By Pelham Juriansz The ‘nervous’ nineties – that is what it is called. Well, what do you think I am referring to? It is of course, those batsmen who get out for a score between 90 and 99 especially, in their respective ‘Big Matches’. This year, at the 133rd ‘Battle of the Blues’ between Royal [...]
CB series – Game 9- Australia vs Sri Lanka – Hobart Contrasting 80s from Mahela Jayawardena and Dinesh Chandimal, coupled with some aggressive strokeplay at the death by Thisara Perera enabled Sri Lanka to record their third straight win which took them to the top of the Commonwealth Bank Series table. Chasing 281 for [...]
Thurstan – Isipathana 49th Encounter Skipper Sajeewa Salgado struck 114 to anchor Thurstan’s innings and give his side a narrow first innings win over arch rivals Isipathana in their Big Match which concluded in yet another draw at the SSC grounds yesterday. With both sides not interested in playing positively, the game was destined to [...]
School Cricket Review St Peter’s and St Joseph’s warmed up for their Big Match next week in contrasting styles in the final games which concluded yesterday. St Peter’s registered a comfortable nine-wicket win but their opponents were Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa – one of the weaker sides this season. The Peterites would not be too [...]
Sri Lanka vs Australia – Perth Australia squeezed past Sri Lanka with a narrow five-run win despite Angelo Mathews’ heroics in their 50-over encounter in the CB series in Perth on Friday. After being bowled out for a disappointing 231, Australia fought back through their bowlers and looked assured of victory when they reduced [...]
By Hafiz Marikar The highest award at Trinity College the Ryde Gold Medal which is presented to the best all-round student of the school, was awarded to Cricketer Akila Jayasundara at the Schools prize giving on Friday. Jayasundera was also presented the best sportsman of the year award by chief Guest M.I. Imam High Court [...]
Bangladesh Premier League When Brendon McCullum hit that brutal 158* four years ago, he gave the Indian Premier League some cricketing cred, to match the marketing hype, on its opening day. With the Bangladesh Premier League positioned as a mini-IPL, Chris Gayle’s 101* in its first game, naturally demanded comparison. But more than just some [...]
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 [...]
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