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SL vs India, 2nd ODI: India gets caught in Vandersay’s web as Sri Lanka takes 1-0 lead in series
For Indian fans who lived through the late 1990s and 2000s, the memories of Sri Lankan bowlers like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Ajantha Mendis running through the Men in Blue in ODIs would trigger painful memories. Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay joined that list (10-0-33-6) when he spun a web around the Indian batting line-up to bowl his side to a 32-run win in the second one-day…
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File photo of the Sri Lanka Cricket logo© X (formerly Twitter)Sports minister Harin Fernando on Wednesday announced former opener Upul Tharanga as the new chairman of national selection committee after accepting recommendations from the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). The five-member committee also has former players Ajantha Mendis, Indika De Saram, Tharanga Paranavitana and Dilruwan Perera on board. The new committee will be in vogue for two years and their immediate task will be to select the Lankan team for the six-match white ball series against Zimbabwe to be played at Colombo between January 6 and 18. The reconstitution of the selection panel was necessitated after Lanka's modest outing the ICC ODI World Cup where they finished ninth on the 10-team table with two wins and seven defeats.The earlier selection committee was headed by former pacer Pramodaya Wickramasingha who had made a rather explosive allegation of “outside conspiracy” for Lanka's poor outing performance in the marquee event held in India.Later, the International Cricket Council had suspended Lanka from top level cricket for political interference in the running of cricket, and also shifted the Under-19 World Cup to South Africa from the Island nation.Topics mentioned in this article
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[ad_1] The diminutive frame of 20-year-old Dunith Wellalage was carrying the hopes of a near-capacity crowd at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo with the bat. Earlier, with the ball, he had injected that belief by demolishing the Indian batting to become the youngest Sri Lankan to pick a five-wicket haul.His spell of five for 40, which included the scalps of Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, and Hardik Pandya, would have made Indian fans revisit the horrors of mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis’ haunting spell of 6/9 in the Asia Cup final in Karachi in 2008. Yet, other than utter wonderment at his precocious talent, there was no tangible mystery to Wellalage.“For his age, he is very mature. The wicket was spinning, so he created an angle where the ball was automatically drifting towards the right-hander’s pads, where the front shoulder gets opened up. That is where he managed to confuse the batters,” Wellalage’s spin bowling coach at Lanka Premier League (LPL) franchise Jaffna Kings, Sachith Pathirana, said as he broke down his ward’s craft.It is hard to imagine a wicket-haul containing more esteemed names than the one Wellalage bagged, let alone when you are just playing your 13th One-Day International game. Wellalage went about that daunting task with little fuss. He got Gill’s outside edge off the first ball he bowled with an away-turner to break a threatening 80-run opening stand, and completed his five-wicket haul with a similar delivery that foxed Pandya off the last ball of his spell. In between, he had Rohit castled with an arm-ball while Kohli and Rahul were deceived by the ball stopping in the pitch.READ: World Cup 2023: Afghanistan announces 15-member squad; Shahidi to captain, Gulbadin Naib in reservesHe not only reduced India to 172 for six but also had an appetite for a fight, lifting Sri Lanka from 99 for six to an almost match-winning position with an unbeaten 46-ball 42.It is this quality that Pathirana believes could help Wellalage earn an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract and play a role similar to Ravindra Jadeja’s. Wellalage celebrates after dismissing KL Rahul. | Photo Credit: AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena Wellalage celebrates after dismissing KL Rahul. | Photo Credit: AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena “Because he is a left-arm spinner and left-handed batsman, he can play the role of a Ravindra Jadeja in the future. He might have a chance in the IPL, but we know the quality of spinners the Indians have, so he will have to be exceptionally good and consistent to get a contract in the IPL,” Pathirana told Sportstar.But Pathirana also warns against rushing the youngster, who has also played a solitary Test, in all formats of the game. “I think he has the capability to play all three formats, but I think Sri Lanka Cricket should not rush him. If he plays more in the one-day format, that will benefit him. I am sure he will have a good future even in Tests and T20Is because of his talent and capacity to