Bringing cricket’s glory days back-Rev. Br. Nimal Gurusinghe FSC Source:Island After several setbacks in cricket in recent years, the national cricket team is looking to regain past glories. I must congratulate the national selection panel headed by former fast bowler Pramodaya Wickramasinghe for some of the bold decisions they have taken over the past two months. In the Caribbean, the selectors handed the first Test cap to Pathum Nissanka, who made a hundred on debut and then last week in the second Test against Bangladesh, the selectors blooded in Praveen Jayawickrama, who took 11 wickets for 178, a Sri Lankan record for a debutant. It is also the tenth best figures by a player on debut in the history of Test cricket. ...
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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – MARCH 2021 Compiled by Victor Melder The West Indies beat the touring Sri Lankans by 4 wickets to win the first T20 International, played at Coolidge Cricket Grounds, Antigua. Scores: Sri Lanka – 131/9 in 20 Overs (Nissanka 39, Dickwella 33, McCoy 2/25, Allen 1 / 4, Holder5 1/19, Sinclair 1/26) West Indies – 134/6 in 13.1 Overs (Pollard 38, Holder 29no, Lewis 28, Simmons 26, de Silva 3/12, Dananjaya 3/62) ...
Apr 1, 2021
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Pathum Nissanka story brings tears to your eyes-by Rex Clementine Source:Island There have been very few positives to write about our cricket team in recent times, but watching the first Test in Antigua was fully worth burning the midnight oil as young Pathum Nissanka became the fourth Sri Lankan to score a hundred on debut. This is a guy who has averaged 67 in First Class cricket over the last three years. Okay, we know records in our First Class cricket aren’t much to boast about, but such stats were worthy of earning someone a maiden Test cap because our stars aren’t exactly covering themselves in glory. After being snubbed for the ICC Under-19 World Cup despite being a prolific run-getter, Pathum Nissanka Silva kept pursuing his dream by piling up hundred after hundred for NCC before finally being drafted into the senior side ahead of the tour of the West ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Ashen Bandara set to raise Sri Lanka’s fielding standards by Rex Clementine Source:-island Over the years, there’s been a few concerns about Sri Lanka’s poor fielding standards. Dropped catches have cost the national cricket team dearly with costliest of them being at the Champions Trophy in 2017 in Wales when Thisara Perera put down Sarfraz Ahmed. At the post match media briefing, the Pakistan captain rubbed salt into wounds saying, ‘I will remember it for the rest of my life and he will remember it for the rest of his life.’ Pakistan went onto win the title beating arch-rivals India in the final at The Oval. Mickey Arthur was Pakistan’s coach. Arthur desperately searches for fielding excellence and he was able to raise Pakistan’s standards. He seems like pushing for excellence in fielding with Sri Lanka too and several young players who are good fielders are being drafted into ...
Feb 25, 2021
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