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  SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (DECEMBER 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder Pakistan will be hosting Test cricket for the first time in more than ten years, that too against a full-strength Sri Lanka line-up, in December 2019. Dimuth Karunaratne will lead the Sri Lanka side, with experienced batsmen Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal present in the 16-member squad. The team leaves for Pakistan on December 8 to play two Test matches that will count towards the World Test Championship. Less than three months ago, Sri Lanka had toured Pakistan for a series of limited-overs matches, but as many as ten high-profile players had opted against travelling. The Test series was originally scheduled for October at a neutral venue because of security concerns, but the PCB requested Sri Lanka to play the entire bilateral series in Pakistan. The white-ball games were played as a test of sorts for the security ...

Dec 31, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News, Victor Melder Tagged , , , Comments 0
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    SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (AUGUST 2019)Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to terminate the contract of Chandika Hathurusingha, the Head Coach of the national cricket team, after the two parties failed to come to a mutual agreement to sever ties. Following the ICC Cricket World Cup where Sri Lanka finished sixth, SLC had indicated to the Head Coach that they were looking for a replacement but Hathurusingha was interested in staying on till the end of his contract in December 2020. SLC had agreed to pay him six months of his salary to bring an early end to the contract but Hathurusingha maintained that he could still help development of players. Hathurusingha is expected to fight his case in courts, much like Geoff Marsh, who successfully sued SLC eight years ago after being unceremoniously dumped from his job. Interestingly, it took Marsh four weeks since ...

Sep 10, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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    SRI LANKA CRICKET’S AMAZING TURNAROUND – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE If motivation comes from within, it should not be activated by the misfortune of others as Sri Lanka’s cricketing fortunes appear to indicate. The sacking of the coach and the installation of a new leader appears to have done just that judging by the sudden dominance of an ordinary looking line up that struggled against all-comers till now. installation of a new leader appears to have done just that judging by the sudden dominance of an ordinary looking line up that struggled against all-comers till now. Rising like the proverbial Phoenix from the ashes of a horrendous past few months, Sri Lanka under new skipper Dimuth Karunaratne have discovered a new confidence which has turned things around and brought with it unprecedented success. Following up on a better than expected World Cup performance, the Lankans have shown ...

Aug 20, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , , Comments 0
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    SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – JULY 2019                Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 23 runs, winning the 39th Match of the One-Day International Series, played at Riverside Grounds, Chester-le-Street. Scores: Sri Lanka – 338/6 in 50 Overs (Fernando 104, M.Perera 64, Thirimanne 45no, Mendis 39, Karunaratne 32,  Holder 2/59, Allen 1/44,  Thomas 1/58, Cottrell 1/69) West Indies – 315/9 in 50 Overs (Pooran 118, Allen 51, Gayle 35, Malinga 3/55, Mathews 1/6, Vandersay 1/50, Rajitha 1/76) Player of the Match: Avishka Fernando, Sri Lanka India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, winning the 44th Match of the One-Day International Series, played at Headingley, Leeds. Scores: Sri Lanka – 264/7 in 50 Overs (Mathews 113, Thirimanne 53, de Silva 29no, Bumrah 3/37, Jadeja 1/40, Pandya 1/50, Yadav 1/58, Kumar 1/73) India – 265/3 in 43.3 Overs (Rahul 111, Sharma 103, Kohli 34no,  Rajitha 1/47, ...

Aug 1, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , Comments 0
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  Lasith Malinga in action for the last time   Much improved Sri Lanka exit before semis – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE England grabbed the World Cup in controversial manner after an epic final against a plucky New Zealand and debate will rage into the next episode about the fairness of the competition rules which crowned them champions for the very first time. After scores were tied at the end of the England innings and tied again after the super over it seemed a travesty of justice that the number of boundaries scored by the two sides ultimately decided a winner. To make matters worse one boundary by a deflected default in the crucial stages. All in all, it was a wonderful competition highlighted by some close encounters and apart from quickly emerging Afghanistan, there was little to choose from the other competing teams which augurs well for the ...

