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Murali targets wickets milestone
2007-12-01 22:29:00
Murali targets wickets milestone Muralitharan goes into the series with 704 Test wickets Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is relishing the chance to break the Test wickets record in front of his hometown fans in Kandy. The 35-year-old, who was born in Kandy, is currently four wickets short of Shane Warne's record of 708. The series with England starts in the central Sri Lankan town on Saturday. "It would be a special moment to do it at my home place because I grew up here and played all my cricket here in my younger days," Muralitharan said. "It would be nice to get the five wickets here but it depends on how I bowl and the way they bat." The Sir Lankan admitted that when he was starting out he had no idea he would one day be on the verge of becoming the leading Test wicket taker...
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Sri Lanka v England 1st Test - 1st Day
2007-12-01 21:41:00
Sri Lanka v England 1st Test First Test, Kandy: England 49-1 (day one, stumps) v Sri Lanka 188 Hoggard took four wickets to put Sri Lanka on the back foot England dominated the opening day's play of the first Test against Sri Lanka, bowling the hosts out for 188 before reaching 49-1 at the close. Seamer Matthew Hoggard claimed 4-21 in the morning session as Sri Lanka, who won the toss and chose to bat, were left reeling on 86-5 at lunch. Kumar Sangakkara starred with 92 and shared 106 with Prasanna Jayawardene (51) as Sri Lanka fought back. But three quick Monty Panesar wickets sparked Sri Lanka's premature demise. England skipper Michael Vaughan was unbeaten on 13 while the in-form Ian Bell was 36 not out at the close following Chaminda Vaas's third-ball dismissal of Alastair Cook for a duck. Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed two maidens in his three overs in the descending gloom as he seek...
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Muralitharan's support act
2007-12-01 21:38:00
Muralitharan's support act By Oliver Brett Lasith Malinga, Chaminda Vaas and Dilhara Fernando The injury to Sri Lanka all-rounder Farveez Maharoof during the recent Test series in Australia was a bitter blow to the island's supporters. But it has decided which three seamers will take on England in support of Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's number one ranked bowler, in the three Tests from 1 December. Chaminda Vaas will bat at eight, with Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando fighting out the last three places in the batting order with spinner Murali. ...
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Sanath to quit Test cricket
2007-11-25 05:38:00
Sanath to quit Test crickethttp://www.sundaytimes.lk Sri Lanka’s aging batting superstar Sanath Jayasuriya will announce his retirement from Test cricket during the first Test against England which will get underway at the Asgiriya Stadium next Saturday, according to a very senior member of Sri Lanka Cricket . He said “Sanath is due to make this announcement during the Test match in Kandy”. One of the explosive batsmen that the cricketing World has ever produced made his Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton, on February 22 1991. However he made his mark on the field of cricket during the 1996 World Cup pairing off with wicket-keeper batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana taking pinch hitting at the top of the order into a new height. He was chosen as the most valuable player even prior to the end of the series. Sanath currently is Sri Lanka’s highest run scorer in Test crick...
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Road clear for Susie’s ‘Silver’
2007-11-25 05:35:00
Road clear for Susie’s ‘Silver’ Jones' results annulled by IAAF By S.R. PathiravithanaThe sunday times The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has annulled all sprinter Marion Jones's results dating back to September 2000. Now both Lankan sprint queen Susanthika Jayasinghe is in line for the Silver medal in her bronze effort at the 2000 Sydney Olympics while Pauline Davis Thompson of the Bahamas who took the ‘silver’ are clearly in line to take their different places on the dais.The secretary of the SLAAA Prema Pinnawela speaking to The Sunday Times said “The IAAF took the decision to annul Marion Jones’ achievements from the year 2000 and it will be effective for another two years from today. The decision was taken at the meeting which was held in Monaco on Friday.” She won five medals, including three golds, in Syd...
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End of the Muppet show
2007-11-25 04:57:00
End of the Muppet show Callistus Davy reporting from HobartSundaytimes.lk Sri Lankan cricket followers are quite used to being entertained in the same way they can be fooled. Both sides of the coin could not have been seen in a better way than what was witnessed during the concluded tour of Australia. But few people would have seen the balancing act unfurl on a tour which came to a close with the 'resignation' rather than 'retirement' of one of the main dramatists of the show Marvan Atapattu whose reference to the selectors as muppets and joker would have raked in many new fans of cricket. It will be interesting to read the manager’s, coach’s, captain's and selector's reports. But of course the public will not have the privilege of reading such reports which will remain confidential after the cutain was brought down on the Muppet Show . Not only did Sri Lanka lose, the team could not even compete as a unit in the first place. Whi...

