Posts Tagged ‘Muttiah’
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 [...]
Muttiah Muralitharan to quit Tests after West Indies series
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 31, 2009
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Muttiah Muralitharan says he plans to retire from Test cricket after next year’s series against the West Indies.The bowler said Thursday that will be my last Test series. I am hoping that’s the right time for me because I will be 38 years old by then. Muralitharan said he will continue to play one day [...]
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 [...]
M S Dhoni, Yuvraj continue to top ICC ODI charts
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 29, 2009
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued to top the ODI batsmen ranking while his deputy Yuvraj Singh has managed to clung on to his second position in the ICC ODI players ranking issued on Wednesday. Dhoni held on to his numero uno status with 828 rating points while Yuvraj, who had achieved his career best [...]
Pakistan new looks gear for Sri Lanka one dayers
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 28, 2009
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Pakistan are banking on a fresh set of players to deliver as they seek to avenge Sri Lanka’s Test victory in a one day series starting on Thursday. Pakistan were beaten in a Test series for the first time on Sri Lankan soil when Younus Khan’s men lost the first two matches before drawing the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Muttiah Muralitharan injured again out of Pakistan Test
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 10, 2009
Sri Lanka will once again be without spin king Muttiah Muralitharan as they attempt a series-clinching win when the second Test against Pakistan starts on Sunday. The world’s leading Test and one-day bowler missed the first Test in Galle, which Sri Lanka won by 50 runs, after hurting the patella tendon in his right knee [...]
Chaminda Vaas to quit Tests, says chief selector
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 4, 2009
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Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, the country’s chief selector Asantha de Mel said on Saturday. The 35-year-old left-armer, who has served Sri Lanka at the top level for 15 years, will, however, still be available for one-day and Twenty20 cricket,he said. “Chaminda has told me he does not [...]
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