Sri Lanka should find a spinner for Murali

(2010.07.25)

Muttiah Muralitharan, retired from test cricket after taking 800 wickets.
Now Sri Lanka cricket should start new life without Muralitharan.There are few
upcoming spinners like Ajantha Mendia,Suraj Randiv & Rangana Herath.Ajantha Mendis. Started his career with a huge reputation, now he is struggling a bit to take wickets. Ajantha should have improved his wicket tacking ability and come to the rhythem.Newly found spinner of Sri Lanka Suraj Randiv is good in ODIS yet to start Test cricket.Rangan Herath is also a good spinner in and out to the national team, he also should improve his career.Malinga Bandara,Sachithra Senanayake,Seekkuge Prasanna are also capable bowlers. The Selecting Committee should have given those new bowlers more chances and find one or two bowler who can drag the Sri Lankan team to the victory like Muttiah Muralitharan did for the last 15 years.

Sri Lanka Lead the Test Series (1-0)

(2010.07.25)
India tour of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Vs India 1st Test(2010 july 18-july 22) at Galle

Sri Lanka won the Toss & chose to bat
Sri Lanaka lead the 1st Innings and kept the advantage,with murali's
support(his last Game) Sri Lankans were given a target of 95 by Indians,Easily
chased without a wicket

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 520/8dec
NT Paranavithana 111
K Sangakkara 103
HMRKB Herath 80 n.o

A Mithun 4/105
I Sharma 3/145

India 1st Innings 276
V Shewag 109
Yuvraj Singh 52

M Muralitharan 5/63

India 2nd Innings(follow on) 338
SR Tendulkar 84
VVS Laxman 69

SL Malinga 5/50
M Muralitharan 3/128

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (target:95 runs)
TM Dilshan 68 n.o

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Murali The Magic Spinner,Achived 800 wickets

(2010.07.25)
Murali The Magic Spinner,Achived 800 wickets in his last Test match
against India in Gall,800th wicket was Pragyan Ojha

Muttiah Muralitharan has said that retiring after taking his 800th wicket and helping Sri Lanka win his farewell Test, against India in Galle, was one of the greatest moments in his life. Murali's 800th was the last Indian wicket in the follow-on, after which Sri Lanka chased the target of 95 without losing a wicket.

"I am very happy that God has given me everything - eight wickets, a victory, basically everything. This is one of the greatest moments in my life, retiring this way," Murali said. "I am not emotional in a way, frankly, I am happy that I have done it. I trained really hard. Even last week, I trained hard to play in this Test match and take it very seriously."

Murali also said that he had quit Test cricket at the right time, with Sri Lanka having younger spinners rising through the ranks. "I have played for 18 years and I thought that there are three other good spinners in the side," he said. "They are 24-25 years old and I am 38. I thought it's better to give them a chance. I have nothing more to achieve and I thought this is the right time.

"I chose to finish my career at the end of the first Test because I know my knees are not going to last to bowl 50-60 overs. If I am there it will be four spinners and only two can play. I will be blocking the place of another young spinner."

(by cricinfo)

Spin master,about retire from Test cricket

(2010.07.21)
Muttiah Muralidaran,the World record holder for highest wicket taker in Test and ODI will
retire from Test cricket tomorrow(2010.07.22).It will be a very sad moment for the all cricket fans
in Sri Lanka.Muralidaran will be the one and only spin magic in the world.Can any body break this
record for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

InTests
Matches 132
Innings 228
Wickets 793
Best Bowling in an Innings 9/51
Best Bowling In a Match 16/220
5 wckets in a match 66
10wickets in a match 22

In ODIs
Matches 337
Innings 329
Wickets 515
Best Bowling In a Match 7/30
4 wckets in a match 14
5 wickets in a match 10

Sri Lanka Board president's XI end with four tons,match drawn

(2010.07.16)
India tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Board President's XI, who chose to bat, lead the match in both fields batting & bowling
five centuries for the match,four from Sri Lanka Board president’s XI,one from India, match drawn

Sri Lanka Board president’s XI vs India(tour match,3days) July 13,14,15

Sri Lanka Board president’s XI 1st innings 514/9 dec
WU Tharanga 110
TT samaraweera 102
SHT Kandambi 101

PP Ojha 5/153

India 1st innings 291
Yuvraj Singh 118
G Gambhir 89

BAM Mendis 6/67

Sri Lanka Board president’s XI 2nd innings 260/6
HDRL Thirimanne 102
LD Chandimal 69

