Category: Sports

LONDON, June 6, 2011 (AFP) – England gave themselves a chance to win their Test series against Sri Lanka with a match to spare after losing skipper Andrew Strauss for a duck at Lord’s here on Monday. The hosts, at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test, were 149 for two in their […]

LONDON, June 2, 2011 (AFP) – Stuart Law faces the sternest challenge of his brief stint as Sri Lanka interim coach as he tries to get the side back on track following their stunning first Test collapse. The series opener seemed destined for a draw when rain washed out the final morning of in Cardiff […]

CARDIFF, May 31, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said there was no point in reading the riot act after a stunning collapse to 82 all out saw his side lose the first Test against England. A rain-affected match appeared destined for a draw after England declared their first innings on 496 for […]

CARDIFF, May 28, 2011 (AFP) – Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott both made centuries against Sri Lanka in the first Test here on Saturday as they carried on from where they left off in Australia. Cook was 129 not out and Trott 125 not as England closed on 287 for two in reply to Sri […]

CARDIFF, May 28, 2011 (AFP) – England’s James Anderson will be unable to bowl again in the remainder of the first Test against Sri Lanka, a team spokesman said Saturday. And the 28-year-old Lancashire seamer is also now doubtful for the second of this three-Test series starting at Lord’s this coming Friday. Ashes hero Anderson […]

CARDIFF, May 25, 2011 (AFP) – Stuart Law has warned England against taking Sri Lanka lightly even though he concedes they face “the toughest deal on the planet” playing the Ashes-winners in a Test series starting here on Thursday. Former Australia batsman Law is the interim coach of Sri Lanka following the decision by compatriot […]

DERBY, May 22, 2011 (AFP) – Dilhara Fernando took three wickets for four runs as Sri Lanka completed their preparations for next week’s first Test against England with a morale-boosting 38-run win over the England Lions here on Sunday. Sri Lanka, who’d already beaten Middlesex, won on the fourth and final day after being made […]

May 23, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket officials Monday reacted cautiously to an invitation to tour Pakistan, just two years after players were targeted in a deadly militant ambush in Lahore. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced at the weekend that they had invited Sri Lanka to play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one […]

DERBY, May 21, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan and Tharanga Paranavitana both scored their second centuries in as many matches as they warmed-up for next week’s first Test in Cardiff by hauling the islanders back into their contest against the second string England Lions. Dilshan (117) and Paranavitana (125), following on from […]

KARACHI, May 22, 2011 (AFP) – Pakistan have officially invited Sri Lanka to contest a home series in the hope that the two governments can sort out a tour due to start in October, an official said Sunday. Gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team in March 2009 in Lahore injuring seven Sri Lankan players and […]

LONDON, May 19, 2011 (AFP) – Eoin Morgan and Samit Patel both hit centuries in last-gasp bids to seal Test spots as England Lions piled up 394 for four on the first day of a four-day match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Morgan made 156 not out with Patel weighing in with an unbeaten 101 […]

LONDON, May 16, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka enjoyed a successful warm-up ahead of their Test series against England with a four-wicket win over Middlesex on the third and final day of their tour opener at Uxbridge on Monday. Several batsmen spent time in the middle, Thilan Samaraweera leading the way with 49, as Sri […]