Jul 16, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , Comments 0
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    Angelo Mathews and the craziest ball of the 2019 World Cup – Andrew Fidel Fernando at Chester-le-Street Source: CricInfo Gather round, kiddos. Let me tell you a story about Sri Lankan cricket. What would you like to hear? The story about how Dimuth Karunaratne, who hadn’t played ODI cricket for four years, became captain for the 2019 World Cup. Ah, that is a good one. Crazy, no? Unbelievable even. All the things you want in a good story. Or what about the tale of the Sri Lankan selectors who picked about five wrong players in a squad of 15 for the tournament? That is not that hard to believe, I suppose, but it’s not bad as well. But actually, lamayi, the one I’m thinking about is even better than those two. It’s dramatic. It’s funny. It’s colourful. It is hauntingly sad and fabulously uplifting at the same time. Like ...

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      SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (MAY 2019) Compiled by Victor Melder                                                           Sri Lanka have slipped to number nine in the official ICC Rankings that was updated yesterday. Dimuth Karunaratne’s side is ranked sixth in Test cricket. India finished top of the Test rankings while England finished number one in ODIs. The ninth rank is Sri Lanka’s lowest and now they are in jeopardy of not qualifying for further ICC events directly. ICC Test Team Rankings 1 India 113 (-3), 2 New Zealand 111 (+3), 3 South Africa 108 (+3), 4 England 105 (+1), 5 Australia 98 (-6), 6 Sri Lanka 94 (+1), 7 Pakistan 84 (-4), 8 West Indies 82 (+5), 9 Bangladesh 65 (-3), 10 Zimbabwe 16 (+3) ...

Jun 9, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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Sri Lanka hope to prevail amid the chaos and confusion – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE SRI LANKA SQUAD FOR THE World Cup 2019 in England Dimuth Karunaratne Captain Age: 30 years 362 days. Opening batsman Bat: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium Dhananjaya de Silva Age: 27 years 224 days.  Allrounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm off break. Nuwan Pradeep Age: 32 years 181  Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium Avishka Fernando Age: 21 years 13 days. Opening batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast Suranga Lakmal Age: 32 years 39 days: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium Lasith Malinga Age: 35 years 233 days: Bowler. Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast Angelo Mathews Age: 31 years 320 days Allrounder. Batting: Right-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium Kusal Mendis-Wicketkeeper Age: 24 years 75 days: Wicketkeeper batsman. Batting: Right-hand bat Jeevan Mendis Age: 36 years 93 days.  Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Leg break Kusal Perera. Wicketkeeper Age: 28 years 244 days Wicke-tkeeper batsman. Batting: Left-hand bat Thisara Perera Age: 30 years 15 days Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast Milinda Siriwardana Age: 33 years 135 days: Allrounder. Batting: Left-hand bat. Bowling: Slow left-arm ...

Apr 26, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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Sri Lanka face uphill task against smarting Aussies – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE   Sri Lanka’s mission to the Southern hemisphere appears to be on a tragic course if the results in New Zealand are any indication.  They left empty handed after a winless tour in all formats and life for them appears bleaker as they take on an Australian team smarting from a historic whitewash at home at the hands of the high riding Indians.   While Sri Lanka’s aspirations are more in hope of improvement due to the immaturity in the current squad, the Kiwis and Aussies are proud defenders at home and are uncompromising against all-comers in battle.  The Sri Lankans feature in their first Pink ball Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on February 24 before travelling to Manuka Oval in Canberra for their final encounter which is incidentally the first Test in the Australian ...

Jan 19, 2019 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News, English Videos, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments 0
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Wounded Lions seek solace in New Zealand and Australia – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE          Gunatilleka has much to prove. Dimuth Karunaratne will be key to Sri Lanka’s revival.   Sri Lanka’s wounded Lions desperately seek some form of solace on their tour of New Zealand that has just begun after a humiliating home series drubbing by the Englishmen recently.   And if New Zealand looms large, the Lankans face the acid test of pitting themselves against Australia followed by similar hostilities in South Africa in the beginning of next year.   Two Tests against the New Zealanders followed by three one-dayers and a T20 game will set them up for the tougher encounters against the Australians , two Tests before they depart to the African leg which will test their worth.   Indifferent form, bad selection and a huge question mark hanging over coach Chandika Hathurusinghe ...

Dec 11, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , , Comments 0
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