@2022 - All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by Rev-Creations, Inc
490 results found in 1203 ms
Page 7 of 17
Sri Lanka yesterday pulled out a bowler, Sajeewa Weerakoon, from near obscurity to line up for the third ODI against Pakistan at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo implying that its stables were depleted following the retirement of Muttiah Muralideran and an injury to Rangana Herath.
After the start they had at Hambantota in the first T 20 the next two outings for Sri Lanka has naturally been disappointing. While nothing can be taken away from the bowling skills of Pakistan much of the blame is with the Sri Lankan team too.
If the batting in the Sri Lankan camp was below par the bowling and the fielding amply made up for it. To win by 37 runs after scoring just 132 for 7 in 20 overs has to be ranked as a wonderful effort under any circumstances. And that was exactly what Sri Lanka did at Hambantota in the 1st T 20 game against Pakistan to come from behind and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Sri Lankan hurdler Supun Randeniya from Ranabima Royal College bagged the countryandrsquo;s fourth medal at the on-going Asian Junior Athletics championships when he won the Bronze at the 110 metres hurdles at the Sugathadasa stadium yesterday.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene yesterday said that the game of cricket has greatly evolved with the introduction of T20 cricket onto the world stage.
Coach Graham Ford yesterday said that all rounder Thisara Perera would be the biggest factor in Sri Lanka cricket in the future, just hours after the former St. Josephandrsquo;s College cricketer put up a magnificent all-round performance to set up a comfortable 76 runs win for Sri Lanka.
Yesterday marked a golden day for Sri Lanka athletics as two gold medals were won at the Asian Junior Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
ICC Media Release More than 350 school children from Kandy district formed a …
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thisara Perera starred as Sri Lanka levelled the one-day international series against Pakistan with a comfortable 76-run victory in the second ODI in Pallekele.
Sprinter Ashantha Kumara has been axed from the 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship despite recording the seasonandrsquo;s best performance in March.
Pakistan pace trio led by Umar Gul set up a comfortable six wicket win, as hosts Sri Lanka succumbed to its fifth successive defeat to the men in green in a rain affected first ODI here at Pallekele yesterday.
Pakistan won their first of the five One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka by six wickets here at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka's star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012.
Pakistan is among four South Asian neighbours to snub the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be hosted by Sri Lanka at the reconstructed Sugathadasa stadium in Colombo this weekend.andnbsp;
A political muddle is reported to have taken place ahead of selections for the Sri Lanka A team on a tour of South Africa, Ceylon Today learns.
Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be aiming for improvements in their rankings on the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table when they go head to head in a five-match series which starts in Pallekele on Thursday.
Pakistan on Monday added Sohail Tanvir to the one-day squad against Sri Lanka after the left-arm paceman excelled in the Twenty20 series draw.
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s Beach Handball pool is undergoing residential training at the Negombo beach for the last two months. The pool consisting of 18 players are training in preparation to represent the country at the Asian Beach Games to be held in Haiyang, China this month.
A. Ratnayake Central College, Walala can be called as the birth place of many athletes who are dominating at school and national level for years in the Sri Lanka athletic arena but out of those only few athletes went beyond national level to win at International level.
Sri Lanka perhaps did Pakistan a great favour to share the T-20 series with an experiment that failed in disaster as Shahid Afridi capped a memorable night becoming the first cricketer to play in 50 matches and with it lift his team to victory here at the Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium in Hambantota yesterday.
Pakistan were bowled out for 95 after restricting Sri Lanka to 132-7, with pacemen Nuwan Kulasekera, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga and debutant off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake each taking two wickets.
Natureandrsquo;s fury and not any human factor could be a driving concern of the Sri Lankan team when they move out to take on Pakistan at the wind-swept bush covered venue here at Hambantota which prepares to take its place as the latest T-20 arena today.
Sri Lankan cricket circles have been buzzing over the past two days after a local website named a player who is alleged to be responsible for spot-fixing at the Indian Premier League.
Pakistanandrsquo;s new T-20 cricket captain Mohamed Hafeez yesterday threw down the gauntlet that his players made up the team to beat on their tour of Sri Lanka which starts in Hambantota on Friday.
Unable to reach an agreement over their annual contracts, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s cricketers could go into the Pakistan series signing what is called a andldquo;tour contractandrdquo; to safeguard a mere formality but in reality a virtual protest against restrictions that are to be imposed on them.
With just four days to go before Sri Lanka takes on Pakistan, a major upheaval has taken place in which the countryandrsquo;s top professional cricketers have threatened not sign any agreements to play while expressing fears their new contracts will make them kneel in front of their employer, Sri Lanka Cricket, like schoolboys in a classroom. andnbsp;
Sri Lanka will host New Zealand for two Tests, five ODIs and a T-20 match in October-November before heading for Australia for a full cricket series of three Tests, five ODIs and two T20s on December 3.
Left arm fast bowling allrounder Isuru Udana has been drafted into the Sri Lanka T-20 team that would take on Pakistan in a two-match series on June 1 and 3 at Hambantota before a grueling five-match ODI and three-match Test series.
Sri Lanka will enter ten youth sailors to compete at the Asian Optimist Championship to be held on the Trincomalee seas from June 2 to 10.