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India vs Srilanka - 2nd One Day International
What a difference a day makes. After losing badly in the first game, India has bounced back to level the five match series. It wasn’t as convincing as Sri Lanka’s win in Game 1 but a win is a win is a win. India’s captain and keeper showed how much he was missed in the recent [...]
Continue reading...India vs Srilanka ODI Series Preview
21. August 2008
After a see-sawing Test series won by the locals, Sri Lanka and India begin a tournament with the best of five ODIs. After the recent success of the 20Twenty game, it seems like we are going back to the past playing a 50 over a side match. The Indians will be keen to overturn the [...]
Continue reading...India vs Sri Lanka - 3rd Test Review
13. August 2008
It was more a solid than a crushing victory but 8 wickets is decisive in anyone’s scorebook. More importantly it was a series win. Sri Lanka won the third Test and the series 2 – 1. How important was this win? What does the future hold for these two sub-continental teams? Will there be major [...]
Continue reading...India vs Srilanka 3rd Test - Day 3
12. August 2008
India has not won a series in Sri Lanka for fifteen years and with two days to go in this final Test, that record looks safe. This match has been like the previous two, full of highlights with the balance of power switching sides at will. Bad luck is sometimes hard to define but for periods [...]
Continue reading...3rd Test - India vs Sri Lanka Preview
8. August 2008
Neutral cricket fans love this scenario. Series level with one Test to play. Sri Lanka dominated the first Test then India prevailed in the much closer second. You can talk about one team having momentum and India certainly grabbed it back last week. It’s all to play for in Colombo. It’s fair to say that both [...]
Continue reading...Ajantha Mendis - The Sri Lankan Mystery Spinner
6. August 2008
Many cricketers on the sub-continent are given interesting names and one young Sri Lankan bowler is Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis. Known as Ajantha Mendis to the cricket world, the mystery spinner is playing in a team which also includes the world’s most successful bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan. And whilst the men are poles apart in terms [...]
Continue reading...India thrash Sri Lanka in Galle to Level Series
3. August 2008
Shortly after South Africa toppled England, another South African in another part of the world was being hugged by the players of the team he now coaches. Gary Kirsten’s India has just enjoyed an emphatic win over Sri Lanka in Galle. Last week in Colombo, the local team handed India a serious thrashing. Now the [...]
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28. August 2008
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