SRI LANKAN CRICKET

Sri Lanka Vs England 3rd test match today. Captain Kumar Sangakkara

2011-06-15T21:13:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Cricket Captain T.M. Dilshan got injured last time. So, SLC decided to make Kumar Sangakkara as the Captain of Sri Lanka Cricket Team. So, Kumar will lead Sri Lanka team in the 3rd test match against England today in Rose Bowl at Hampshire.

Police checked ICC World Cup Office at Colombo

2011-06-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Police checked ICC World Cup Office which located in Metland Place at Colombo. Why Police check this office was, Chief of ICC World Cup office Mr. Suraj Dandeniya has complained that two hard disks have stolen by someone. Now Kuruduwatta Police has started the investigation. Mr. Suraj Dandeniya tald the they have another backup of which lost hard disks have.

T.M. DILSHAN INJURED

2011-06-08T20:40:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Thilakarathne Dilshan got injured while he playing in first and second test matches against England at Loads. Injured his right hand thumb because of touching of the ball. So, He will not play for Sri Lanka in 3rd test match. He is the first Sri Lankan Cricket who take 193 run in the Lords ground in England. Because of this injury he did not play for second inning in the second test match. So Thilakarathne Dilshan will not play for the 3rd test match on 16 June. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will choose another player for the same test match.

Sri Lanka Vs England Final Test Match today.

2011-06-06T20:04:00.000-07:00

Today is fifth day of Second test match between Sri Lanka Vs England. It will held of Lord Ground, England. England could get 149 for 2 wickets, ending of last day. Sri Lanka team got 479 for all in first inning. For the Sri Lanka team, Captain of Sri Lanka Cricket team Thilakarathne Dilshan played great inning by taking 193 runs. Also Tharanga Paranawithane got 65, Mahela Jayawardena got 49 runs. For the England team Steve Finnan got 7 wickets for 108 runs.

England 342 for 6 wickets

2011-06-03T21:03:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Tour England 1st day of second test match started at Lords Ground yesterday and Sri Lanka Captain T.M. Dilshan won the toss. But he choose to field first. End of the day England could get 342 for 6 wickets and Alastair Cook done great innings by taking 96 run for England Team. Cook and Ian Bell shared the first of two century stands, Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior combining for the other. Their efforts helped England to close on 342 for six from the 88 overs Sri Lanka managed.

For the Sri Lankan team Suranga Lakmal done his best by taking 3 wickets for 79 runs. Chanaka Welagedara got 2 wicket for 65 runs and Dilhara Fernando got 1 wicket for 57 runs.

Sri Lanka Vs England 2nd Test Match today

2011-06-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

Tour Sri Lanka Vs England 2nd test match was scheduled to start today at Lords in England. There was 5 test matches and from them England won two matches and 3 was drowned. The first match could not bring happy to anyone. But The Manger of Sri Lanka Cricket Mr. Anura Thennakoon said that they are ready for face this second test match with very strong. Any way only thing we can do is wish Sri Lanka Cricket team to get success and win the this test match. All the best Lions...

Kumar Went Dilshan Came as the Captain of Sri Lanka Cricket Team.

2011-05-04T01:13:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has given up for the captaincy from the last ICC World Cup 2011. Sri Lanka Cricket has taken decision to made up T.M. Dilshan as the Captain of Sri Lanka Cricket Team. Before he has participate for some matches as a captain. But T.M. Dilshan suppose that this Captaincy is very hight responsibility and try to do best for Sri Lanka Cricket.

ICC WORLD CUP 2011 QUARTER FINAL SCHEDULE BEGAN

2011-03-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

Quarter final matches for the ICC World Cup 2011 dated and started today at Bangladesh. Its first day/ night match will held between Pakistan vs West Indies today. The team who will win this match have to play with India or Australia. Pakistan won 5 matches from 6 and West Indies won 3 matches from 6.

ICC CHOOSE KUMARA DHARMASENA AS AN UMPIRE IN SEMI FINAL CRICKET MATCH

2011-03-21T22:41:00.000-07:00

Semi final match between West Indies Vs Pakistan for ICC World Cup 2011 scheduled to play at Dhaka. ICC choose Kumara Dharmasena as an umpire in the same match. The reason was Kumara Dharmasena have given accurate and best decision in last matches. This will be another wining for Sri Lankan.