Harmison in fight for Test place in Sri Lanka
2007-11-23 21:07:00
Harmison in fight for Test place Harmison had an unhappy return to England action in Colombo Steve Harmison faces a battle to make the England starting XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka . The Durham paceman bowled six overs for 48 runs with no wickets in the opening warm-up match in Colombo. He had rejoined the squad for their match against the Board President's XI after a spell playing in South Africa, which followed hernia surgery. "I think he'd say there's a bit of fine-tuning to go," England coach Peter Moores told BBC Radio 4. "He knows he's fighting hard like everybody else to get into that team. Over the last few months we've seen other bowlers come in and do very well. "Jimmy Anderson has come in and done well, Ryan Sidebottom, Stuart Broad in the one-dayers - it's very excit...
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Sri Lanka axe batsman Samaraweera
2007-11-23 21:01:00
Sri Lanka axe batsman Samara weera Samaraweera will not get a chance to repeat his 2004 innings Sri Lanka have dropped middle order batsman Thilan Samaraweera from their first Test squad to face England in Kandy, starting on 1 December. Samaraweera, who featured on the recent Australia tour, hit 142 against England in the Colombo Test in 2004. Left-arm seamer Sujeewa de Silva replaces Farveez Maharoof (ankle) in the 14 but is not expected to play unless further injuries hit. Four openers have been named after the retirement of veteran Marvan Atapattu. Two of Sanath Jayasuriya, Michael Vandort, Upul Tharanga and Jehan Mubarak will occupy the opening slots, with a third batting down the order, perhaps at five. The indications are that the bowling will be done by Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando and Mu...
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Stars in tame England draw !
2007-11-23 20:58:00
Cook stars in tame England draw - BBC Tour match, Colombo, day three (close):Board President's XI 500-5 dec drew with England 315-6 Match scorecard Cook hit a half-century, adding 77 with captain Michael Vaughan Alastair Cook (63) was one of four England batsmen to retire as the first tour match, against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI, ended drawn. The tourists had spent two full days in the field as the President's XI reached 500-5 declared on a docile pitch. Captain Michael Vaughan hit 38 in a first-wicket stand of 77 with Cook. Then, Ian Bell (49), Paul Collingwood (52), Owais Shah (38) and Ravi Bopara (40 not out) all had some batting practice as England finished on 315-6. Kevin Pietersen was the only front-line batsman to fall cheaply, making just f...
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Maharoof to miss England series
2007-11-23 20:38:00
Maharoof to miss England series - BBC Maharoof was a certainty for the Test squad against England Sri Lanka all-rounder Farveez Maharoof has been ruled out of the Test series against England after breaking down in the second Test against Australia. Maharoof injured his foot in Hobart and captain Mahela Jawardene said he had been diagnosed with a stress fracture. "He'll be out for at least four to five weeks," said Jayawardene. "It could be a bit more than that depending on how he will feel because he is a fast bowler and he needs to put his weight on that ankle." England's three-Test series in Sri Lanka begins on 1 December. Maharoof suffered the injured on the opening day of the second Test on Friday but continued to bowl after having his foot strapped. However, he did not take any part in the match on Saturd...
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Murali targets England for record
2007-11-20 23:02:00
Muttiah MuralitharanMuralitharan is closing in on the world recordMuttiah Muralitharan will have to wait until December's series against England to break Shane Warne's Test wickets record after failing in Australia.The Sri Lanka off-spinner, 35, is now four wickets short of equalling Warne's mark of 708 having claimed just four victims in the two-Test series."Unfortunately we could not do it on Australian soil," said Muralitharan's team-mate Kumar Sangakkara."He has got three Tests against England so the record for him is a given." It's not the end of the world for Murali, he has got many more years of Test cricket to goSri Lanka's Kumar SangakkaraMurali's 704 wickets have come at an average of 21.77, although he has managed only 12 wickets at 75.41 in five Tests in Australia.Sangakkara said the tourists were disappointed the spinner did not match Warne's total in the legendary leg-spinner's own country but added that it did not distract them from matters on the pitch."If w...
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Lanka stalwart Atapattu quits....
