Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Chandana Perera) The newly constructed Suriyawewa Hambantota International Cricket Stadium which was named after the President of Sri Lanka has become the main show piece in the cricketing and sports world this morning when it hosted the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup-2011in Sri Lanka. […]
Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) beat Canada 122 (Cheema 37, Kulasekara 3-16) by 210 runs For the many who slammed the ICC’s decision to expel Associates from the next World Cup, this was a bad day. After Kenya were embarrassed by a modest New Zealand team, Canada desperately needed to showcase […]
50 overs Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) v Canada Mahela Jayawardene pulls out the reverse-sweep, Sri Lanka v Canada, Group A, World Cup 2011, Hambantota, February 20, 2011 Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara overwhelmed Canada’s bowlers to launch Sri Lanka’s World Cup bid in fine style. The pair formed the backbone […]
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka will have too much firepower for minnows Canada as the 1996 champions launch their World Cup campaign at a new stadium on Sunday. Despite having little knowledge of Canada, and of the ground in the tourist town of Hambantota, Sangakkara is confident his team will […]
Source: Reuters – By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has banned spectators from carrying defamatory banners, posters, glass bottles and also drums and bands to Cricket World Cup venues, police said on Friday. Sri Lanka, co-host of the tournament with Bangladesh and India, is hosting 12 matches including the quarter-finals and […]
NEW DELHI: Brief run-down of the top batting knocks in the World Cup (against Test playing nations only) ahead of the 2011 edition which starts on Saturday. 1. Sourav Ganguly (India) – 183 (158 balls, 17 fours, 7 sixes) v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999 Ganguly provided a taste of what T20 might be like with […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Record-breaking Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan goes into his fourth and final World Cup praying that he ends his glorious international career on a high. “My role for this World Cup is to take as many wickets as possible,” says the 38-year-old off-spinner. “I just want to focus on my performance and […]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Murali’s technique will also be recorded and downloaded into the Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence ‘virtual bowler’ machine, if and when he visits the country as a guest spin coach in June. Asked if there was some sense of poetic justice in this, Murali, said that he did not want […]
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be held in the sub-continent South Asian countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai will be hosting the final of the Cricket World Cup 2011. Sri Lanka will play under Group A with Australia,Pakistan, New Zealan, Zimbabwe and Canada. ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule has […]
Sachin Tendulkar is playing his 444th one-day international, reaching another milestone in a career where he holds nearly every major record with the bat. Tendulkar, 37, equaled Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya for the number of ODI appearances. Tendulkar reached the mark in the second ODI against South Africa on Saturday and will likely break the […]
Source: DM Online – by Channaka de Silva Analysts however call it a bluff designed to further safeguard and enrich the lives of officials in an extended period of plundering Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has promised to introduce several new amendments to the controversial Sports Law (No25) of 1973, which currently governs Sri Lanka’s sports, […]
Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup winning Captain Arjuna Ranatunga says the country has a golden opportunity to win the upcoming world cup, if it select the “right team”. Ranatunga who spearheaded the Sri Lankan Campaign in the 1996 world cup says the local side is the most favourite to win the world cup in 2011. […]
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns thoroughly before hosting Test series after the third and final match against West Indies yesterday ended in a tame draw at the Pallakele Stadium. The three-Test series, which was dogged by rain, ended in a 0-0 result with the first two Tests […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan bagged two wickets in one over in fading light to boost Sri Lanka’s hopes of gaining the lead in the second Test against the West Indies on Thursday. The off-spinner dismissed well-set Darren Bravo (80) and Brendan Nash (29) before the West Indies reached 165-5 in their first […]
