‘Sri Lanka’ Archives
Jayasuriya announced retirement from international cricket
Lankan cricket not be up to snuff to astonish. First, early on Thursday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the come back of veteran all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya to the national team for the upcoming one-day international series against England and Scotland after he depleted more than a year in [...]
Strauss has no technical imperfection against left-arm pacers: Flower
As the English skipper Andrew Strauss is struggling for his lost form in the series against Sri Lanka but England coach Andy Flower believes that the Test captain has no technical defect in the batting against left-arm pacers. . I don’t think he has a huge technical difficulty: [...]
Small scoreboard for large names of Lankans
The scoreboard crooked small for the names Sri Lankan players during the just concluded England-Sri Lanka second Test match at London. The names of islanders are too much large, so it is not possible for the scorers to highlight their full names. During the second Test, scorecard has given [...]
Ageing Jayasuriya recalled to international cricket
Veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya's international career has been resurrected in the wake of a doping investigation involving Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga. Jayasuriya, who turns 42 this month, will return to play for Sri Lanka in the upcoming limited-overs and Twenty20 matches against [...]
Sri Lanka show fight to secure draw
England 486 (Prior 126, Cook 96, Morgan 79) and 335 for 7 dec (Cook 106, Pietersen 72, Trott 58, Bell 57*) drew with Sri Lanka 479 (Dilshan 193, Finn 4-108) and 127 for 3 (Paranavitana 44). This time there was no post-tea demolition job as Sri Lanka kept themselves alive in the series by [...]
Sri Lanka march on with Dilshan’s record 193
Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan posted his Test-best score of 193 but suffered in the process against England at Lord's here on Sunday. At the close of a rain-marred third day of the second Test, Sri Lanka were 372 for three in reply to England's first innings 486, a deficit of 114 [...]
Jayasuriya and De Silva were involved in match fixing: Hashan
Former Sri Lankan skipper Hashan Tillakaratne has indicted that two former captains Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya and the former chief of Sri Lanka Cricket Thilanga Sumathipala were involved in Match fixing. According to a Lankan website, Tillakaratne named the two legendry [...]
Cardiff Test was Lanka’s worst-ever performance, feels Murali
Legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan termed Sri Lanka's humiliating innings-defeat against England in the first Test at Cardiff as "worst-ever performance." Muralitharan, who retired as world's leading wicket-taker in both Tests and ODIs was on a flight to United Kingdom when his [...]
Cardiff Test: Crispy reply from Cook and Trott to Lankans
Retorting crisply to Lankans, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott have invigorated their English total to 287-2 at the stumps of day 3 in the rain-affected first test, in progress at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. The hosts still required 113 runs to equal their amputation with Eye-Landers and their [...]
Ton-up Cook hails ‘revelation’ Trott
Alastair Cook made it two hundreds in as many Test innings and moved closer to the status of an England great during the series opener against Sri Lanka here on Saturday. But, rather than bask in his own achievements, the left-handed opener saluted "phenomenal" fellow century-maker Jonathan [...]
