Posted by: niuse on: August 11, 2008
Result Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Series Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1
Test debut KTGD Prasad (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series BAW Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Drip by drip, Sri Lanka made their way to a comprehensive series win, their first over India since 2001. On what turned out [...]
Posted by: niuse on: August 1, 2008
“He is talented, very talented, but has no brains,” was Geoff Boycott’s on-air verdict after Virender Sehwag’s attempt to hook a ball from outside off stump found the fielder at deep square leg and triggered a first-innings collapse at the SSC.
Sehwag’s response to a question regarding his approach after his maverick innings – a 15th [...]
Posted by: niuse on: July 28, 2008
Sri Lanka 600 for 6 dec (Jayawardene 136, Dilshan 125*, Warnapura 115, Samaraweera 127) beat India 223 (Laxman 56, Murali 5-84, Mendis 4-72) and 138 (Gambhir 43, Murali 6-26, Mendis 4-60) by an innings and 239 runs
In a match dominated by not one but two spin wizards, Sri Lanka completely destroyed the Indian batting line-up [...]
Posted by: niuse on: July 25, 2008
Muralitharan leaves India in tatters
India 159 for 6 (Gambhir 39, Murali 4-38) trail Sri Lanka 600 for 6 dec (Dilshan 127*) by 441 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
The SSC track was woken out of its slumber by Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis, after Sri Lanka’s batsmen had given them a 600-run mountain [...]
Posted by: niuse on: July 24, 2008
Sri Lanka overcame the shaky start on the first day and resumed normal service, accumulating runs on the placid SSC pitch, and capitalised on reprieves to move into a position of strength. Mahela Jayawardene looked set from the moment his innings began shortly before stumps last evening and, by tea, he had scored a classy [...]
