Sri Lanka won the toss and elect to bat in first Test
July 23, 2008
Sri Lanka won the toss Wednesday and elected to bat first against India in the first cricket test at Sinhalese Sports Club.
Match began after a five-hour delay because of rain overnight and for most of the morning.
Spinner Ajantha Mendis was named for his test debut for Sri Lanka, which chose six batsmen and four [...]
Live Score Board India v Sri Lanka : Match delayed due to rain
July 22, 2008
The first test between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club was delayed by rain on Wednesday.
It is 15 years since India last won a Test series in Sri Lanka and the last time the two teams met on Sri Lankan soil, they lost 2-1. The wiles of Muttiah Muralitharan are always [...]
Sri Lanka are preparing for Idea Cup Test Series
July 21, 2008
Sri Lanka are preparing for a crucial three-match Test series with India, starting this week, and the build-up has been dominated by a media frenzy over Sri Lanka’s latest unorthodox bowler, Ajantha Mendis, a mysterious finger spinner who shot to fame in the final of the Asia Cup.
When Sri Lanka’s selection committee headed by [...]
Idea Cup Test Series : Tendulkar set to break Brian Lara Record
July 21, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar’s bid to become the world’s leading scorer will dominate the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday.
Tendulkar is just 172 runs away from surpassing the 11,953 clocked up by retired West Indies captain Brian Lara — a task within the reach of the Indian batsman who likes Sri Lankan pitches.
The [...]
Idea Cup Test Series : Dhoni opts out of India’s Sri Lanka series
July 9, 2008
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has opted out of the Idea Cup three-Test series in Sri Lanka. Speculation had been rife that India’s one-day and T20 captain was considering skipping the Test series part of the tour of Sri Lanka.
In three-and-a-half years, Dhoni has played 29 Tests, 115 ODIs, 10 Twenty20 Internationals and the DLF-IPL T20 [...]