AUSTRALIA WON BY 7 WICKETS.

2011-02-25T19:48:00.000-08:00

The match which held at Narpur in India, between Australia vs New Zealand, Australia won by 7 wickets. New Zealand all gone for 45.1 overs and scored 207. For the New Zealand team Nathan Mccullum scored 52 and Daniel Vettori scored 44. After 34.3 overs Australia got the winning. For the Australian team Shane Watson and Hayden got half centuries.

SOUTH AFRICA WIN BY 7 WICKETS BEATING WEST INDIES

2011-02-25T04:00:00.000-08:00

Another match under the ICC World Cup in India yesterday between West Indies vs South Africa. South Africa won the toss and ask West Indies to bat first. With in 47.3 overs West Indies all gone and scored 222. Darren Bravo scored 73 and Dwayne Bravo scored 40 for West Indies. South Africa win the their first match by 7 wicket within 42.4 overs. Graeme Smith scored 45 and A.B.D. Wilius scored 107.

PAKISTAN BEAT KENYA AT SOORIYAWEWA

2011-02-24T00:32:00.001-08:00

6TH Match of World Cup 2011 series held at Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium Yesterday and Pakistan beat Kenya. Pakistan won the toss and they choose to bat first. Within their 50 overs they got 317 scores for 7 wickets. Umar Akmal 71, Misbah- Ul Haq 65, Kamran Akmal 55 and younis Khan got half century. Here is the Score Board of the tournament.

SCORECARD

PAKISTAN

Mohammad Hafeez c Waters b Otieno            09
Ahmed Shehzad c Kamande b Odoyo            01
Kamran Akmal st Ouma b Ngoche                 55
Younis Khan lbw b Tikolo                              50
Misbah-ul-Haq c Otieno b Kamande              65
Umar Akmal c Obuya b Odoyo                      71
Shahid Afridi lbw b Odoyo                             07
Abdul Razzaq not out                                     08
Abdur Rehman not out                                   05
Extras (lb 3, w 31, nb 6)                                45

Total (7 wickets)                                        317

To bat                : Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar 

Fall of wickets    : 1-11, 2-12, 3-110, 4-155, 5-273, 6-289, 7-289.

Bowling               : T M Odoyo-7-2-41-3, E Otieno 9-1-49-1, N N Odhiambo 6.1-0-50, S O Ngoche 10-                              0-46-1, J K Kamande 7-0-64-1, S O Tikolo 9-0-44-1, C O Obuya , 1-0-5-0.

  
KENYA

M. Ouma c Kamran b Gul                 16
S. Waters run out                              17
C. Obuya c Shahzad b Afridi             47
S. Tikolo b Afridi                              13
T. Mishra lbw b Afridi                       06
R. Patel c Umar b Hafeez                  00
J. Kamande lbw b Afridi                   02
T. Odoyo lbw b Afridi                      00
N. Odhiambo run out                       00
S. Ngoche b Gul                              00
E. Otieno not out                             00
Extras (b4, lb3, nb1, w3)                 11

Total (all out; 33.1 overs)            112

Fall of wickets            : 1-37 (Waters), 2-43 (Ouma), 3-73 (Tikolo), 4-79 (Mishra),  5-85 (Patel), 6-87 (Ka                                     mande), 7-101 (Odoyo), 8-112 (Obuya), 9-112 (Odhiambo), 10-112 (Ngoche). 

Bowling                      : Akhtar 5-0-10-0 (w1), Razzaq 5-1-23-0, Gul 4.1-0-12-2 (nb1, w1), Rehman 7-1-1                                    8-0, Afridi 8-3-16-5, Hafeez 4-1-26-1 (w1).

ICC APPROVED WANKHEDE STADIUM FOR THE FINAL MATCH

2011-02-23T19:28:00.000-08:00

International Cricket Council approved Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday, which going to held the final World Cup match on 2nd April in India. Wankhede Stadium named for the final match on 2nd April, but ICC did not give any official approval for that. ICC check this ground three times before and because of some issues they did give the approval. So, Indian Cricket had to fully reconstruct this stadium. Now Wankhede have 45,000 seat capacity and before the final match Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Canada will play in this ground.

