Showing posts with label Sri Lanka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri Lanka. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Saturday, July 04, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Chamara Silva Bagging a pair wasn’t the way to go
He made his ODI debut as a 19 year old in 1999, but it was in 2006 that
he made his Test debut, against New Zealand in Christchurch, after
convincing the selectors with strong performances in the domestic
circuit. Bagging a pair wasn’t the way to go – Franklin and Shane Bond
dismissing him before he could get off the mark – but he was given
leeway and in the second Test he scored a 61 and an unbeaten 152. In 11
Tests, the last of which was in 2008, he scored 537 runs at an average
of 33.56.
Marvan Atapattu made his runless debut in 1990, against India in Chandigarh,
Atapattu join with Virender Sehwag, Javed Miandad, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky
Ponting in the list of batsmen with most 200-plus scores in Test
cricket. His assiduousness was the perfect foil for the adventurous
Sanath Jayasuriya, his opening partner for much of his career, but
Atapattu had major hurdles to cross when he started out. He made his
runless debut in 1990, against India in Chandigarh, where he was caught
and bowled by Venkatapathi Raju in the first innings and then trapped in
front by Kapil Dev. It took him till 1997 to get established in the
side but, thereafter, there were runs aplenty – 90 Tests, an average of
39.02 and 16 centuries speak volumes of his class.
Saturday, May 09, 2015
Friday, May 01, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Chanaka Welegedara equalled the world record for the most economical four-over T20 spell
Chanaka Welegedara equalled the world record for the most economical four-over T20 spell, as Tamil Union handed out a 45-run defeat to Sinhalese Sports Club at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground. Welegedara, returning figures of 4-2-2-4, equalled the record set by Chris Morris in a Ram Slam T20 game last year.
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Welegedara produced figures of 4-2-2-4 © Getty Images |
Monday, March 23, 2015
So, goodbye gentleman. You guys were and still are the best.
From our miserable failure against South Africa the
best batsmen of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela
Jayawardena announce retirement from all One Day International matches.
May they be remembered forever as the greatest sportsmen in Sri Lankan
history.
So, goodbye gentleman. You guys were and still are the best.
So, goodbye gentleman. You guys were and still are the best.
Sunday, March 08, 2015
Kumar Sangakkar is the First Batsman to hit three consecutive centuries in World Cup
Kumar Sangakkara is the 2nd
batsmen to complete 14000 ODI runs and ha has taken 378 innings to accomplish
this record as compare to Sachin Tendulkar's 350 to pass the landmark. Like
Sangakkar, Tendulkar had also passed the milestone with a century, against
Pakistan in 2006. Moreover he’s the first batsman to have scored three
consecutive centuries in a World Cup. Kumar Sangakkara is the first batsman to
do so. Only three other batsmen have scored three hundreds in a World Cup
before him - Mark Waugh in 1996, Sourav Ganguly in 2003 and Matthew Hayden in
2007. Overall, six other batsmen have hit three consecutive centuries in ODIs.
Monday, February 09, 2015
Thursday, February 05, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Monday, December 22, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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