Posts Tagged "Sri Lanka cricket"

1996 saw a rekindling of my previously waning appetite for the 50-over game. Sri Lanka had made the cricketing world sit up and take notice by its tactics in the One Day Internationals (ODIs) during its 1995/96 tour of Australia.

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Had Sri Lanka the T20 in Melbourne, it would have been a travesty. But they prevailed when Glenn Maxwell took it upon himself to become an umpire and instruct the Sri Lankans to get on with it.

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Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia finished in ugly scenes as players clashed on field and had to be physically separated following Sri Lanka’s three-run win in the second Twenty20 clash at the MCG.

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Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford says his men have been doing their homework and are prepared for a bumper barrage in their Twenty20 clash at the MCG on Monday.

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David Warner’s best-ever international innings couldn’t help Australia turn around their reputation as Twenty20 battlers in a crushing five-wicket loss to Sri Lanka on Saturday night.

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Australia have overcome the loss of captain Michael Clarke and averted disaster by squaring the one-day series against Sri Lanka at 2-2 with a tough 32-run victory at Bellerive.

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Umpires controversially abandoned the one day international between Australia and Sri Lanka on Sunday, stating the outfield was too wet and not safe for players.

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Rain has thwarted Australia’s attempt to square the series, after only 3.2 overs were completed in the second innings following the home side’s 9/222.

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In a one-day series that has thrown up many questions and not enough answers, the issue of Australia’s brittle batting line-up once again came thundering to the fore through a batting bloodbath at the Gabba.

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Sri Lanka has bounced back to level the ODI series, after easily dispatching Australia by 8 wickets at the Adelaide Oval last night.

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Sri Lanka want to prove they’re not intimidated by Australia on their bleak winless tour, coach Graham Ford says.

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Despite being labelled as the ‘B-team’ in the absence of Michael Clarke, David Warner and Matthew Wade, Australia bought their A-game in dismantling Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the first match of the ODI series.

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Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene senses in-form speedster Lasith Malinga is playing on the minds of Australia’s batsmen but warns he’s not the tourists’ only one-day trump card.

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Sri Lanka’s slinger Lasith Malinga has three main weapons in his arsenal for Australia to concentrate on in the one-day international series, according to David Hussey.

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Sri Lanka cricket coach Graham Ford has called on his men to follow the lead of captain Mahela Jayawardene and regain control of the third Test on Saturday.

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It took a 23-year-old who had been in the country for just 48 hours to display the application and drive Sri Lanka have been begging for all summer.

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Teams from the subcontinent, such as India and Sri Lanka, rely heavily on individuals to carry the team to victory unlike their western counterparts, South Africa, Australia and England, who rise above opponents by means of a professional team effort.

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As Mitchell Johnson turned in his man-of-the-match performance against Sri Lanka, I couldn’t help thinking it might be the worst possible result for the Australian team.

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As problems go, it hardly compares with the one facing hapless Sri Lanka, who need to come up with 11 fit and willing players to take the fight up to the opposition.

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Australia’s joy at crushing Sri Lanka in the second Test in Melbourne on Friday was short-lived after vice-captain Shane Watson was ruled out of the Sydney Test with his latest calf injury.

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