2007-11-20 22:41:00
Sri Lanka stalwart Atapattu quits Only Lara, Hammond and Bradman scored more Test double centuries Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu has announced his retirement from international cricket. The opener, 36, scored 5,502 runs in 90 Tests at an average of 39.02, including six double centuries and 16 hundreds. Atapattu returned to the Test team after almost two years out to hit fifties in both games in Australia. Current skipper Mahela Jayawardene said: "Marvan made a strong comeback after not playing for some time. The work ethic he had was incredible." A dour and dogged batsman, Atapattu overcame a poor start to his Test career in 1990 to become one of Sri Lanka's finest accumulators of runs. He scored a total of one run in his first six innings and didn't go above 29 in his next 11 and finished with a wor...

Sorry state of affairs as tourists fall short, Sri Lanka_Australia test
2007-11-20 17:54:00
UMPIRE Rudi Koertzen apologised for the howler of a decision that dashed Sri Lanka's slender hopes of a miraculous victory, but it did not change the fact that another touring side had perished at the hands of an Australian team hell-bent on improvement for India's arrival next month.In the aftermath of the hosts' 96-run win at Bellerive Oval, Kumar Sangakkara gracefully accepted Koertzen's apology, placing his hand on the shoulder of the South African as the teams left the field. Sangakkara's superb innings of 192 was cut short when a Stuart Clark bouncer reared up and hit him on the shoulder, deflected into his helmet and lobbed into the hands of Ricky Ponting.The Australians appealed and Koertzen raised his finger, denying Sangakkara his third double century in as many matches and ending his 74-run partnership with tailender Lasith Malinga. At that stage, Sri Lanka still needed 143 runs to win - but Sangakkara was hitting the ball sweetly, the Australian bowlers were strayin...
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Australia wrap up series victory
2007-11-20 17:45:00
Ricky Ponting (left) and Adam Gilchrist pose with the Warne-MuralitharanTrophyAustralia claimed the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy for winning the seriesAustralia wrap up series victorySecond Test, Hobart (day five): Australia 542-5dec & 210-2dec beat Sri Lanka 246 & 410 by 96 runsAustralia clinched a 2-0 series win against Sri Lanka despite a superb 192 from Kumar Sangakkara in Hobart.Sangakkara was dismissed in controversial fashion as the tourists fell 96 runs short of an unlikely victory as they chased 507 to win.TV replays showed the ball hit his shoulder before cannoning onto his helmet and ballooning to slip and the umpire subsequently apologised.Brett Lee took 4-87 as Sri Lanka, who now host England, were all out for 410.Australia, the number one side in the world by a distance, have now won 14 Tests in a row, just two off the all-time record they set between October 1999 and February 2001.Ponting, who took the catch, paid tribute to Sangakkara after the left-hander's innings wa...
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Sri Lanka robbed by umpiring error, Australia Won with umpire's cheating -
2007-11-20 17:23:00
Sri Lanka 's Kumar Sangakkara was robbed of a possible double century by a poor umpiring decision today as Brett Lee bowled Australia to a 96-run victory on the fifth day of the second cricket Test.Chasing a world-record total of 507 to win on a flat Bellerive Oval pitch, the tourists resumed on 3-247 this morning and were bowled out for 410 in the third over after lunch.Australia won the two-match series 2-0 and claimed their 14th consecutive win, two short of the world record set by Steve Waugh's Australian side in 2001.Lasith Malinga (42 not out with five fours and three sixes) and Muttiah Muralitharan (15) shared a feisty stand of 46 runs for the last wicket before Lee bowled Muralitharan to claim 4-87 and eight wickets for the match.Lee also took eight wickets in Australia's big win by an innings and 40 runs in the first Test in Brisbane to be a deserved man of the series.Sri Lanka had advanced today to 3-265 before losing 5-25.Lee dismissed Sanath Jayasuriya caught behind fo...
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Lee leaves Sri Lanka in tatters
2007-11-18 21:16:00
Lee leaves Sri Lanka in tatters SECOND TEST MATCH, Hobart (day three, stumps):Australia 542-5d & 111-1 v Sri Lanka 246 Match scorecard Lee's pace was enough to cause Sri Lanka's innings to unravel Brett Lee cut a swathe through Sri Lanka's batting as the tourists were all out for 246 in reply to Australia's 542 in the second Test in Hobart. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene hit his first Test century against Australia but his effort was feebly supported. Australia then chose not to enforce the follow-on, and moved to 111-1 at stumps on day three, for a lead of 407. Lee took 4-82 before Phil Jaques continued his excellent form in the series to be unbeaten on 53. Sri Lanka began Sunday's play on 30-0, but the tone was set when Lee removed Michael Vandort's middle s...
