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Smith, Labuschagne lead Aussie charge for clean sweep – By Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka Sports editor) Australia have nailed home their dominance thanks to a dominent batting display to have the hapless Lankans against the ropes on the first day of the second Test in Galle. Crucial missed stumpings and lacklustre bowling at times, gave Manus Labuschagne and Steve Smith the gateway to Australia’s imposing total including Smith’s drought breaking century after 16 previous innings. Labuschagne also posted his first century on the sub continent and Australia look commanding on a wicket that mysteriously lacked the usual wicked turn but was two paced in contrast, giving a little more to accurate pace. This spells imminent danger to Sri Lanka’s batsmen who face the daunting prospect of dealing with Australia’s lethal pace attack who have routed some of the best batting in the world. Australia gambled with retaining Mitchell Stark over ...

Jul 9, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Australia, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Manus Labuschagne, Prabath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's hope, Steve Smith, wickets

Hara Kiri by Sri Lankan Cricketers assures Hallelujah for the Aussies at Galle – By Michael Roberts Source:thuppahis.com On a wicket with uneven bounce that also supported massive spin the Sri Lankan batsmen proceeded to perform “hara kiri” in a manner that was as comical as disastrous. The second innings scoreline of 113 runs underlines the disaster; but does not quite capture the astounding manner in which some of the batsmen contibuted to their dismissal — though one must also record the competent fielding (catched by Labushagne and Swepson) and intelligent bowling). HARA KIRI = ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese samurai or formerly decreed by a court in lieu of the death penalty …. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hara-kiri#:~:text=Definition%20of%2Sam0 hara%2Dkiri,2%20%3A%20suicide%20sense%201b A Samurai about to commit “seppuku” or “hara-kiri” Swepson acclaims his wicket Dimuth Karunaratne: c Carey b Lyon 23 5.3 Bottom edge, given! Went for the sweep from outside off and gets ...

Jul 2, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, hara kiri, Kusal Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, Niroshan Dickwella, Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Ramesh Mendis, Sri Lankan batsmen

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder (JUNE 2022) The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the first T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores: Sri Lanka – 128 in 19.3 Overs (Asalanka 38, Nissanka 36, Gunathilaka 26, Hazlewood 4/16, Starc 3/26, Richardson 1/22 Australia – 134 in 14 Overs (Warner 70no, Finch 61no) Player of the Match: Josh Hazlewood (Australia) The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to win the second T20 played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Scores Sri Lanka – 124/9 in 20 Overs (Asalanka 39, K.Mendis 36, K. Richardson 4/30, J. Richardson 3/26, Maxwell 2/18) Australia – 126/7 in 17.5 Overs (Wade 26no, Finch 24, Warner 21, de Silva 4/33, Thushara 1/18, Chameera 1/31) Player of the Match: Matthew Wade (Australia) Sri Lanka have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a ...

Jul 1, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Aaron Finch, Chamika Karunaratne, Dasun Shanaka, Galle International Cricket Stadium, Kumar Dharmasena, Kusal Mendis, Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium, Prageeth Rambukwella, R.Premadasa Stadium, Ranjan Madugalle

No walk-in-the-park for Sri Lanka in Galle-BY CALLISTUS DAVY The Sri Lanka team celebrate winning the five-match ODI series against Australia 3-2 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday night ahead of the Test series starting in Galle on Wednesday Source:Sundayobserver Elated by their triumph in the ODI series, Sri Lanka will be looking for a repeat of the home Test series against Australia in 2016 when the two teams leave aside the fanfare of white ball cricket and get down to more series stuff with the first of two Tests starting in Galle on Wednesday. Sri Lanka had a 3-0 clean sweep of Australia the last time the two teams played in a Test series in the island but the difference this time will be that the home team will be without their supreme match winning spin bowlers Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera. The duo accounted for 41 ...

Jun 26, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Angelo Mathews, Asitha Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Kusal Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka de Silva, Praveen Jayawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Vishwa Fernando

Maxwell guides Australia to early series lead – By M. Shamil Amit Source:dailymirror.lk Glenn Maxwell played the decisive hand in Australia’s successful chase of a revised target of 282 for a two-wicket win and 1-0 series lead over Sri Lanka, at the Pallekele International Stadium on Tuesday. Maxwell’s unbeaten half century, 80 in 51 balls with six boundaries and six sixes, brought the Australians back into the game after they lost quick wickets, and turned the tide in his team’s favour. Earlier in the innings, two partnerships involving Steven Smith, who made 53, kept the Australians at pace with the chase. Smith first put on a 67-run partnership with Aaron Finch for the second wicket, and 54 for the third-wicket with Marnus Labuschagne. The dismissal of Smith however appeared to peg the Australians back at 141 for 4 in the 25th over, but Marcus Stoinis put on 48 runs with ...