PP Ojha 3/85

Match drawn

No UDRS(Umpire Decission Review System) for Sri Lanka-India Tests

(2010.07.14)

The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) will not be used during the upcoming Test series between Sri Lanka and India. "The decision at the ICC meeting was that both the teams should agree with having the DRS system.India didn’t agree the the UDR system.It used for the previous Test series which india play in Sri Lanka in 2008.
The UDRS, which has courted controversy since its implementation, was first used in the 2008 series between the same teams, and immediately became a key player in the contest. The controversial and impractical Virender Sehwag dismissal aside, Sri Lanka used the challenge system way better than India, securing marginal lbw dismissals for Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis that would have otherwise needed brave umpires to call. Sri Lanka made 11 successful reviews in that 2-1 series win, as opposed to India's one.
On their return tour to India, Kumar Sangakkara lamented the absence of the UDRS. He said it cost his side "over 500 runs and a lot of wickets" during the 2-0 defeat. To add to his frustrations then, the review system was used in two simultaneous series being played elsewhere.
India haven't really been fans of the system, and haven't been involved in any series since then that has used the UDRS. Sachin Tendulkar had said he wasn't won over by the system, largely due to the inadequate technology that has prevented its successful implementation. The Hot Spot, he said, was a better means to establish contact between bat and ball, and ball and pad.

(by cricinfo)

Sanath Jayasuriya, out of the BCCSL contract

(2010.07.14)
Sanath Jayasuriya has received another blow after being left out of the 20 players Sri Lanka Cricket offered central contracts for the current year. Muttiah Muralitharan, who will retire from Tests at the end of the first game against India at Galle on July 22, has been retained in the top category.

Jayasuriya, 41, who became a permanent fixture in the Sri Lanka side after playing a key role in the 1996 World Cup, found himself dropped from the list. The veteran of 110 Tests and 444 ODIs has stated that he would like to play until the 2011 World Cup before finally calling it quits. However, his recent batting form has been poor. In the World Twenty20 in the West Indies he averaged only 3.75 from six matches and in his last six ODI matches his highest score was 31.

"We had discussions over the last few weeks with senior players, Sri Lanka Cricket, selectors and team management to try and put a value on the national contracts," Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva said. "In that regard we decided we will try and reduce the number of national contracted players to 20 rather than have one of over 30 which are currently in existence. We felt that having that number of players will give us the cream to be signed up on a contract for the national squad.

"The contracts are worked out on the previous year's performances and in Sanath's case, since he had not performed up to expectations, we decided to leave him out. We also allowed him to go to England and play some county cricket to see how he performs. As I've said before we haven't let either Chaminda Vaas or Muralitharan out of our minds for the World Cup."

de Silva said that when the contracts were done and due to be signed in March no one knew that Muralitharan was going to retire. "To be fair by Murali he mentioned to us that we could leave him out of the contract and consider him only for the one-dayers if we require him, which I have basically from our side told him that we definitely require him for the World Cup," de Silva said. "We will evaluate the contract matter with Murali once we have a chat with him. He will have to remain because he will definitely be part of the World Cup campaign."

The two newcomers to the central contracts are off-spinner Suraj Randiv and batsman Dinesh Chandimal who have been placed in Category Six. Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara, Muralitharan, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera occupy the top category.

The other contracted players are: Nuwan Kulasekara (Category Two), Angelo Mathews (Category Three), Upul Tharanga, Thilan Thushara, Rangana Herath, Prasanna Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga, Thilina Kandamby (Category Four), Dilhara Fernando, Chanaka Welagedara, Tharanga Paranavitana (Category Five).
(by cricinfo)

Malinga in Mendis out for the test squad

(2010.07.13)
Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been named in the 16-member Sri Lanka squad for the three-Test series against India beginning on July 18, setting him up for a return to Tests after two-and-a-half years . However, there was no place for spinner Ajantha Mendis, who tormented India during their previous Test visit two years ago.

Malinga played his last Test against England at Galle in 2007 before a knee injury laid him low and forced him out of cricket for nine months. Lasith has nine more days before the first Test against India and we are confident he will be fit to play. He has been bowling long spells at the nets and has shown no side effects," a selection committee source said. Since making his Test debut against Australia at Darwin in 2004, Malinga has played in 28 Tests and captured 91 wickets.The other members of the fast-bowling department are Dilhara Fernando, Chanaka Welegedara and Dammika Prasad.

Offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan who is due to retire at the end of Galle Test has also been named in the squad along with left-arm spinner Rangana Herath and young off-spinner Suraj Randiv who is likely to take Muralitharan's place for the rest of the series. Mendis, who became a star with 26 wickets in three Tests against India when they visited in 2008, was left out.
The Sri Lanka Board President's team to take on India in a three-day practice match ahead of the Tests was also named. Thilan Samaraweera will lead the side which includes first-choice Test keeper Prasanna Jayawardene and promising batsmen Lahiru Thirimanne, Ashan Priyanjan and Dinesh Chandimal.

Test squad: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Muttiah Muralitharan (vc), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Dilhara Fernando, Dammika Prasad, Suraj Randiv, Thilina Kandamby, Chanaka Welegedara, Lahiru Thirimanne.


Sri Lanka Board President's XI: Thilan Samaraweera (capt), Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thilina Kandamby, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Ashan Priyanjana, Kaushal Silva, Chanaka Welegedara, Dilhara Fernando, Chaminda Vidanapathirana, Sachitra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Pradeep, Kusal Janith, Dinesh Chandimal

Sri Lanka A won the ODI series

(2010.07.13)

Sri Lanka A won the 3-match series 2-0 against Australia A
Sri Lanka A won 2 games and one game tied

Sri Lanka A vs Auatralia A 3rd ODI(2010.07.10)
(40 overs game/light conditions)

Australia A 246/5(40 overs)
AC Voges 81
TR Birt 52

I Udana 3/67

Sri Lanka A 247/8 (39.1 overs)
LPC Silva 104
CKB Kulasekara 30

XJ Doherty 3/55

Sri Lanka A won by 2 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka Under-19 team in England

(2010.07.09)
Fast-bowling allrounder Chathura Peiris, will lead the Under-19 team on a tour to England from July 14 to August 7.

Peiris has with him nine others who played in the U-19 World Cup, including Sri Lanka's highest run-getter in the tournament, Banuka Rajapakse, who scored 253 runs. Four other members of the England-bound team - Nipun Karunanayake, Sanitha de Mel, Saranga Rajaguru and Dinuk Jayasinghe.Only new comer is top order batsman Ramith Rambukwella.

The team will play two youth Tests, two Twenty20s and a one-day match against the England Under-19 team.

Squad: Chathura Peiris (capt), Kithuruwan Vithanage, (vice-capt), Banuka Rajapakse, Rumesh Buddika, Nipun Karunanayake, Ramith Rambukwella, Denuwan Rajakaruna, Danushka Gunatilaka, Akshu Fernando, Yasoda Lanka, Charith Jayampathy, Lahiru Jayaratne, Sanitha de Mel, Saranga Rajaguru, Dinuk Jayasinghe

Australia A Couldn't win a game yet

(2010.07.08)

Sri Lanka A tour of Australia
Australia A Couldn't win a game yet
After Sri Lanka A lost the 2 Tests & T20 against Astralia A
they could lead the ODI series.

1st ODI(2010.07.04)

Australia A won the toss & chose to bat couldn't pass 200 just 197 & Sri Lanka
passed the score in 47th over within 5wickets


Australia A 197(50)
TR Brit 54
XJ Doherty 37

NLTC Perera 5/37

Sri Lanka A 198/5 in 47.4 overs
J Mendis 81
K Kulasekara 44

JA Gaberfield 2/21

Sri Lanka A won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)



2nd ODI(2010.07.07)

Australia A won the toss & chose to field,Sri Lanka A openers gave a
good start but couldn't pass 275.D/L method tied the match in the last over

Sri Lanka A 257/8
LD Chandimal 59
FDM Karunarathne 53

LW Feldman 3/43

Rain delayed the match & to the D/L method riversed target
was 208 in 34 overs

Australia A 207/7 in 34 overs
MS Wade 45
AB Mcdonald 36

BMAJ Mendis 2/17

Match tied (D/L method)

Sanath Jayasuriya

( 2010.07.07)

Sanath Jayasuriya, a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, was born on June 30, 1969 in Matara. He is an all-rounder, who is a left-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Sanath Jayasuriya captained the Sri Lankan team for a span of four years from 1999 to 2003. He was educated at the Servatius College in Matara, where his talents were spotted and nourished by the principal, G.L. Galappathy, and coach, Lionel Wagasinghe. Sanath Jayasuriya is married to Sandra and has three children.

Sanath Jayasuriya made his Test debut for the Sri Lankan national team in February 1991 against New Zealand in Hamilton and has scored 6,973 runs in 110 matches, at an average of 40.07 in his Test career. His highest Test score of 340 came against India, and he has been the recipient of the Man of the Match award four times. On his last innings before bidding farewell to Test cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya smashed six 4s in an over against England, becoming the third batsman to achieve this feat in Test cricket.