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Warne and Murali deny falling out
2007-11-16 21:55:00
Warne and Murali deny falling out Warne and Muralitharan now have a trophy named in their honour Cricket spin bowlers Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan have both denied that there is a rift between them. Muralitharan had called Warne "a miserable man" but said he made the comments after falsely believing Warne had cast doubts on his bowling action. But Muralitharan said: "We talked to each other and we patched up, it was a mis-communication more than anything." Australian Warne added: "I have got no issue with Murali or his action or anything like that." The pair, the only players in cricket history to have taken more than 700 Test wickets, were speaking in Hobart at the launch of the new Warne-Muralitharan Trophy. The trophy will be awarded to the winner of future Test series between Sri Lanka and Australia. ...

SECOND TEST MATCH, Hobart Aus-Sri Lanka NOWWW !
2007-11-16 21:46:00
Twin tons power Australia effort SECOND TEST MATCH, Hobart (day one, stumps):Australia 329-3 v Sri Lanka Match scorecard Michael Hussey is building a quite exceptional Test record Australia established yet another position of dominance by reaching 329-3 on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Hobart. Phil Jaques and Michael Hussey, centurions in the easy first Test win, each added another three-figure score while Sri Lanka fielded poorly. Chaminda Vaas was denied a 100th Test cap because of worries about whether his shoulder would last the match. And Muttiah Muralitharan managed just one wicket from 25 overs of toil. The scalp of Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who was caught at slip for 31, took Muralitharan to 703 victims in his bid to beat the retired...
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Lanka face selection dilemma - Chaminda Vass to be OUT ?
2007-11-15 21:04:00
Sri Lanka face selection dilemma - Chaminda Vass to be OUT ? SECOND TEST MATCH, Hobart:Australia v Sri LankaPlay starts 2330 GMT ThursdayLive coverage: Sky Sports 1 Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga is hoping for a Test recall Sri Lanka must decide whether to recall Lasith Malinga for the second and final Test against Australia in Hobart after he was omitted in Brisbane. Chaminda Vaas, on 99 Tests, is most vulnerable, while Kumar Sangakkara may come back into the side to replace Thilan Samaraweera after injury. Australia will name the same side that thrashed Sri Lanka in Brisbane. Michael Clarke is the only minor doubt with a tight hamstring, but the 26-year-old is expected to recover. Mal...
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Sangakkara , pays a heavy price for negligence
2007-11-11 04:34:00
Sanga pays a heavy price for negligence The NationSa’adi Thawfeeq reporting from AustraliaBRISBANE: There is nothing more frustrating for a cricketer than to sit out a match through injury knowing fully well that he should have been out there in the middle helping his team beat the opposition. When the opponent you are playing against happens to be the best team in the world then the frustration can become two-fold.For Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan vice-captain and leading batsman of the team, the past 14 days have been one of disappointment and exasperation. Bad luck comes in many ways and for Sangakkara one of the fittest players in the team it came in the most unexpected manner.In Sri Lanka’s opening match of their current Australian tour against Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI, Sangakkara had to wait for three and a half hours before going out to bat. He had been in for only 13 minutes and faced just three balls when disaster struck.“We had a great opening s...
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Atapattu slams selectors as ‘muppets’
2007-11-11 04:17:00
Atapattu slams selectors as ‘muppets’LakbimanewsVeteran batsman Marvan Atapattu made a withering attack on the Sri Lankan selectors, branding them “muppets headed by a joker”. The former skipper also hit out at the politics that were ruining Sri Lankan cricket as the tourists lost almost all hope of saving the first Test at the Gabba.Atapattu’s sensational post-stumps spray came after he was the only man to pass 50 as Sri Lanka was outgunned by Australia on a third straight day.The 37-year-old opener batted for close to five hours as the sheet anchor in making 51 before Sri Lanka were rolled for 211 and forced to follow on 340 runs in arrears.Atapattu, dismissed for 16 as his side lurched to 2-80 in the second innings, let his frustration out on the selection panel which initially overlooked the right-hander for the two-Test tour.He was only added to the 17-man squad when Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister intervened late last month and cemented a place in the Test side with go...