adapt to situations,” the coach added.ALSO READ: Asia Cup 2023: Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur to miss Super Four India matchSri Lanka is missing its four first-choice bowlers in this tournament due to injury, which includes leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga. However, Pathirana believes that Wellalage will retain his place even when Hasaranga returns and will give Dhananjaya de Silva a fight for a spot in the playing XI in the World Cup. “I believe he will definitely be included in the 15-member squad for the World Cup. With his batting, he is giving a little bit of a headache to the selectors. He has the potential to play at No. 6 as a batting all-rounder, and his left-arm spin is very crucial. If he doesn’t play and Wanindu Hasaranga comes into the team, we still don’t have a left-arm spinner. I think he is knocking on the door to challenge even Dhananjaya de Silva’s position at No. 6,” he said.Pathirana was also the spin coach of Sri Lanka Under-19s when Wellalage captained the team at the World Cup in 2022, where he was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets in six innings, which paved the way for his ODI debut a few months later.“I was lucky that I was the Under-17 and Under-19 Sri Lanka spin bowling coach when Wellalage was playing. I had a very close look at him in his younger days. He was very mature when he was playing age-group cricket. He managed to continue that form in the A team tours, and now, on the main stage, he has the potential to deliver. He had a brilliant season in the 2022 calendar year. He came very close to breaking the Sri Lankan record of most wickets for an Under-19 player. He managed to take more than 50 wickets in that season,” he said.ALSO READ: Shubman Gill attains career-best second position in latest ICC Rankings Wellalage was among the top 10 most expensive signings at the LPL player auctions this year, fetching $56,000, and Pathirana said the franchise was ready to go even beyond that to acquire his services.“We had a plan to retain him because he was involved with us in the earlier stage of the tournament as well. Because he is adding a lot of value with his batting and fielding, we thought we should bid for him. We had a certain amount where we could have gone even higher to get him in this edition.”It wasn’t only Wellalage, though, who repaid that faith. Pathirana was a proud man on Tuesday, as all 10 Indian wickets were claimed by Jaffna Kings bowlers. Charith Asalanka picked up four, and Maheesh Theekshana got the last wicket to add to Welallage’s five and make it a perfect 10 for the franchise.“Charith Asalanka was up to the task. I know that the wicket did help the spinners, but he bowled it in the right areas. He can also think of bowling a little bit more seriously and becoming an all-rounder. Maheesh Theekshana was found at Jaffna Kings in the first year [2020]. All three players have a lot to offer Sri Lanka in the World Cup,” he beamed. [ad_2] Source link
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Know the Top 5 Wicket-takers in Asia Cup 2014
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Today we bring you the Cricketers who picked the most wickets in Asia Cup 2014. The Asia Cup was played in Bangladesh, with five team participating who played round robin matches and top 2 would go to the tournament final. Sri Lankan Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne led the batting cards. The tournament would see 9 hundreds & 30 fifties from the batsmen; Bowlers will have 2 five wickets hauls & 3 four…
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අජන්ත මෙන්ඩිස් ක්රිකට්වලට සමු දෙයි විශිෂ්ඨ දඟ පන්දු යවන්නෙක් වන අජන්ත මෙන්ඩිස් තම ක්රිකට් දිවියෙන් සමුගැනීමට තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා. ඒ අනුව ඔහු එළඹෙන සැප්තැම්බර් 3වන දා පනාගොඩ හමුදා ක්රීඩාංගණයෙදී පැවැත්වෙන තරගයෙන් පසු සිය සමුගැනීම සටහන් කරනු ඇත.
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Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka) – 66 wickets Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 66 wickets Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 67 wickets Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 69 wickets Rashid Khan (Afghanistan/ICC World XI) – 75 wickets
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Sri Lanka Cricket announced the formation of a new ‘Cricket Selection Committee’ for a period of two years to select national teams, the country’s cricket board announced on Wednesday.“The appointment of the new committee, which comes into immediate effect, was made by the Honorable Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Harin Fernando,” a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket read.The committee will be chaired by Sri Lanka’s former One Day captain Upul Tharanga, while Ajantha Mendis, Indika De Saram, Tharanga Paranavitana and Dilruwan Perera will be its members.The first official task of the Selection Committee will be to select the national squad for the Zimbabwe Tour of Sri Lanka 2024.More to follow.
