Category: Sports

HOBART, Australia, Nov 19, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka hit early trouble in their chase for an improbable 507 runs to win the second cricket Test and square the series with Australia at Bellerive Oval on the fourth day here Monday.Jaques was chasing his third consecutive century against Sri Lanka in the series.The tourists began […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 19, 2007 (AFP) – Brett Lee undermined Sri Lanka’s hopes of chasing down a history-making 507 runs against Australia in the second cricket Test with two crucial wickets late on the fourth day here Monday.The pace spearhead lured Marvan Atapattu into a trap for his favoured hook shot and then bowled first-innings […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka were all out for 246 in reply to Australia’s first innings 542 for five declared late on the third day of the second cricket Test at Bellerive Oval here Sunday. Even though Australia held a 296-run lead on the first innings, skipper Ricky Ponting decided to […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) – Skipper Mahela Jayawardene produced one of his great fighting innings for his first century against Australia but has mixed feelings after another poor Sri Lankan batting display here Sunday.The gifted 30-year-old right-hander defied the Australian bowlers to post a resilient 104 as Sri Lanka crumbled to be all […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) – Adam Gilchrist blazed his way to 100 Test sixes as Australia plundered Sri Lanka’s bowlers for another 500-plus innings declaration. Later he made a plea for the person in possession of the ball which brought up his 100th Test six at Bellerive Oval here Saturday to return it […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 16, 2007 (AFP) – Global news agencies ended a boycott of Australian cricket Friday after striking an agreement with the sport’s governing body that allows their photographers and reporters to cover matches.The agencies will immediately begin coverage of the second Test against Sri Lanka, which started in Hobart on Friday, in which […]

HOBART, Australia, Nov 16, 2007 (AFP) – Phil Jaques and Mike Hussey scored back-to-back Test centuries as Australia took a vice grip on the second cricket Test with Sri Lanka after the opening day’s play at Bellerive Oval here Friday. Australia named an unchanged side while Sri Lanka recalled Lasith Malinga and fit-again Kumar Sangakkara, […]

Nov 13, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would take action against batsman Marvan Atapattu after the second test with Australia, a top official said. Sri Lanka Cricket interim chief Jayantha Dharmadasa told LBO that the decision was taken Monday. Atapattu was quoted by the media as saying that Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors were a “set […]

Nov 13, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka fears missing out on hero Muttiah Muralitharan’s feat of becoming the greatest ever wicket taker in Test cricket because of an ongoing dispute over media access. Master spinner Muralitharan needs just seven wickets to overtake retired Australian and fellow spinner Shane Warne’s world record tally of 708. Muralitharan […]

Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s chief selector Asantha de Mel on Sunday declined to comment after being called a “joker” by senior batsman Marvan Atapattu during the ongoing opening Test in Australia. “I do not want to comment and I want to ignore his comments. All that I am keen as the chief […]

Nov 11, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body Sunday asked their counterparts in Australia to end the lock out of international media from the ongoing Test series between the two nations. The conditions imposed on photographers and journalists applying for credentials to cover cricket raise grave concerns about press freedom, the agencies said. […]

Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) – Glasgow on Friday convincingly clinched the 2014 Commonwealth Games, shattering Nigeria’s hopes of being the first African nation to host the event. Scotland’s biggest city won by 47 votes to 24 for its only rival, Abuja, at the Commonwealth Games Federation annual assembly in Sri Lanka, president Mike Fennell announced. […]