Posts Tagged ‘Kumar’
Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets, lead series 2-0
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 2, 2009
Chamara Kapugedera scored a composed 67 and shared an unbeaten 95 run partnership with Thilan Samaraweera on Saturday to guide Sri Lanka to a six wicket win in the second limited over match against Pakistan. The victory gave the host team a 2-0 lead in the five match series.Chasing a modest 169 to win, Sri [...]
Sri Lanka wins 1st ODI
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 31, 2009
Seamers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekera ripped through Pakistan’s top order as Sri Lanka won the first One Day International by 36 runs here on Thursday. Left armer Thushara finished with 3-29 and Kulasekera took 2-30 as Pakistan struggled against Sri Lanka’s 232-9 and were bowled out for 196 in 44.4 overs at the Rangiri [...]
Kumar Sangakkara topples Gambhir from top of ICC Test rankings
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 25, 2009
Gautam Gambhir’s stay at the top of the ICC Test batsmen ranking lasted just 10 days as Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara grabbed the coveted position from the Indian opener on Saturday. Gambhir had replaced Pakistani run-machine Mohammad Yousuf as the number one Test batsmen on July 15 but Sangakkara’s match-saving 130 run innings in [...]
Pak eye face-saving win in final Test
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 [...]
Shoaib Malik’s hundred boosts Pakistan’s lead
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 22, 2009
Shoaib Malik scored 106 not out and put on two century stands on Wednesday to help Pakistan reach 300-5 and lead by 366 runs over Sri Lanka at stumps on the third day of the final Test. Malik hit 10 boundaries and two sixes in nearly five hours. He added 119 with Misbah-ul-Haq (65) and [...]
Chaminda Vaas to quit Test cricket after Pak series
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 19, 2009
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Within a fortnight of dismissing his retirement ‘rumours’, Sri Lanka’s most successful pacer Chaminda Vaas on Sunday announced that he will quit Test after the ongoing series against Pakistan. “I’m officially retiring from Test after the third Test against Pakistan but will continue playing one day and Twenty20 matches till the 2011 World Cup,” Vaas [...]
Chaminda Vaas final match? Third Test against Pak
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 18, 2009
Rampant Sri Lanka go into the final Test against Pakistan here from Monday aiming for a 3-0 sweep despite the uncertain future of veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas. Vaas, 35, was named in a 16-man squad for the third Test at the Sinhalese sports club after being overlooked for the first two matches which Sri Lanka [...]
Mohammad Yousuf returns to number-one spot in Test rankings
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 8, 2009
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Pakistan senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who returned to international cricket with a cracking century against Sri Lanka in the first Test, zoomed to the number one spot in the latest ICC Test Rankings. After snapping his ties with the rebel Indian Cricket League, Yousuf marked his return to the national team in style, hitting a [...]
Pakistan win in 1st Test Series
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 6, 2009
Pakistan was cruising toward a win in the first Test after debutant bowlers Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Aamer produced three wickets each to end Sri Lanka’s second innings cheaply on Monday.Chasing 168 runs to win, Pakistan needed 97 more runs to win at stumps on the third day with eight wickets in hand and two [...]
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