Dilshan scoops out irritating incidents – by Sunil Thenabadu Just after the illustrious cricketing career which spanned for nearly two decades performing yeoman service as an all-rounder in all formats of the game to the country, TM Dilshan the inventor/ architect of the “Dilscoop” cricket stroke that embossed his patent on the most talked about new stroke in cricket was interviewed in an discussion over a popular TV channel for 1 ½ hours. This had been eagerly watched my millions of his cricket fans with utmost passion. The presenter aptly added that Dilshan is the most talked about and trendiest person in the country subsequent to quitting the game. Even Dilshan himself may not have known that he had such abundant crazy fans scattered island wide. The fans thronged to the Pallekelle International stadium as well as the R.Premadasa International stadium in their colossal figures to accord him a supreme exit. The style ...
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SRI LANKA WIPE THE SMILE OFF THE IRISH – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Sri Lanka’s bowlers stifled a dangerous Ireland batting line-up and then the familiar picture of an in-form Kusal Mendis stepped in, bludgeoning a hapless Irish attack, smashing an unbeaten 68 off 43 deliveries to give them a glimmer of hope of surprising many in this edition of the T20 World Cup. A backup pace attack did an incredible job to restrict and bamboozle the Irishmen before the big guns, Wanindu Hasarsnga De Silva and Maheesh Theeksheena strangled the run flow while picking up wickets at random to give the batsmen the relief of an achievable target. There was no panic, as the Sri Lankans plotted a cool calm and calculated chase. With little terrors in the Irish attack to deal with, there was no disorientation like in the game against Namabia. Missing explosive Pathum Nissanka, Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lankan cricketers leave with a ‘parting message’ – By CALLISTUS DAVY Source : sundayobserver With the euphoria of winning the Asia Cup subsiding and the focus now on the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, the Sri Lanka team departed with a warning that hysterical followers of the country’s main passion better watch their steps and not be over the moon that a bigger trophy is within striking distance. The players pumped up by the occasion left in the early hours of this morning and in a parting message captain Dasun Shanaka said playing the way they did in the Asia Cup will count for little or nothing in the varied conditions found in Australia where Sri Lanka needs to play as many as eight matches, three in the qualifying round, in the run-up to the November 13 final. “The Asia Cup is just one tournament, we cannot think about ...
Sri Lanka in majestic win to take Asia Cup – By Dhammika Ratnaweera Source : dailynews The Sri Lanka team made a superb team effort to win the sixth Asia Cup cricket title when they beat Pakistan by 23 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday. The game was a do-or-die battle for both Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Sri Lanka chased the target and recorded their victory on Friday with three overs to spare. However, Sri Lanka batted first after losing the toss and made a comfortable total of 170/6 as they defended that total with a superb fighting spirit to clinch the title for the sixth time under the full capacity of Dubai grounds while most of them were Pakistani supporters ended up disappointed with back to back defeats from Sri Lanka. Pakistan chasing a target of 171 runs managed to get 147 while wicketkeeper Mohammed Rizwan was the ...
SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JULY 2022) By Victor Melder The touring Australians beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to win the first Test played at the Galle International Stadium. Scores: Sri Lanka, 1st Innings – 212 (Dickwella 58, Mathews 39, Karunaratne 28, Nissanka 23, Lyon 5/90, Swepson 3/55) Australia, 1st Innings – 321 (Green 77, Khawaja 71, Carey 45, Cummins 26, R.Mendis 4/112, A.Fernando 2/37, Vandersay 2/68) Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings – 113 (Karunaratne 23, Head 4/10, Lyon 4/31, Swepson 2/34) Australia, 2nd Innings – 10/0 (Warner 10no) Player of the Match: Cameroon Green (Australia) Test Debut: Jeffrey Vandersay (Sri Lanka) Points: Australia 12, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka have been hit by three more COVID-19 cases on the eve of the second Test against Australia, with Dhananjaya de Silva, Asitha Fernando and Jeffrey Vandersay ruled out of the game in Galle. It is understood that the trio had all reported feeling unwell which led ...
DILSHAN’S ‘DILSCOOP’ THE LATEST STROKE ADDED TO THE CRICKET BOOKS DESERVES OVATION AND GRATITUDE –by Sunil Thenabadu Source:info-rain.com Dilshan’s ‘Dilscoop’ desires ovation and gratitude Tillekeratne M Dilshan performed yeoman service as an allrounder in all three formats in an illustrious cricketing career which spanned for nearly two decades. TM Dilshan the designer of the “Dilscoop” cricket’s unique stroke that embossed his patent on the most talked about new stroke in cricket’s long history. It should be aptly added that Dilshan was the most spoken about trendiest cricketer in the country subsequent to quitting the game. Even Dilshan himself may not have known that he had such abundant crazy fans scattered island wide when fans thronged to the Pallekelle , R Premadasa International stadiums in their colossal numbers to accord him a supreme exit. The elegance the fans acted at these grounds with placards, signs were ample testimony to his gigantic ...