A good test of our skills and temperament _By Chaminda Vass
2007-11-11 03:54:00
A good test of our skills and temperament The first test against the Australians is in its second day as I write and the battle is on. Australia has piled on a 500 plus score and we are two down with three days to play. Most reports say the Aussies have a stranglehold on the game but I would dare to say it is excitingly poised. Vaas was most impressed by Hussey’s knock We were not seen as favourites before the game but it is not that were short of support here in Brisbane: Over 650 guests turned up for a Sri Lankan dinner get-together in our honour. Also, this was our first test match in many months and we are determined to do really well. Many-including myself-were surprised at the beginning of the game itself to find Lasith Malinga not in the playing XI. I expected him to make the team believing that we would play four fast bowlers and six bat...
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Sri Lanka facing Brisbane defeat
2007-11-11 03:35:00
Sri Lanka facing Brisbane defeat First Test, Brisbane, day three (stumps): Australia 551-4d v Sri Lanka 211 & 80-2 Match scorecard Lee led the attack convincingly in the absence of Glenn McGrath Australia were all set for victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test at Brisbane after play ended on day three with the tourists 80-2 in their second innings. Sri Lanka had been bowled out for 211 and were asked to follow on. At stumps they were still 260 runs behind after Brett Lee had taken 4-26 in the first innings, Mitchell Johnson adding his first two wickets in Tests. Marvan Atapattu (51) and Chamara Silva (40) were the best of a poor set of scores from the Sri Lankans. Lee, the new leader of the Australian bowling attack in the absence of retired greats Glenn McGra...
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Aussies dominate in Brisbane Test !
2007-11-09 21:01:00
Aussies dominate in Brisbane Test First Test, Brisbane, day two (stumps): Australia 551-4d v Sri Lanka 31-2 Match scorecard Clarke made Sri Lanka suffer on day two in Brisbane Australia hit 551-4 before declaring and reducing Sri Lanka to 31-2 at stumps on day two of the first Test. Michael Hussey, dropped on 13 on day one, made 133 and Michael Clarke an unbeaten 145, the pair sharing a brilliant stand of 245 in Brisbane. Muttiah Muralitharan, so dangerous for much of the time on Thursday, could not add to his Test wicket tally of 702. Brett Lee then took two wickets with the new ball before Marvan Atapattu, in his first Test for two years, dug in. Australia started day two on 242-3, with Hussey 28 and Clarke five. Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene had not been ...
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Murali eyes Warne Test landmark
2007-11-08 03:32:00
Murali eyes Warne Test landmark - BBC First Test, The Gabba: Australia v Sri LankaMatch starts Thursday 0000 GMT Murali did not play on the last tour of Australia in 2004 Muttiah Muralitharan has Shane Warne's record in mind as the two-Test series with Australia begins on Thursday. The 35-year-old needs nine wickets to eclipse Warne's 708 scalps. Sri Lanka, who have never won a Test in Australia, were beaten by Queensland in a three-day warm-up match last week and are without injured Kumar Sangakkara. The Australians, who have not played a Test since the Ashes in January, begin a new era minus star bowlers Warne and Glenn McGrath and opener Justin Langer. Muralitharan, now fully fit after a series of shoulder problems, has played 10 Tests for Sri Lanka against Australia, taking 50 wickets. Only two of those ma...
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Sri Lanka - Tanzania Dual Boxing
2007-09-07 23:53:00
Sri Lanka - Tanz ania Dual Boxing Sri Lankan pugilists face acid test against Tanzania todayBy M. Shamil AmitThe Sri Lankan pugilists having faced lesser opposition in their previous two international boxing meets held in Sri Lanka will be facing an acid test today when they meet a strong contingent from Tanzania starting from 6.00 p.m. at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.The Tanzanian boxers arrived yesterday morning accompanied by Shabaan Mintanga Konda the President of the Tanzanian Boxing Federation and team manager Kahena Mziray. The team was hard at practice at the Trans Asia Hotel where they are based with the manager saying: “We are confident and we promise to give a good fight.” The strong contingent was sans their silver medallist and one of their bronze medallists at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, who are indisposed and were unable to make the trip.At a press briefing held at the Trans Asia Hotel the President of the ABA, Dian Gomes stated that it was an honour to h...
