Month: April 2017

Sri Lanka put up one of their better fielding performances to level the three-match series against Bangladesh © Associated Press Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharanga said that fearlessness saw his team tighten up their fielding, after their athletic defence of 280 in the third ODI. Sri Lanka have been routinely woeful in the field over the past two years. The standards hit new lows in 2017, in series against South…

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) beat Bangladesh 210 (Shakib 54, Mehedi 51, Kulasekara 4-37) by 70 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis, who top scored for Sri Lanka with 54, was named Player of the Series for his 160 runs in three innings © Associated Press Sri Lanka rode a fast start and a fast finish to a competitive score, bowled with discipline, and…

Mohammad Saifuddin first caught the selectors’ eye in the Under-19 World Cup in 2016 © ICC Allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin has received a maiden-call up to the Bangladesh squad for the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Colombo from April 4. The 16-member team also included offspinner Mehedi Hasan and left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam, who too were yet to represent their country in the shortest format. Saifuddin, a 20-year old…

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…

Sri Lanka 280 for 9 (Kusal 54, Thisara 52, Mortaza 3-65) beat Bangladesh 210 (Shakib 54, Mehedi 51, Kulasekara 4-37) by 70 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kusal Mendis, who top scored for Sri Lanka with 54, was named Player of the Series for his 160 runs in three innings © Associated Press Sri Lanka rode a fast start and a fast finish to a competitive score, bowled with discipline, and…

Tom Blundell and Peter Younghusband’s sixth-wicket 184-run partnership was pivotal to Wellington’s victory © Getty Images The winners of the Plunket Shield were decided in the last hour of the last round of matches as Auckland, who needed a win to lift the trophy, went down to Central Districts by three wickets and Canterbury clinched their third title in four years. Canterbury were leading the table with 101 points before…

Sloppy running left Sri Lanka shortchanged © Associated Press For the second time in three days, a batsman has been given out despite the bulk of his body having crossed the plane of the crease. Dinesh Chandimal did initially ground his bat behind the crease as he sauntered in to complete a second run, in the 26th over, but he briefly raised it again as his body passed the line….