One of the world's most uncompromising strikers of the ball, Jayasuriya found belated fame as a pinch-hitter at the 1996 World Cup, and then demonstrated that he was also capable of massive scoring in Tests, eventually becoming Sri Lanka's highest Test run-scorer. He remains dizzily dangerous, especially on the subcontinent's slower, less bouncy surfaces. Short in stature and powerfully built, he cuts and pulls with awesome power, and his brutal bat-wielding is at odds with his shy, gentle nature. Wised-up opponents have learned to set traps in the gully and at third man to stem the flow of runs, but on song he can be virtually unstoppable, capable of scoring freely on both sides of the wicket.

Jayasuriya is also an extremely effective and canny left-arm spinner, especially in one-day internationals where his stock leg-stump darts are mixed up with clever variations in pace. Jayasuriya served commendably as Sri Lanka's captain for a successful tenure after the sacking of Arjuna Ranatunga in 1999. His leadership style was consensual in comparison to the Napoleon approach adopted by Ranatunga, and he soon built a happy and unified team. The huge responsibility of leading the team, though, started to show and by the 2003 World Cup, after a myriad of off-field controversies, it was clear that he had become a reluctant captain. He eventually resigned in April 2003.

Having stepped down, his position in the side was more vigorously debated and a one-day slump prompted several pundits to call time on his career. But Jayasuriya was far from finished, and he bounced back in 2004 with his most prolific year in Test cricket since 1997. The year included a blazing second-innings century against Australia at Kandy that nearly levelled the series and a marathon double-hundred against Pakistan at Faisalabad. Twin centuries followed during the Asia Cup 2004 and his form was impressive enough for Somerset to sign him up for a season of County Cricket in 2005. And in the Indian Oil Cup in 2005, Jayasuriya became only the fourth batsman to get to 10,000 runs in one-day cricket.

He retired in 2006, only to almost immediately retract his decision. After behind-the-scenes machinations which hinted at internal power struggles between board and coach, he was shoehorned into the squad for the Test series in England but did not play. He bounced back in typical form, however, in the one-day series that followed, showing he has a few more miles left on the clock.

At the age of 38, Jayasuriya scored 467 runs during the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies and was the oldest player in the World Twenty20 that followed in South Africa. He called time on his Test career during the first Test against England in Kandy in 2007-08, and bowed out with a cracking 78 in his final innings. His one-day career was all but over when he was omitted for the ODIs in the West Indies in 2008. However, a stirring performance in the IPL - finishing the third-highest run-getter with 514 runs - prompted his country's sports minister to intervene in his selection for the Asia Cup. He ultimately shaped Sri Lanka's title victory with a blistering hundred under pressure. In January 2009, during the first ODI against India, he became the second man to cross 13,000 ODI runs, and at 39 years and 212 days the oldest man to score an ODI century.

Batting

Tests Matches
Matches 110
Innings 188
Runs 6973
Highest Score 340
Average 40.07
100s 14
50s 31

ODI Matches
Matches 444
Innings 432
Runs 13428
Highest Score 189
Average 32.43
100s 28
50s 68

Bowling

Tests Matches
Matches 110
Innings 140
Wickets 98
BBM 9/74

ODI Matches
Matches 444
Innings 367
Wickets322
BBM 6/29

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Retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan

( 2010.07.07)

Muttiah Muralitharan, the leading wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs, will retire from Test cricket after the first Test against India in Galle, which begins on July 18. While he will not play the subsequent tri-series, and will pick and choose which ODIs to play in, Murali will be available for selection if the team needs him for the 2011 World Cup, which Sri Lanka is co-hosting.

Murali has taken 792 wickets in 132 Tests and 515 wickets in 337 ODIs.It is better to retire after playing the rest of two Test matches.Also he can hold the record of one an only player to take 800 wickets in Test.Can Murali take his 800th wicket in the 1 st Test.......

Road to the world cup

Road to the world cup
(2010.07.06)

Cricket world cup is going to be held in Asia in 2011.The first match will be played on 19th of February 2011.This is the 10th world cup.Sri Lanka is getting ready for the world cup.There is a good chance for the Sri Lankan lions to be the world champions again like 1996.there are few matches to be held in Sri Lanka also including a Semi Final.Sri Lankan Cricket assosiation are finishing two brand new grounds for the world cup in Pllekale & Hambanthota.Sri Lanka also producing some good new players for the upcoming world up like all rounder Angelo Mathews,Batsman Dinesh Chandimal.This time All the dreams of Sri Lankan cricket fans will come true,Sri Lankan players should do it again.Come on lions roar and do it........