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श्रीलंकाई स्पिनरों ने पांच-पांच विकेट लेकर वेस्टइंडीज पर 164 रन की बड़ी जीत दर्ज कर सीरीज 2-0 से अपने नाम कर ली। गाले में दूसरे टेस्ट के अंतिम दिन कहर बरपाने वाले लसिथ एम्बुलडेनिया (5/35) और रमेश मेंडिस (5/66) की शानदार स्पिन गेंदबाजी का वेस्टइंडीज के बल्लेबाजों के पास कोई जवाब नहीं था। मेंडिस ने पहले टेस्ट में सात विकेट लिए और उसके बाद इस टेस्ट में 11/136 के सनसनीखेज मैच के आंकड़े बनाए। उन्हें…
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[ad_1] Sri Lanka has unleashed some special bowling talents ahead of big events over the years.In the case of Lasith Malinga, he was thrown into the deep end during a so-called Top End tour of Australia in 2004. In the case of Ajantha Mendis, he was introduced just before the Asia Cup and he starred with six wickets against India in the final as Sri Lanka clinched the trophy in 2008.The same blueprint is to be followed with 20-year-old Matheesha Pathirana, who will make his ODI debut in the three-match series against Afghanistan that gets underway on Friday.Although Pathirana has played just one Twenty20 International, he is already a star after performing a key role for Chennai in the Super Kings’ run to a record fifth Indian Premier League title.Pathirana bowls with a unique round-arm action and Sri Lankans hope that he’ll be quite a handful for batters during the World Cup qualifiers later this month in Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka, which won the 1996 World Cup title and has twice been runner-up, needs to go through qualifying because of its slide down the International Cricket Council rankings in the one-day format.Afghanistan has no such issues after qualifying automatically for the showpiece event later this year in India.Bowling is Afghanistan’s strength, with three Afghan players featuring in the list of top 10 bowlers in official ICC rankings. Leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who could miss at least one game because of a lower-back injury, and off-spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi will find the conditions in Hambantota to their liking.They also have left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed, who was quite a handful for Gujarat Titans during the IPL.Although bowling is the team’s strong point, Afghanistan also some some solid batting.Ibrahim Zadran showcased that he is a star in the making during the ICC Under-19 World Cup and since graduating to the senior side, he has smashed three centuries in just eight one-dayers. That includes a career-best 162, the highest score by an Afghan in ODIs.Friday’s series-opener will be the first international to be staged at Hambantota in more than three years.The series was hastily arranged after Sri Lanka failed to automatically qualify for the World Cup, and will provide an opportunity for the selectors to take a final look at some of the players before they submit the squad to the ICC before the June 10 deadline.Sri Lanka has recalled Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne to the squad. Karunaratne was fired as ODI captain and dropped from the squad in 2021. However, with the batting unit not able to utilize the full quota of 50 overs often enough, the need for Karunaratne’s stable presence has been felt.The host have also recalled fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, who is returning after seven months following ankle surgery. SQUADS Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Mendis (vice-captain) Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmat Shah (vice-captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhail, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujib ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Abdul Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Farid Ahmad Malik. [ad_2] Source link
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Know the Top 5 Wicket-takers in Asia Cup 2008
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Today we bring you the Cricketers who picked the most wickets in Asia Cup 2008. The Asia Cup was played during June 24-July 6 in Pakistan, with six teams participating including the hosts, teams were divided in two groups and group stage saw round robin matches to decide the top 2 in group who would go on to play the Super Four which decided teams for the tournament final. India & Sri Lanka…
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Virat Kohli and Co's first bilateral ODI series win Down Under to Yuzvendra Chahal's six-for and more- Firstcricket News, Firstpost
Virat Kohli and Co’s first bilateral ODI series win Down Under to Yuzvendra Chahal’s six-for and more- Firstcricket News, Firstpost
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MS Dhoni scored his third successive fifty to guide India to a seven-wicket victory in the series-deciding third one-day international against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Dhoni, who was dropped twice in his innings and could have been run out too, made 87 not out as he combined with Kedar Jadhav (61 not out) to guide the tourists home…
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: West Indian T20 specialist Chris Gayle will don the Adani Sportsline-owned Gujarat Giants jersey within the upcoming season of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) together with Virender Sehwag when motion begins on the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on September 16. As per the LLC draft guidelines, franchises have three days to finalise their respective squads, together with any extra alternative of cricket legends with their accessible franchise purse. The Giants had spent Rs 5,51,80,000 on 15 stalwarts on Friday, in the course of the digital draft and have been left with Rs 2,48,20,000 to finalise their squad. "After Friday's draft, Gujarat Giants had clearly expressed their desire to buy Chris Gayle with the remaining purse from their individual Rs 8 crore franchise purse. We facilitated the discussion and are glad that Gayle will be seen playing for the Adani Sportsline team," stated Raman Raheja, CEO and co-founder, LLC. Gayle could have the corporate of fellow teammate and West Indian batter Lendl Simmons together with native favorite Parthiv Patel. Sri Lanka's thriller spinner Ajantha Mendis and former New Zealand captain and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori will spearhead the spin division, whereas Mitchell McClenaghan will lead the pace-bowling division. Gujarat Giants: Virender Sehwag (Captain), Parthiv Patel; Chris Gayle; Elton Chigumbura; Chris Tremlett; Richard Levi; Graeme Swann; Joginder Sharma; Ashoke Dinda; Daniel Vettori; Kevin O'brien; Stuart Binny; Mitchell Mcclenaghan; Lendl Simmons; Manvinder Bisla; Ajantha Mendis. !(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) ; const TimesApps = window; TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); ; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0; t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s); )(f, b, e, v, n, t, s); fbq('init', '593671331875494'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); ; )( window, document, 'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js', );if(typeof window !== 'undefined') window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps [ad_2] Source link
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Legends League Cricket 2022 – Teams, Squad, Live Streaming
The organizers of the Legends League Cricket 2022 T20 tournament have announced the schedule for the season and also named the venues where the matches will be played. The entire tournament will be played from September 16 to October 8, 2022.