Jun 15, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australians, Danushka Gunathilak, Kusal Mendis, Pallekele International Stadium, Steven Smith

What’s Happening to Cricket?- By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Everyone in Sri Lanka, from children to grown-ups, know about cricket. Though volleyball is known as Sri Lanka’s national game, cricket took its place due to its popularity. There was a time when even Kussi Ammas were engrossed in the game whenever cricket matches appeared on TV screens. When players such as Duleep Mendis, Kumar Sangakkara, Roshan Mahanama, Bandula Warnapura, Sanath Jayasuriya, Brenden Kuruppu or Arjuna Ranatunge batted, crowds were enthusiastic. The game’s enthusiasm peaked when Arjuna Ranatunge won the world cup in 1996. Cricket is a pitch and tosses game, where one team wins today and the rivals win tomorrow. The rule book says that players must act on numerous regulations and disciplinary codes vested upon the umpires, captains, and the Governing bodies. The game needs to be played according to the game’s rules and within the spirit of ...

May 11, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Tilak S Fernando Tagged Bandula Warnapura, Brenden Kuruppu or Arjuna Ranatunge, Colombo Cricket Club, Danushka Gunathilake, Duleep Mendis, Gamini Dissanayake, ICC, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Kusal Mendis, Nirosha Dickwella, Roshan Mahanama, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka Cricket Board, Sri Lankan cricket, World Cup in 1996

Sri Lanka in shambles in second Test – by Rex Clementine in Bangalore source:island.lk India have not just got the world’s best franchise tournament, they also have a robust Test team and Sri Lanka with a bloated First Class system were no match for the hosts as they were heading for a heavy defeat in the second Test here in Bangalore inside three days. You can pardon Sri Lanka’s players for not being fit to hold a candle to the Indians as their opponents’ skill levels are far superior. But what is unpardonable is their mindless selections and sloppy cricket. Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis are making a comeback since being suspended and a close look would tell you that they have learned little although they have been doing time for more than six months. On the first day’s play, Mendis walked out to the field wearing a floppy ...

Mar 15, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Jasprit Bumrah, Kusal Mendis, Marvan Atapattu, Niroshan Dickwella, Rohit Sharma

Lakmal motivation to spur Lankans on- By Trevine Rodrigo in Melbourne (eLanka Sports editor) photo source: stuff.co.nz Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne believes the impending retirement of legendary swing bowler Suranga Lakmal will spur the team to a better showing in the second Test at Bengaluru. Lakmal, one of the best Test bowlers going around and a terrific exponent of variation, has been Sri Lanka’s main strike weapon for a number of years. The 35 year old veteran has decided to call time on an illustrious 13- year career throwing Sri Lanka’s transition plan into turmoil while searching for a suitable successor. Lakmal described his time with Sri Lanka as satisfying but said he made the call to retire in the interest of the country’s future rather than focus on personal achievement. In 69 Tests, Lakmal grabbed 170 wickets at 36.38 at a measly economy of 3. In 86 one-dayers he took ...

Mar 12, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, KUMAR SANGAKKARA, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Kumara, Romesh Kaluwitharane, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillekeratne Dilshan, veteran Angelo Matthews

Sri Lanka: Too rich a magic to be lost for real-by G. Sandip Arjuna Ranatunga, the Sri Lankan captain and the proud Sri Lankan team after winning the trophy on March 17, 1996 Source:Dailynews The beauty of watching Sri Lanka cricketers at their peak was a joy forever. As though reading a fairy tale, characters with sing-song names swung back and forth in the mindscape, as if they were magical creations, wandering in a state of half-truth and half-fiction. The island is barely a good stone’s throw from the Adam’s Bridge at the Southern tip of India, but seemed as though it existed somewhere far away, an ethereal world of mystery spinners and insouciant batsmen, of rubbery fields-men and slithery seamers, who wrapped their necks and arms with magic threads, whose long and melodious surnames exhausted most alphabets in English, who had the longest and the most tuneful national anthem ...

Mar 6, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Anil Kumble, Arjuna Ranatunga, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga

Why Sri Lanka will be no push-overs for India – by Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka Sports editor) (Photo by Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images) Source:theroar.com.au Doomsayers in Sri Lanka are bracing themselves for a whitewash by the Indians in the two-Test series, but I have a gut feeling that the tourists will be no pushovers. Dimuth Karunaratne leads a Sri Lankan outfit unusually sitting at the top of World Test Championship rankings currently in its infancy. The Lankans are a team looking for resurgence and they are stacked with a blend of youth and experience. But expert predictions strongly suggest they will be blown away by the powerful Indians led for the first time by Rohit Sharma. The emotional attachment by Indian fans celebrating former skipper and cult hero Virat Kohi’s 100th Test may lift the home team and fend off any possible challenge. India will be in the process of evolution under ...

Mar 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged Angelo Matthews, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahesh Theekshana, Niroshan Dickwella, Pathum Nissanka, Sri Lanka, Suranga Lakmal, Virat Kohli, Wanindu Hasaranga