ANOTHER WINNING FOR AUSTRALIAN

2011-02-22T21:41:00.000-08:00

The match which played between Netherlands Vs Australin yesterday, Australian won the game beating Netherlands. It was held at Nagpur Vidarbha in India. It was a day/night match and Netherlands won the toss and they choose to bat first. Within their 50 overs they got 292 runs for 6 wickets. Ryan Ten Doeschate got 119 runs for Netherlands team.

Australian got 296 runs for 4 wickets within 48.4 overs and beat Netherlands. Australian reaching to The ICC World Cup 2011 slowly.

BATTLE FOR THE ICC WORLD CUP 2011

2011-02-21T19:08:00.000-08:00

Another match under group A for the ICC World Cup 2011 going on today at Sardar Patel Stadium at Ahamadbad, India between Australia Vs Zimbabwe. Australian won the toss and choose to bat first. With in their 50 overs they got 262 runs for 6 wickets. For the Australian team Shane Watson scored 79 and Michael Clarke scored 58. For the Zimbabwe team Christoper got 2 wicket for 58 runs.

NEW ZEALAND AND INDIA FIRST WITH BONUS POINTS

2011-02-21T01:44:00.000-08:00

After 3 days starting the ICC World Cup 2011, New Zealand and India went to front with bonus points. New Zealand got first in bonus points and they included to group A. India included to group B and they are first with same group B. Sri lanka also included to group A and got 2nd place with bonus points.

Why New Zealand was first is, their average of scoring was very fast. Virender Sehwag scored 175 in his first match and at moment he is the best in scoring. Sri Lankan player Mahela Jayawardena got second place and 3rd place got Virat Kohli from India. Both Mahela and Virat got century but Mahala's scoring speed was fast than Virat. Thats why Mahela got 2nd place.

Under group A match between Australia Vs Zimbabwe for the ICC World Cup 2011 scheduled to play at Ahamedabad Stadium in India today evening as day and night match.

SRI LANKA START TO BEAT

2011-02-20T19:26:00.000-08:00

Sri Lankan first match for The ICC World Cup 2011 start yesterday (20) at Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium at Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota between Sri Lanka vs Canda. Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and choose to bat first. With in 50 overs Sri Lanka scored 332 for 7 wickets. Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara got 92 runs fro 87 balls. Mahela Jayawardena got marvelous century for 81 balls. That was very fast century taken by Sri Lankan player in a World Cup. Thilkarathne Dilshan got half century. Man of the match was Mahela Jayawardena. For the Canada team Harvir Baidwan and John Devison got 2 wickets.

ICC WORLD CUP 2011- POSTERS AND BANNERS ALLOWED

2011-02-20T18:32:00.000-08:00

For the security reasons ICC and SLC co-ordinating with Sri Lanka Police made rule that nobody can bring any posters, banners, musical items and any weapons in to the ground. But at moment Sri Lanka Police announced that they have change that rule because of audience request. So audience can bring printed banners, boards and if they want to bring any musical items they have get permission from Sri Lanka Cricket. This will be happy news for all audience in Sri Lanka.

ICC LIMIT CRICKET TEAMS FOR NEXT ICC WORLD CUP IN 2015

2011-02-19T02:10:00.000-08:00

ICC announced that they are going to reduce limit of participating cricket teams for the next ICC World Cup in 2015. They wanted to make more value for the ICC World Cup. They will use 20-20 World Cup for spread CRICKET worldwide and 12 to 16 countries will be participate for the same world cup. They will choose only best 10 countries for ICC World Cup matches in future. This time 14 counties participating to ICC World Cup 2011.

HIGH SECURITY FOR ICC WORLD CUP 2011

2011-02-18T19:49:00.000-08:00

ICC announced that they have already arrange high security for the ICC World Cup 2011. It will cover International Air port Katunayake and its around areas, Katunayake - Colombo road, The hotels which foreign cricket players are going to stay and All the cricket stadiums which ICC World Cup matches going to play. Mr. Suraj Dandeniya said that Sri Lanka Police and all the forces will do this security process. Sri Lanka Vs Canada first match scheduled and going play at Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium at Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota tomorrow (19).

SLC, ICC and Sri Lanka Police announced that nobody can bring any banners, any boards, any musical items, Glass bottles, laser touch, weapons, sharp knife inside to Stadiums.