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Sri Lanka confront Cambodia in their first match - Rugby
2007-09-07 22:52:00
Sri Lanka confront Cambodia in their first matchS.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports correspondentRUGBY: Sri Lanka meet newcomers Cambodia in the opening match of the Singer SriLankan International Rugby Sevens which is also an IRB Satellite Tournament which will be played at the Nittawela Rugby Stadium in Kandy today. This match will be played at 10 a.m.On form Sri Lanka should have no difficulty in overcoming the Cambodians who will be participating in this tournament for the first time. Sri Lanka who are in Pool A will take on Kazakhstan 11.40 a.m. Sri Lanka will play their third match for the day at 4.40 p.m. against Thailand. Their fourth match will be on Sunday against the defending champions Korea at 11.40 a.m.This tournament will be played in two pools after Japan and Arabian Gulf pulled out of the tournament. The pool draw is as:Pool A: Sri Lanka, Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, KazakhstanPool B: Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, China.The rest of the International matche...
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Results - September 5, 2007 -Kenya v Pakistan
2007-09-07 22:47:00
Results - Sept ember 5, 2007 -Kenya v Pakistan September 05, 2007 Edition 1CricketFour-Nation Twenty20 InternationalKenya v PakistanNairobiKenyaD Obuya c Ul Haq b Akhtar4J Kamande c Butt b Akhtar0T Mishra lbw b Alam13C Obuya b Hafeez17T Odoyo c Akmal b Rehman5T Suji b Rehman4A Obanda c Akmal b Khan5R Bhudia b Khan9L Onyango c Akmal b Hafeez4P Ongondo c Rehman b Khan16H Varaiya not out5Extras (b1, lb3, w1, nb5)10---Total (all out, 19.4 overs) 92Fall of wickets: 1/5, 2/8, 3/32, 4/37, 5/43, 6/55, 7/57, 8/69, 9/69Bowling: Akhtar 3-0-22-2 (5nb); Gul 3-1-7-0 (1w); Alam 4-0-15-1; Rehman 3-0-7-2; Khan 3.4-0-18-3; Hafeez 3-0-19-2PakistanS Malik c Obuya b Varaiya42M Hafeez c Varaiya b Ongondo 12M ul Haq not out31F Alam not out3Extras (b1, w4)5---Total (for two wickets 14 overs)93Fall of wickets: 1/17, 2/73Bowling: Ongondo 3-0-11-1 (3w); Bhudia 4-0-29-0; Varaiya 4-0-33-1 (1w); Onyango 3-0-19-0Pakistan win by eight wicketsMan-of-the-match: Younis Khan (Pak)
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Big 'up' to creators ofTwenty20 Cricket Matches- it's here to stay
2007-09-07 22:24:00
Big 'up' to creators ofTwenty20 Cricket Matches - it's here to staySeptember 06, 2007 Edition 2IS there a place for three versions of the game? Of course there is!Not only a place, but a comfortable place where each can thrive and support the other, attracting new fans and growing cricket's global support base.Just as 60- and then 50- and 40-overs cricket was regarded as a threat to Test cricket 30 and 20 years ago, Twenty20 cricket is a threat to neither the 50-overs game nor the five-day version. It is different - and I mean different enough to survive and flourish in its own space.I believe the T20 world championship will attract brand new audiences who may very well progress to watching ODI and then Test cricket in their quest to see the "real" thing.In Test cricket you can take a whole session, two hours, to regroup and recover after a few quick wickets. In ODI cricket you can still afford an hour or so to regroup. In 20-overs cricket you might allow yourself 15 minutes! The...
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How do you solve a problem like Maria? - Tennis- US Open
2007-09-07 03:28:00
Tennis- US Open How do you solve a problem like Mari a? - FridayMaria wore a fancy outfit at the US Open but nevertheless she was defeatedThis is the title for a famous song; from an even more famous movie back in the mid 1960’s, the ‘Sound of Music’.But now I am incorporating this in the title for yet another Maria, not Maria von Trapp of course but Maria Sharapova, easily the best looking female tennis player on the circuit today.Sharapova it would seem flatters only to fail. The Wimbledon champion of 2004 is one of the injury prone players on the circuit and has disappointed her fans on many occasions.She has been unceremoniously bundled out of the US Open by the junior champ at Wimbledon. Flushing Meadows is where all the action is. Maria has certainly been flushed out! Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland pulled off the stunning upset, beating the defending US Open champion 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in a third-round match that took a startling turn last Saturday. Sharapova seemed to take cont...
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