England spinner Rehan Ahmed has been added to the Ashes squad for the second test against Australia at Lord’s next week as cover for Moeen Ali who was nursing a finger injury in the first match, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Friday.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said it is ’’evaluating all aspects’’ of the country’s participation in this year’s 50-overs World Cup in India with bilateral cricket stalled between the South Asian neighbours due to soured political relations.
Witnessing the Sri Lanka-Australia at the Adelaide Cricket Grounds the writer had the fortune to visit the world famous ’Don Bradman Museum’ located at the ground floor of the beautiful Adelaide Oval which was at the Northern end of the city.
South Africa ‘A’ left arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy bagged five scalps on day one of the 2nd unofficial Test match against host Sri Lanka ‘A’ played at the P. Sara Stadium for his third successive five wicket haul of the two Test match series as Sri Lanka ‘A’ taking first lease of the wicket ended the day on 257 for 7.
Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen found form, each scoring half-centuries to help their team to a score of 355 for 6 in 50 overs in their opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers against United Arab Emirates in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Ravichandran Ashwin, despite being the top-ranked Test bowler and one of the top-10 wicket-takers in Test history, has been going through a difficult time. His exclusion from the World Test Championship final against Australia earlier this month came as a huge blow to the legendary spinner.
Sri Lanka might be embodying the spirit of its 1979 team, having to qualify for this year’s Cricket World Cup, but spinner Maheesh Theekshana believes it could be the first step in emulating the heroics of the 1996 team that beat Australia to win the sport’s marquee tournament instead.
Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis hit centuries as Sri Lanka warmed up for their Cricket World Cup Qualifier campaign-opener on Monday with a massive 198-run win over the United States of America in their warmup match in Bulawayo today.
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