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Records Of Sri Lankan Lions(Test,ODI,T20)

Batting records

Test Matches

• Highest team total – 952/6 against India in 1997.
• Highest aggregate of runs- Mahela Jayawardene (9120) in 110 matches at an Average of 53.96
• Most number of matches played – Muttiah Muralitharan (132).
• Most number of matches as captain – Arjuna Ranatunga (56) from 1989 to 1999.
• Highest individual score – 374 by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in July 2006.
• Highest partnership – 624 for the third wicket by Kumar Sangakkara (287) & Mahela Jayawardene (374) against South Africa in 2006.
• Most number of centuries – Mahela Jayawardene (27) in 110 matches.
• Most number of half centuries – Arjuna Ranatunga (38) in 93 matches.
• Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara (173 dismissals) in 79 matches.
• Most number of catches – Mahela Jayawardene (142) in 101 matches.
• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) – Kumar Sangakkara (55.10)

ODI Matches

• Highest team total- 443/9 against Netherlands in July 2006.
• Highest aggregate of runs – Sanath Jayasuriya (13,428) in 444 matches at an average of 32.43
• Most number of matches played – Sanath Jayasuriya (444).
• Most number of matches as captain – Arjuna Ranatunga (193) from 1988 to 1999.
• Highest individual score – 189 by Sanath Jayasuriya against India in October, 2000.
• Highest partnership – 286 for the first wicket by Sanath Jayasuriya (152) & Upul Tharanga (109) against England in July 2006.
• Most number of centuries – Sanath Jayasuriya (28) in 444 matches.
• Most number of half centuries – Sanath Jayasuriya (68) in 444 matches.
• Most number of dismissals(includes wicket-keeping) – Kumar Sangakkara(291 dismissals) in 246 matches.
• Most number of catches – Mahela Jayawardene (159) in 299 matches.
• Highest average (qualification 20 inns.) – Marvan Atapattu (37.57).
• Highest number of sixes in a match – Sanath Jayasuriya (11).
• Highest number of sixes in a career – Sanath Jayasuriya (270).

Twenty20 Matches

• Highest team total – 260/6 against Kenya on 14 September 2007.
• Highest winning margin – 172 runs against Kenya in 14 September 2007.

Bowling records

Test Matches

• Most number of wickets – 792 by Muttiah Muralitharan at 22.77 in 132 matches.
• Best individual bowling – 9-51 by Muttiah Muralitharan against Zimbabwe in January 2002.
• Best bowling in a match – 16-220 by Muttiah Muralitharan against England in August 1998.
• Most number of 10 wicket hauls – Muttiah Muralitharan (22).
• Most number of 5 wicket hauls – Muttiah Muralitharan (66).
• Best average – 22.71 by Muttiah Muralitharan
• Most number of wickets taken bowled – Muttiah Muralitharan (157).
• Most number of wickets taken stumped – Muttiah Muralitharan (41).

ODI Matches

• Most number of wickets – 515 by Muttiah Muralitharan at 22.07 in 337 matches.
• Best individual bowling – 8-19 by Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in December 2001.
• Most number of 5 wicket hauls – Muttiah Muralitharan (10).
• Best Average – 19.07 by Ajantha Mendis.
• Most Test Wickets – Muttiah Muralitharan ( broken in 2007 against England at home)
• Only bowler to take 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga against South Africa in March 2007.
• Only Sri Lankan bowler to have taken two ODI Hat-tricks in a career – Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001 and Bangladesh in 2003.
• Only bowler to have taken 8 wickets in a ODI – Chaminda Vaas against Zimbabwe in 2001
• ODI Hat-tricks bowlers Chaminda Vass,Lasith Malinga,Ferveez Maharoof

2010 Champions League T20

2010.07.02

2010 Champions League T20

The ten teams are divided into two groups of five each, who play a round-robin format

Group A: Chennai Super Kings, Victoria, Warriors, Wayamba, Central Districts

Group B: Mumbai Indians, Lions, South Australia, Royal Challengers Bangalore, winners of West Indies domestic Twenty20

The top two teams from each group then progress to the semi-finals.

Sri Lanka domestic champions in T20 Wayamba team will participate the Champions League Including Mahela Jayawardane, Ajantha Mendis & few International players.Tournament to be held in South Africa this time.