By Dinouk Colombage-reporting from Australia Ben Hilfenhaus has been named as Brett Lee’s replacement for the ongoing Commonwealth Bank One Day Series. Brett Lee was ruled out of the series after he suffered a fracture on the small toe of his right foot during the twenty-twenty match in Melbourne on Friday. Hilfenhaus, who had [...]
By Dinouk Colombage reporting from Australia India’s abject batting performances returned to haunt them as Australia won game one in the Commonwealth Bank series by 63 runs courtesy of the Duckworth and Lewis method. A man of the match performance by Matthew Wade was the standout performance in a clinical display by the Australians. [...]
Commonwealth Bank tri-series preview By Dinouk Colombage-reporting from Australia The Commonwealth Bank series kicks off today with Australia and India squaring off against one another at the MCG in Melbourne. Coming off the back of a 4-0 win in the test series and a 1-1 draw in the 20/20 matches, Australia will be looking to [...]
Sri Lanka captain, Mahela Jayawardena and discarded Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja were the key attractions at the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday Jayawardena was sold to Delhi Daredevils for a whopping US $1.4 million. Having started the bidding at a base price of US $300,000, the Sri Lankan skipper saw a tight battle for [...]
Roshan Abeysinghe How accurate are ICC team rankings in Cricket? Or are these merely to drum up interest and create the hype? My purpose of asking these questions is not to disapprove of it. I do know that as the game evolves players, administrators and fans look for opportunities to enjoy the game outside the [...]
SriLankan Airlines’ Asia Pacific Senior Golf Masters 2012 tees off on February 15 at the picturesque Rajawella golf links in Kandy. Over 60 Professional Golfers and 30 amateurs, including leading local golfers will play during the three-day event at the Victoria Golf and Country Resort. The participants will play on the 18-hole turf that is [...]
England vs Pakistan – Third Test – UAE By Dion Michael A superlative unbroken third wicket stand of 194 between Younis Khan and Azhar Ali put Pakistan in total control of the third test and left England facing almost certain whitewash in their three tests series. Pakistan lead the series 2-0 after winning the first [...]
Wins opening race of 2012 season in spectacular style Defending Gravel Champion Pasindu Peiris entertained over 100,000 spectators with a spectacular display of gravel driving, when he drove his new team EZY Racing to a flying start to the 2012 race season by stamping his class all the way to win the race with [...]
By Richard Browne On Boxing Day 2004, Muttiah Muralitharan slept even though his alarm clock sounded. If he had awoken he would have been driving south down the Galle Road and into the full brunt of the Tsunami that was already ravaging southern Sri Lanka. Instead he was turned back by a policeman as he [...]
England vs Pakistan – Third Test – UAE By Dinouk Colombage England’s good work with the ball was nearly undone in the third test as their batsmen scraped to 104-6 by the close of play on the first day. Having dismissed the Pakistani’s for a paltry 99, England looked well on their way to [...]
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