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Cricket – Sri Lanka vs West Indies – Second Test 2018 – Days 1 -5 Highlights  Day 1 – Highlights   Day 1 Highlights – Including Chandimal’s 119* Day 2 – Highlights  Day 2 – Highlights – Rain Interrupts play Day 3 – Highlights  Day 4 – Highlights  Day 5 – Highlights  Day 5 – Extended Highlights  ...

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Duleep’s grit and courage – need of the hour – by Rex Clementine Source: The Island It was on a day like this, 43 years ago, Sri Lankan cricket made its biggest impact in the world stage. The six full members of the ICC were automatic choices for the 1975 World Cup and in a bid to make up the numbers, Sri Lanka and a team comprising cricketers from East Africa were invited to play the inaugural event. The quality of Sri Lankan cricket was displayed on this day at The Oval against an Australian side comprising the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lille, Jeff Thomson and others. A century by Alan Turner and half-centuries by Rick McCosker, Greg Chappell, and Doug Walters had propelled Australia to a total of 328. Many would have thought that Sri Lanka had little chance. But they did well; reaching 150 for two and needed 179 runs ...

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