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Russian official brands Paralympic ban as ‘filthy and inhumane’
Aug 8 - A Russian diplomat has described the decision to ban their Paralympics team from the Rio Games next month as 'filthy and inhumane'. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted an angry response on Facebook to the International Paralympic Committee's decision to suspend the Russian team because of a state-run doping programme uncovered in a recent World Anti-Doping Agency...
Australia lose two openers after dismissing Sri Lanka for 281
Brydon Coverdale ESPNcricinfo Galle, August 4: A wicket fell from the first ball of the first innings of this Test. A wicket fell from the second ball of the second innings. Ten others tumbled throughout the opening day in Galle, where Mitchell Starc’s reverse swing was just as much of a weapon as the anticipated turn on a very dry...
Coach Mickey Arthur asks Pakistan to raise their game considerably
Mickey Arthur, the Pakistan team’s coach, has warned his players that they will have to raise their game "considerably" if they are to defeat England in the third Test at Edgbaston, George Dobell writes in ESPNcricinfo Arthur, the Pakistan coach, admitted that he was "really disappointed" by his side's performance in defeat at Old Trafford and questioned whether some of...
Injured Nuwan Pradeep in doubt for Galle test against Australia
Seam bowler Nuwan Pradeep has become the latest Sri Lanka bowler to sustain an injury, putting him in serious doubt for the second test match against Australia to be played in Galle from August 4 to 8, says Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricinfo. Pradeep had been Sri Lanka's only frontline quick in the Pallekele Test, but suffered a hamstring strain during...
Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka Tests could be replaced by tri-series
Just as Zimbabwe are getting back to Test cricket, they face the prospect of another lengthy stint without matches in the longest format. Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in October-November, pencilled into the FTP as two Tests, three ODIs and a T20I, may instead consist of a triangular ODI series featuring Sri Lanka and West Indies, ESPNcricinfo reports. A source...
India will be playing West Indies in Florida US later this month
India will play two T20I matches against West Indies in Florida later this month, BCCI president Anurag Thakur announced on Tuesday, after the board's working committee meeting in Mumbai. The matches will be played on August 27 and 28 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill. www.espncricinfo.com reports. Officials from both boards had meetings in Florida last week...
Sri Lanka’s sprint queen bitter after state neglect
Aug. 2 - Sixteen years ago sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe was a national heroine, having become Sri Lanka's first woman to win an Olympic medal. Today she is a struggling single mother with only bitterness towards a country she says has given her nothing in return. Jayasinghe won bronze in her 100m event in Sydney when she was 24 and was...
Murali to be inducted to ICC Hall of Fame
July 27 - The International Cricket Council, on Wednesday, announced that Muttiah Muralidaran, Karen Rolton, Arthur Morris and George Lohmann will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame later this year. Thereby, Muralitharan becomes the first Sri Lankan to be inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame. Record-breaking off-spinner Muralidaran becomes the first Sri Lankan player to be...
Sri Lanka all out for 174
Nathan Lyon struck twice very first over after lunch as Lyon’s final figures of 3 for 12 along with the aid provided from the pace department helped Australia bundle Sri Lanka out for 117 in 34.2 overs on Day 1 of the first Test. The duo of Starc and Steve O’Keefe bagged the last 3 wickets to wrap up the...
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