Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
Chaminda Vaas, who served Sri Lanka cricket for over 14 years, has decided to hang his Test boots and white jersey after the final Test against Pakistan in Colombo.
After making a disastrous Test debut in 1994 against Pakistan, Vaas came a long way with 354 wickets in 110 matches.This was the final Test against [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
Pakistan remained on course to win the third and final Test against Sri Lanka after denting the home team’s chase of a world record target on Thursday.
Sri Lanka, set an improbable 492 to sweep the series 3-0 after they had won the first two Tests, were 183-3 in their second knock at stumps on the [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
As the International Cricket Council celebrates 100 years this year, the game’s administrators have decided to go intellectual with a couple of lectures planned at the world’s oldest university in the English speaking world. A choice selection of the game’s greats has been invited to speak about various facets of the game, and among them [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
England’s Ashes hopes were on Wednesday dealt a body blow after batting mainstay Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of the remainder of the series following a surgery on his Achilles tendon injury.
Pietersen was assessed by a specialist who recommended the surgery, which rules him out of all cricket for up to six weeks, thus drawing [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
Australia began rebuilding for the 2011 World Cup by including three young players and leaving out batsman Brad Hodge in a 30-man preliminary squad named on Thursday for the Champions Trophy.
The squad, for the limited-overs tournament in South Africa from Sept. 22 to Oct. 5, must be trimmed to 15 players by Aug. 23.
Tasmania wicketkeeper [...]
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