Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin has been slapped with four cases of alleged corruption, mere weeks prior to the Telangana assembly elections. The cricketer-turned-politician is planning to contest the elections from Jubilee Hills constituency.
Angelo Mathews has refuted the fourth umpire Adrian Holdstock’s claims that the batter, who was ‘Timed out’ against Bangladesh, was not ready to face his first delivery within two minutes of walking in before his helmet broke, saying the team has video evidence of him being ready in time.
Hours after Sports Minister Roshan Ranasingha appointed an interim committee headed by former cricketer Arjuna Ranatunga to assume control of Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday, an angry President Ranil Wickremesinghe telephoned Ranasingha and asked for an immediate explanation as to why he had made such a move without consulting him or the cabinet.
Hirun Kapurubandara continued to torment the opposition bowlers when he slammed his third century in six days to help St. Joseph’s College coast to a convincing eight-wicket win over Royal College in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament encounter played at Darley Road.
As the fallout of Sri Lanka’s embarrassing 302-run defeat to India in the Cricket World Cup continues, Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe has called for the immediate resignation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), threatening drastic action if they do not.
The pursuit of cricketing glory at the grandest stage has, on occasion, led teams down the path of unthinkable failures, especially with the bat in hand. Every once in a while, batting line-ups tend to falter with astonishing fragility, earning a place among the lowest-scoring performances in the history of the competition.
S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia maintained their unbeaten record as they coasted to their seventh win from eight matches when they posted a 61-run win on the parabola system against St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Limited Over Cricket Tournament encounter played at Mount Lavinia.
Mohammed Shami took five wickets as India’s pacemen produced a devastating display to skittle out Sri Lanka for just 55 as the unbeaten tournament hosts secured a World Cup semi-final place with a colossal 302-run win in Mumbai on Thursday.
Left-arm seamer Dilshan Madushanka registered his best bowling figures, 5-80, but the hosts asserted their dominance over Sri Lanka to pile up a formidable 357-8 runs in their seventh ICC Men’s World Cup game here at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium.
As host India and Sri Lanka square off in a World Cup group league fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood believes that the Asia Cup final debacle would motivate his team to put up a fight.
The last time India and Sri Lanka met at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai was on April 2, 2011. It was the World Cup final. With just four runs needed off 11 balls, a thunderous wallop from MS Dhoni off Nuwan Kulasekara flew over long-on into the crowd as India recorded the highest run-chase in World Cup history and beat Sri Lanka by six wickets, lifting the trophy.
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