Tickets for Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan match for ICC World Cup 2011 will start to sell from tomorrow (19) at 8.30 pm at P.D. Sirisena Ground, Maligawatta. One ticket price will be Rs. 50.00.

CHAMARA SILVA LOSE CANADA MATCH

2011-02-18T19:09:00.000-08:00

SLC announced that Chamara Silva will not play Sri Lanka vs Canada cricket match, because his sister was dead. SLC media manager Mr. Bryan Thomas said that at the moment Chamara Silva out from the team. But Chmara will join to the team from next monday. SLC manager Mr. Anura Thennakoon's father also dead.

Canada vs Sri Lanka match for the ICC World Cup 2011 going to held at Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium at Sooriyawewa, Hambanthota next Sunday and Sri Lanka Cricket team went to Hambathota today.

ICC WORLD CUP 2011 - OPENING CEREMONY AT BANGLADESH

2011-02-17T20:07:00.000-08:00

Opening Ceremony for the ICC World Cup 2011 held at Bangabandu Stadium at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Premier Minister Sheikh Hasinah was the Cheif Guest of the ceremony and its went more than 2 hr and 15 minutes. The Ceremony included and showed Sri Lankan, Indian and Bangladesh cultural dancing, and historical values events too. Western rock artist Bryan Adams also attend to the ceremony. Organization of ceremony arrange use classical rickshaw to bring 14 captains to the stage. From Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakkara attend to the ceremony

ESPN HOPE THAT SRI LANKAN WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP 2001

2011-02-17T02:33:00.000-08:00

ESPN web site announced that Sri Lanka will win the World Cup 2011. Because in 2007 World Cup match played in Caribion Islands. That there were many reasons to lose World Cup 2007 for Sri Lankan. One reason was War.

But Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Muththiah Muralidaran, Lasith Malinga, Thilakarathne Dilshan are members in 2011 World Cup like 2007. Also, because of strong bowlers like Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Fernando also in the team. Another bright players like Anjelo Mathiews, Thisara Perera and Ajantha Mendis will get give very strong support to Sri Lankan team.

Excluded 2010 Asian games, Sri Lanka won every ODI. Specially Sri Lanka beat Australia too. Aravinda da Silva has told to ISPN that Sri Lanka will win The World Cup 2011 this time. Because both bowling and bating sides are strong more that than 1996. And team confident also very high.

SRI LANKA IS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR AUSTRALIA

2011-02-16T02:58:00.000-08:00

Initial ceremony for the ICC World Cup 2011, organized with very proudly and going to held tomorrow (17) evening at Banga Bandu Stadium at Bangladesh.ICC announced that all the cricket teams which going to participate for the ICC World Cup 2011, and relevant officers and some other special guests will participate this ceremony. As the Cheif guest, Bangaladesh Premier Minister Sheikh Hasinah will participate to this event.

Mean while Australian experienced cricket players guess that this time Sri Lanka will give big challenge for them and there is a chance to Sri Lanka to win World Cup this time. Mark Waugh, Breandon Julian have expressed their guesses to one Australian media last day. In 1996 Sri Lanka won the World Cup and 2007 Sri Lanka came up to Semi-finals. Australia won 27 matches continously and this time they expect Sri Lanka will break this record.

The first match between Sri Lanka vs Australia will be held on this 5th March at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. This match will be very important to both Australian and Sri Lankan. Sri Lanka Cricket Team is very strong from both bowling and batting sides. Muththiah Muralidaran still there. So, Sri Lanka Captain Kumar Sangakkara will bring ICC World Cup 2011 very easily.

ANOTHER WINING BEFORE ICC WORLD CUP 2011

2011-02-15T19:32:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka won final warm-up match before ICC World Cup 2011 held (15) yesterday against West Indies. It was a day and night match and played at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. West Indies won the toss and choose to bat first. They all gone for 50 overs and scored 281. For the West Indies Team Chris Gayle Dwayne Bravo got half centuries.

After 47.3 overs Sri Lanka scored 282 by 6 wickets. Sri Lanka Captain Kumar Sangakkara got 71 runs for 89 balls, Thilakarathne Dilshan got 62 runs for 50 balls as well as Thilan Samaraweera got 55 runs for 56 balls.

Mean While South Africa won by 7 wicket one warm-up match against Australia. Australia bat first and scored 217. In South African inning, they got 218 for 3 wickets.