Category: Sports

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 16, 2007 (AFP) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting scored an unbeaten 66 as the champions stretched their unbeaten run at the World Cup to 26 games and 20 consecutive wins with a seven-wicket Super Eights victory against an under-strength Sri Lanka here Monday. Australia had a minor wobble when occasional off-spinner […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 16, 2007 (AFP) – Australia’s Andrew Symonds admitted he was stunned to see Sri Lanka rest frontline bowlers Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan from their World Cup Super Eights clash on Monday. Australia face New Zealand in their last Super Eights game here on Friday Symonds smashed an unbeaten 63 as […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 17, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan, who were controversially omitted for the crushing World Cup defeat by Australia, could also sit out Wednesday’s clash against Ireland.Their absence, and that of already injured quick Lasith Malinga, meant the 1996 World Cup winners went into Monday’s loss to […]

April 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka wants compensation from cricket’s world governing body for a cancelled tri-series last year that it says caused a loss of 12 million dollars, a top official here said Monday.The series involving India, South Africa and the hosts was cancelled in Colombo in August when the Proteas abandoned the […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 17, 2007 (AFP) – From the country that gave you Riverdance, Ireland can now boast The Chicken and The Ferret.The Irish team’s World Cup campaign, which has accounted for Pakistan and Bangladesh, has also spawned a couple of new moves which would definitely look out of place at all self-respecting nightclubs. Captain […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 15, 2007 (AFP) – Ireland put up a spirited show to beat Bangladesh by 74 runs to win the battle of the giantkillers and raise their hopes of avoiding the World Cup Super Eights wooden-spoon. Ireland’s impressive total of 243-7 was built around a steady 85 by William Porterfield and 48 by […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 16, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody has insisted he won’t have any problems watching his side take on Australia, the country he represented as a player. Reigning champions Australia meet Sri Lanka in a World Cup Super Eights match at Grenada’s National Stadium here Monday, with both teams […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 14, 2007 (AFP) – New Zealand made certain of their place in the World Cup semifinals when they cruised to a five-wicket win over South Africa in their Super Eights match at the Grenada National Stadium Saturday. New Zealand bounced back from their defeat against Sri Lanka two days earlier by […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 15, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene says his side’s self-belief means they can do what no other team has managed since the 1999 World Cup – beat Australia.“The next two weeks for us is the showcase time for the whole tournament, and our senior players, who have been […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 15, 2007 (AFP) – Australia v Sri Lanka head-to-head record ahead of their World Cup Super Eights match at the Grenada National Stadium here on Monday: Total meetings: 62 Australia wins: 41 Sri Lanka wins: 19 Tied: 0 No Result: 2 Last 10 meetings 25/02/2004: Colombo Australia won by 5 wkts […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 14, 2007 (AFP) – Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has said his team will aim for the early dismissal of in-form Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya in their next World Cup match. “There is no doubt he (Jayasuriya) is a great player and we’d like to get on top of him early […]

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 12, 2007 (AFP) – Chaminda Vaas ensured Sri Lanka didn’t miss Lasith Malinga by removing New Zealand’s top three in a six-wicket World Cup Super Eights win at Grenada’s National Stadium. Sri Lanka, set 220 to win, finished on 222 for four to move level on eight points with New Zealand […]