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...Tuesday, August 12, 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...Sunday, August 3, 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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