Category: Sports

LONDON, June 13, 2014 (AFP) – Joe Root passed 150 after Stuart Broad’s quickfire 47 helped take England to 473 for eight against Sri Lanka at lunch on the second day of the first Test at Lord’s on Friday.But the all-rounder’s run-a-ball 19 came to an end when he lobbed a gentle catch off Eranga […]

LONDON, June 12, 2014 (AFP) – Joe Root’s second hundred in as many Lord’s Tests was the cornerstone of England’s recovery on the first day of their series opener with Sri Lanka on Thursday. Sri Lanka appealed for lbw but Reiffel ruled in Prior’s favour and, despite a review, the ‘umpire’s call’ stood after replays […]

LONDON, June 11, 2014 (AFP) – England will look to put the memory of their 5-0 Ashes drubbing in Australia behind them and prove there is Test life beyond Kevin Pietersen when they face Sri Lanka in the first of a two-match series at Lord’s on Thursday. What the run-out row also did was obscure […]

NORTHAMPTON, June 8, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Thirimanne was in positive mood ahead of Thursday’s first Test against England after the tourists’ warm-up match against Northamptonshire ended in a draw.Although Sri Lanka have won individual Tests in England, they’ve never won a series of more than one match. But Thirimanne said he believed […]

NORTHAMPTON, June 7, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene said he expected England to “come hard” during this month’s two-Test series.The tourists took a five-match one-day series 3-2 with a six-wicket win at Edgbaston on Tuesday — a result overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the run out backing up or ‘Mankading’ of England’s […]

NORTHAMPTON, June 5, 2014 (AFP) – Kaushal Silva and Lahiru Thirimanne both scored hundreds as Sri Lanka compiled 358 for three on the opening day of their tour match against Northamptonshire.The compact Silva pulled Coetzer for four to complete a 123-ball fifty while left-hander Thirimanne square-cut spinner Spriegel to the boundary to reach the landmark […]

BIRMINGHAM, June 3, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka proved too strong with both ball and bat as they beat England by six wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at Edgbaston on Tuesday to clinch a 3-2 series victory.First paceman Lasith Malinga took three for 50 as Sri Lanka restricted England to 219 all […]

BIRMINGHAM, June 3, 2014 (AFP) – England captain Alastair Cook said he expected the controversial run out of Jos Buttler during the fifth one-day international against Sri Lanka to “spice up” the forthcoming Test series between the teams.Cook insisted a “line had been crossed” after Sachithra Senanayake ran out England’s Jos Buttler as the non-striker […]

COLOMBO, June 4, 2014 (AFP) – Former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga Wednesday said Sri Lanka was right to run out England’s Jos Buttler, but felt he should have been recalled in the spirit of the game. “We should have got him out and then (Sri Lankan captain) Angelo (Mathews) called him back to play,” Ranatunga told […]

LONDON, June 2, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Monday.Sri Lanka, meanwhile, named their squad on Monday afternoon for the two-Test series against England in June, from which Senanayake is omitted. The 29-year-old made his Test debut, […]

LONDON, May 31, 2014 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara’s first century at Lord’s saw Sri Lanka bounce back in the fourth one-day international against England on Saturday.Just days after they’d been shot out for 67 at Old Trafford, Sri Lanka made 300 for nine after being sent into bat. Sangakkara’s 112 — his first hundred at […]

MANCHESTER, May 30, 2014 (AFP) – Alastair Cook’s focus may be on the ongoing one-day series with Sri Lanka but the fitness of wicketkeeper Matt Prior ahead of the Test matches with the tourists is a concern for the England captain.Established Test gloveman Prior was dropped from the side during the team’s 5-0 Ashes thrashing […]