The tournament will begin with a special match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata between the India Maharajas and the World Giants. The Indian team will be led by BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and the world team will be captained by Eoin Morgan. This match will be played to commemorate the 75th Year of Indian Independence.
Apart from Kolkata, which will host 3 matches in total from the 16th to the 18th of September, the other venues for the Legends League Cricket 2022 are New Delhi, Cuttack, Lucknow, and Jodhpur. The venues for the playoffs and the final will be announced later.
Teams Bhilwara Kings India Capitals Manipal Tigers Gujarat Giants Schedule Friday, 16th September- Indian Maharajas vs World Giants (7:30 pm, Kolkata) Saturday, 17th September- Round 1 (7:30 pm, Kolkata) Monday, 19th September- Round 1 (7:30 pm, Kolkata) Wednesday, 21st September- Round 1 (7:30 pm, Lucknow) Thursday, 22nd September- Round 1 (7:30 pm, Lucknow) Saturday, 24th September- Round 1 (7:30 pm, New Delhi) Sunday, 25th September- Round 1 (4:00 pm, New Delhi) Monday, 26th September- Round 2 (7:30 pm, New Delhi) Tuesday, 27th September- Round 2 (7:30 pm, Cuttack) Thursday, 29th September- Round 2 (7:30 pm, Cuttack) Friday, 30th September- Round 2 (7:30 pm, Cuttack) Saturday, 1st October- Round 2 (7:30 pm, Jodhpur) Monday, 3rd October- Round 2 (7:30 pm, Jodhpur) Wednesday, 5th October- Qualifier (7:30 pm, TBD) Friday, 7th October- Eliminator (7:30 pm, TBD) Saturday, 8th October- Final (7:30 pm, TBD) Where to Watch? All the matches of the Legends League Cricket will be broadcast on television through the Sony Sports Network.
Legends League Cricket 2022 Squads
Gujarat Giants: Virender Sehwag (c), Parthiv Patel, Ajantha Mendis, Manvinder Bisla, Ashok Dinda, Lendl Simmons, Daniel Vettori, Kevin O Brien, Stuart Binny, Mitchell McClenaghan, Elton Chigumbura, Chris Tremlett, Richard Levi
India Capitals: Gautam Gambhir (c), Mashrafe Mortaza, Hamilton Masakadza, Rajat Bhatia, Liam Plunkett, Mitchell Johnson, Asghar Afghan, Ravi Bopara, Pravin Tambe, Denesh Ramdin , Farveez Maharoof, Jacques Kallis, Pankaj Singh
Bhilwara Kings: Irfan Pathan (c), Yusuf Pathan, Monty Panesar, Naman Ojha, William Porterfield, Shane Watson, S Sreesanth, Nick Compton, Matt Prior, Samit Patel, Fidel Edwards, Sudeep Tyagi, Tino Best, Owais Shah, Tim Bresnan
Manipal Tigers: Harbhajan Singh (c), Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Phil Mustard, Mohammad Kaif, Parwinder Awana, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Lance Klusener, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Flintoff
The complete list of all the fixtures are presented below:
Kolkata: September 16 to 18
Lucknow: September 21 to 22
New Delhi: September 24 to 26
Cuttack: September 27 to 30
Jodhpur: October 1 and 3
Play-Offs: October 5 and 7 – Venue to be announced
Finals on October 8 Venue to be announced
Legends League Cricket 2022 Live Streaming
All the matches of Legends League Cricket 2022 will be telecast live on Sony Network. In which you will enjoy commentary in English on Sony Ten-1 while in Hindi on Sony Ten-3 channel.
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