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 [...]
SO the winds of change swept through Sri Lanka cricket last week, and coming as it did amidst the national team’s dreadful free fall, few could’ve been surprised by the shake up. After four straight series losses in Test and ODIs and resultant demotions in the ICC rankings, you’d naturally expect administrators to react. And [...]
By Dinouk Colombage Why cannot Sri Lanka win a match? It seems a fairly simple question and almost one that really does not warrant an answer. Supporters have claimed that the team is in a transitional phase, critics have said that politics and infighting is the cause behind their slump and neutrals have piped up [...]
Fourth ODI – Bloemfontein By Dion Michael All rounder Thisara Perera led a rejuvenated team effort from Sri Lanka to power them to a stunning five wicket win over South Africa in the fourth One-day international at Bloemfontein on Friday. South Africa had already won the five-match series with three straight wins in the [...]
School Cricket Review Prince of Wales registered an upset outright win of St Peters whilst Ananda, Trinity and St Benedicts had to settle for first innings wins over Royal, St Joseph’s and Thurstan respectively. St Thomas’ and Wesley figured in an exciting draw after both sides had ended their first innings on the identical score. [...]
Roshan Abeysinghe When you are out of form as a batsman the tendency is for everything to go against you. Generally you can get out to the most unbelievable dismissal. It could be an outstanding catch off a brilliant stroke or a freak dismissal by being run out at the bowlers end or being stumped [...]
Sri Lanka vs South Africa – 2nd ODI – East London By Dion Michael Jean-Paul Duminy struck an unbeaten 66 to guide South Africa to a five wicket win over Sri Lanka in their second one-day international at East London on Saturday to give the Proteas a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Duminy’s innings [...]
Sri Lanka vs South Africa – 2nd ODI – East London By Firdose Moonda There comes a point in a series when there is nothing but pride to play for. That is usually when a team has disintegrated as much as is possible, or when the games are dead rubbers. Neither of those situations actually [...]
Australia vs India – Third Test – Perth By Dinouk Colombage Australia’s current dominance over a hapless India was emphasised once again on Friday, when the hosts demolished the famed Indian batting line up before their openers rubbed salt into the wounds by racing to a total that was just 11 short of their opponent [...]
School Cricket By Hafiz Marikar Trinity College are looking to emulate their last season’s performance and perhaps even go one better this year. Trinity had a record of eight wins in a row and ended up with ten outright wins, and emerged as the schools league champion last year. They were also the T20 champions [...]
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