Category: Sports

WELLINGTON, February 13, 2010 (AFP) – New Zealand is poised to lead the way into the potentially lucrative United States cricket market with confirmation Saturday that talks are underway to play Sri Lanka in Florida this year. A “strategic partnership” has been formed with USA Cricket which will be of commercial benefit to both parties, […]

ISLAMABAD, February 3, 2010 (AFP) – A parliamentary sports committee Wednesday summoned Pakistani security officials to explain a delay in the release of a report on last year’s terror attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore. A senior federal government official told the committee the government had yet to receive a report on the […]

DHAKA, January 13, 2010 (AFP) – Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara hit impressive half-centuries to guide Sri Lanka to a four-wicket win over India in the triangular one-day series final here on Wednesday. Jayawardene top-scored with an unbeaten 71 and skipper Sangakkara made a brisk 55 as Sri Lanka passed India’s 245 with nine balls […]

DHAKA, January 5, 2010 (AFP) – Thilan Samaraweera smashed a career-best 105 not out to guide Sri Lanka to a five-wicket win over India in a triangular one-day series match here on Tuesday. The middle-order batsman hit 11 fours in his 106-ball knock for his second one-day hundred as Sri Lanka surpassed India’s 279-9 with […]

December 30, 2009 (AFP) – The world’s most experienced one-day batsman, Sanath Jayasuriya, has been axed from next month’s limited-overs tri-series in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Cricket said Wednesday.Jayasuriya, 40, was not named in Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for the tri-series as selectors made changes after recent defeats to India, the third team taking part in […]

LONDON, December 28, 2009 (AFP) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will be Lancashire’s overseas player next season, the English county announced Monday.The 32-year-old Sangakkara, one of the world’s leading batsmen, will arrive at Old Trafford once he has completed his international commitments at the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean and at the proposed Asia […]

NEW DELHI, December 27, 2009 (AFP) – Unfit pitch conditions at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium forced the fifth and final one-day international between India and Sri Lanka to be abandoned on Sunday. Sri Lanka, sent in to bat, were 83-5 in the 24th over when the umpires stopped play after a ball from debutante seamer […]

NAGPUR, December 18, 2009 (AFP) – Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered a second successive century to power Sri Lanka to a thrilling three-wicket victory over India in the second one-day international here on Friday.The opener, who made 160 in the last match, cracked a rapid-fire 123 as Sri Lanka surpassed India’s 301-7 with five balls to spare […]

LONDON, December 17, 2009 (AFP) – International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan expects day/night Test cricket to become a reality within the next two years as a way of countering declining attendances for the five-day game.Trials with a pink ball for use under floodlights are underway with officials determined to boost global interest levels […]

RAJKOT, December 15, 2009 (AFP) – India overcame a brilliant century by Tillakaratne Dilshan to defeat Sri Lanka by three runs in a dramatic start to the five-match one-day series on Tuesday. Dilshan made 160 off 124 balls as the tourists made a spirited effort to surpass India’s highest one-day total of 414-7, before falling […]

MOHALI, December 12, 2009 (AFP) – Yuvraj Singh took 3-23 and smashed an unbeaten 60 off 25 balls on his 28th birthday as India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets on Saturday to draw the two-match Twenty20 series 1-1. India, who lost the first match in Nagpur on Wednesday by 29 runs, chased down Sri […]

NAGPUR, December 9, 2009 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara smashed a career-best 78 off just 37 balls to set up Sri Lanka’s 29-run win in the first Twenty20 international against India here on Wednesday. India paid the price for some sloppy fielding with Yuvraj Singh dropping a sitter at point when Jayasuriya (26) was on two, […]