Spinners skittle Sri Lanka before Sibley and Buttler wrap up series for England Source:-theguardian A remarkable day of fast-forward cricket ended with the simplest of jogged singles under a setting sun, as Dom Sibley casually tucked the ball into the leg side and called Jos Buttler through to seal a six-wicket win for England and 2-0 series clean sweep. It was a low-key but satisfying conclusion to a barnstorming fourth day from Joe Root’s tourists. They had spent the first three days of the match simply trying to stay in the contest but suddenly found themselves set 164 to win, after Jack Leach and Dom Bess had met expectations by gutting Sri Lanka’s batting lineup for a mere 126 all out. The two sons of Somerset’s oft-maligned Ciderabad shared eight of the 15 wickets to fall across three electric sessions of Test cricket and though England’s chase wobbled slightly ...
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All about T-20 Cricket you need to know TWENTY 20 CRICKET- Introduction To The New World Of Cricket The game of cricket has continued to fascinate and entertain fans all over the world and it is the second most popular game in the world. Tournaments and matches keep taking place all the year around and the spirit of cricket is renewed along with each tournament. The twenty twenty cricket has not been recently introduced but its magic among the audience has recently spread out. The concept behind this form of cricket was introduced in 2003 in England. This form of cricket has given a new definition to the game of cricket. A twenty twenty is of duration of three hours and consist of 20 overs. Each team plays its innings and the technicalities are more or less the same as that of a usual game of cricket. The ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Who thinks this stuff up! – By Des Kelly English has always been a strange, but interesting language. In this particular instance, the prose is solely intended for readers to have a bit of fun, with. From time to time, quotes such as these have come into Facebook, quite a few, not fit to be published, because of the coarse “lingo”involved. As everyone knows, or should know, this writer has never been a “wowser”, swears with the best of them, and will write “HARD”, when I have to, but somehow, do not like to see epithets, four letter words etc., in print. eLanka readers especially, deserve better, and in this article, “Who thinks this stuff up”, they get it, much better than an article titled “Who thinks this is A stuff-up, I suppose. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. Who thinks this stuff up? • Venison for dinner again? ...
Aug 4, 2019
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Cricket Australia summer schedule 2019-20: New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India to tour Source: Cricket Country https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/cricket-australia-summer-schedule-2019-20-new-zealand-pakistan-sri-lanka-and-india-to-tour-840509 The Australian men’s team will play Tests against Pakistan and Sri Lanka at home. © AFP New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and India will tour Australia during a packed home summer season that runs from September 2019 to late March 2020, and includes 20 international matches across ten venues as well as the women’s T20 World Cup. Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday (May 7) announced the fixtures for the 2019-20 home season, which for the first time in 41 years will run into late March when New Zealand return to play three ODIs for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. Australia’s home season for the men’s team will begin in late October with Sri Lanka visiting for three Twenty20 internationals – played in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne – followed by Pakistan’s arrival for three more ...
May 9, 2019
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