test as well as the ODI series and events took a similar turn in the dead rubber as well, with [...]
Sri Lanka beats Pakistan
The ICC's latest fiddle with the rules was primarily responsible for the intrigue in Dubai, where the tale of two batting Powerplays decided the course of the second ODI; Sri Lanka stole 48 off theirs, to poke a [...]
Pakistan on top against SL
Tea Sri Lanka 239 and 17 for 0 (Paranavitana 10*, Thirimanne 7*) trail Pakistan 403 (Azhar 100, Shafiq 59, Younis 55, Dilshan 3-57) by 147 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details How they were out The Sri Lanka openers survived a testing 40-minute spell before tea after Pakistan took a [...]
Geoff Marsh geared to help Sri Lanka rebuild
Geoff Marsh has said he is looking forward to the challenge of helping rebuild Sri Lanka's side after the loss of several veterans over the past two years. Marsh, who has been named Sri Lanka's new coach, said he found it "quite exciting" to see the young talent on display during the recent [...]
Australia wins series against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 473 (Mathews 105*, Dilshan 83, Sangakkara 79, M Jayawardene 51, Siddle 4-91) and 7 for 0 drew with Australia 316 (Hussey 118, Marsh 81, Eranga 4-65, Welegedara 3-75) and 488 (Hughes 126, Clarke 112, Hussey 93, Herath 7-157) Scorecard and ball-by-ball [...]
Hughes hundred hurts Sri Lanka’s hopes
Smart stats Phillip Hughes' century is his first since his twin centuries in the second Test against South Africa in Durban in 2009. In between, he made only one half-century in ten Tests. Hughes also achieved the feat of scoring a century and a duck in the same match. [...]
Rain saved Sri Lanka from defeat
Australia did many things right in the second Test but in the end they couldn't beat the Pallekele weather, or Sri Lanka, as the match faded away to a gloomy draw on the fifth afternoon. The teams will now head to Colombo for the final match with the series still undecided, a heartening outcome [...]
Marsh and Hussey stars Australia in 2nd day
Shaun Marsh grew up dreaming of wearing a baggy green just like his father Geoff, and realised that ambition on Thursday. By Friday night he was able to go to bed dreaming of a long future in Test cricket and a potential century on debut, after he and [...]
