Sri Lanka have searched long and hard and now they’ve finally found a replacement for Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas.
Step forward Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara, who opened the bowling against India yesterday.
If only his mother were still alive to see him make his debut. Unfortunately, she died of exhaustion many years [...]
He is not the player with the highest number of caps like Sachin Tendulkar. He does not score runs at the rate that suits T20 more than test matches, a la Virender Sehwag. He is not called India’s Wall nor has he gained recognition as the best player on the off-side like Sourav Ganguly. But, the fifth jewel in India’s Formidable Five top-order batsmen has not gained recognition like th...
After losing the Ashes, Ponting found a new way to make the news, he called it quits with Twenty20. A few weeks back Kambli shocked us with his retirement from international cricket. And then Freddie and Vaas retired from test cricket. Earlier Murali put together a retirement plan for the not so distant future.Frankly, Saurav Ganguly is the guy who started it. He appeared late at the toss and earl...
So we enter the 4th and last Test with India 1-0 up. Australia must win this match or lose the series. Can Ricky Ponting shed his usual defensive captaincy style? Can the Australian bowlers take the requesite 20 wickets? Can they exploit the slight opening given by Gambhir's suspension? Personally, I don't see it happening but hope to be proven wrong.
In a sense, this Test should be a good indicat...
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