Temptation to view the upcoming tri-series involving India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, beginning here on Monday, as a battle between a super power and two less-than-equal rivals might be too overwhelming. But scratch the top, even this seemingly insignificant piece of action throws up a lot of sub-texts. The euphoria of India reaching the pinnacle [...]
Opener Virender Sehwag’s career-best 146 helped India post its highest ever total in a limited-overs international on Tuesday, scoring 414-7 in the opening one-dayer against Sri Lanka. Sehwag hit six sixes and 17 fours in his dominant 102-ball knock that helped India surpass its previous best of 413-5, made against Bermuda at Port of Spain [...]
With the batsmen from both sides in excellent form, Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss predicted that tomorrow’s first one dayer against India would be a run-feast. Bayliss said the Sri Lankan batsmen were in good nick but so were the Indians and he was expecting a high-scoring thriller tomorrow. “We look forward to it very [...]
An umpiring blunder cost Sri Lanka dearly as they battled to stave off defeat in the third and final cricket Test against India on Saturday. The tourists, trailing by 333 on the first innings, moved from their overnight score of 11-0 to 84-1 in their second knock by lunch on the fourth day at Mumbai’s [...]
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss today made a candid confession that his team would have required 20 fielders to stop Virender Sehwag when the India opener went hammer and tongs after their bowlers. Sehwag dominated day two of the third and final Test with an unbeaten 284 off 239 balls and nearly became the first [...]
Perhaps the story of the series so far has been the ease with which the Sri Lankan spinners have been countered by the Indian batsmen. A mountain of runs in the first two Tests has been in stark contrast to the plight of the Indian batsmen when Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis tormented them in [...]
India achieved their biggest victory against Sri Lanka and in the process clinched their 100th Test win on the fourth day of the second Test in Kanpur. India’s previous best against their neighbors was a victory by an innings and 119 runs in 1994 and they bettered that with ease today. Thilan Samaraweera resisted the [...]
Sree Santh took six wickets as India closed in on victory over Sri Lanka on day three of the second Test in Kanpur. Sri Lanka started the day on 66-1 in reply to India’s 642 but were dismissed for 229 in their first innings and were 57-4 at the close, still 356 behind. Fast bowler [...]
India’s run-fest against Sri Lanka may not be the greatest entertainment, but the crowds in Kanpur will be content with a win for MS Dhoni’s men What can you say about a series in which 2,133 runs have been scored in 19 sessions for the loss of just 25 wickets? What can you say of [...]
Mahela Jayawardene ground the Indian bowlers into the Ahmedabad dust, almost ruling out a defeat for Sri Lanka in the first Test. This was only the second time that Sri Lanka took a first-innings lead in India, and only the first time they crossed 450 in the country. Jayawardene’s sixth double-century, and twelfth 150, was [...]
Sri Lanka are the world’s second-best Test side yet their fast-bowling line-up is unlikely to send shivers down a batsman’s spine. Their five-member pace contingent for the India tour, comprising Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Dammika Prasad, Angelo Mathews and Chanaka Welegedara, have played 27 Tests among them, sharing 68 wickets with only one five-for (Thushara). [...]
The Sri Lankan team management has expressed its dissatisfaction at the security measures that had been put in place in Mumbai during the Islanders’ stay in the country’s commercial capital for six days before departing for Ahmedabad on Saturday. Mumbai is to host the final match of the three-Test series, from December 2 to 6, [...]
The dust has settled from the Champion’s Trophy, and all in all, not much has changed. We were reminded that 50 over cricket still has life left in it, and that a short tournament involving the top players is much more watchable than a bloated one with sub-par teams filling the spaces (take note ICC). [...]
• England ruled one over short during win over South Africa • Sri Lanka adjudged two overs short in defeat by New Zealand England and Sri Lanka have been fined for slow over-rates following contrasting results in their Group B Champions Trophy matches on Sunday. England, who defeated South Africa by 22 runs at Centurion [...]
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