Category Archives: Sri Lanka Cricket

January 13, 2019 · 1:48 am

Thrilling Last Over Victory snatched by SL Under 19 Team

Karuppiah Ramakrishnan in Sunday Observer, 13 January 2019

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/01/13/sports/sri-lanka-u-19-snatch-victory

A brilliant all-round show helped Sri Lanka Under-19 thrash Australia Under-19 by three wickets in their youth Test match at the SSC ground yesterday. The Sri Lankans reached the required target of 112 runs in the last over of the day with just two balls to spare. Rohan Sanjaya and Sandun Mendis played major roles in the second innings to wreck the Australian line up by taking four wickets each. The visitors were bowled out for 151 runs in the second innings with Jarrod Freeman making 52.

Australia under-19 batsman Ian Carlisle is bowled by Sandun Mendis (not in picture) Pictures by Saman Mendis

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January 13, 2019 · 1:31 am

Sri Lanka’s Adventurous Cricket downs Australia U19 in Test Match

A bold declaration and aggressive cricket seems to have enabled SL Under 19 to upstage Australia in theri single Test Match at the SSC grounds: Editor, Cricketique

ONE = News Item in ISLAND, 13 January 2019

Tissa Central, Kalutara spinner Rohan Sanjaya and Richmond’s Sandun Mendis took four wickets each to restrict Australia Under-19s to 151 runs in the second innings as Sri Lanka Under-19s pulled off three wickets victory in the three-day Youth match at the SSC grounds on Saturday. Commencing from the overnight score of 287 for seven wickets in the morning the hosts declared their innings after three overs with a lead of 40.In their second essay the visitors batted for 66 overs but could muster only 151 as Sanjaya and Mendis bowled the bulk of overs. The duo bowled almost 50 overs and provided the key for victory.

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January 8, 2019 · 1:35 am

Expanding Reach of Cricket in Sri Lanka?

Using the Sri Lankan Under 9 Team that played the last ODI match vs Australia Under 19 at the P Sara stadium on 7^th January 2019 as a preliminary yardstick, it seems that the pool of leading cricketers in Sri Lanka continue to be drawn from the southwestern quadrant. The schools from where THREE of the Eleven come are not indicated; but that probably indicates that they are not from Colombo. Only three of the other eight are from Colombo.

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January 8, 2019 · 12:43 am

Australia Under 19 win Two of the Three ODI’s in Sri Lanka

AUSTRALIA UNDER-19s IN SRI LANKA YOUTH ODI SERIES

Jan 7, 2019 – 3rd Youth ODI at P Sara Oval, Colombo

Sri Lanka Under-19s 256/8 (50 ov)

Australia Under-19s 192 (46.3/50 ov)

Sri Lanka Under-19s won by 64 runs

Jan 5, 2019 – 2nd Youth ODI at P Sara Oval, Colombo

Australia Under-19s 304/5 (50 ov)

Sri Lanka Under-19s 297/9 (50 ov)

Australia Under-19s won by 7 runs

Jan 3, 2019 – 1st Youth ODI at P Sara Oval, Colombo

Sri Lanka Under-19s 262/6 (50 ov)

Australia Under-19s 263/3 (47.5/50 ov)

Australia Under-19s won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

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January 5, 2019 · 9:33 am

Sixes Galore from Thisara Perera in Losing Cause

Thisara Perera hit thirteen sixers … indeed more SIXERs than Fours (13 is to 8 fours) in an amazing innings of 140 runs in 74 balls in a losing cause in the ODI match vs the Kiwis at Mount Maunganui today 5th January 2019 …. . Note this running commentary by the ESPN ‘reporters’

Southee to NLTC Perera, no run, well bowled. Thisara shuffles and Southee sends a bouncer across the channel, straight at his helmet. Ducks under it

Big conference now. They need to stop that single.

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Southee to NLTC Perera, SIX runs, now way! Southee has lost his length completely. Another full toss. Just outside off. A half-step into into the off side and a launch over square leg this time. Unreal stuff.

It’s been 160 runs since Sri Lanka lost their seventh wicket!

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Southee to NLTC Perera, SIX runs, another full toss! Another six! How the tables have turned! New Zealand have no clue where to bowl to him. Outside off, in his zone and he slots it over long-on again!

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Southee to NLTC Perera, no run, beaten. Slower ball at a length outside off, walks across and swings at it but that skids under

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Southee to NLTC Perera, SIX runs, mistimed but another six! Shuffles early this time, gets a high full toss this time. It’s wide and he slices from underneath. The wind carries it. Long-on and long-off converge…and watch it clear the boundary

45.1

Southee to NLTC Perera, SIX runs, suh-weeet! That sound! Wow. A low full toss outside off and it cannot be middled better than that. Doesn’t even need to swing – just a check-punch. It’s far, far over the wide long-on boundary. 96 metres! It’s rolled off somewhere too after landing in the grassbanks. We’re getting a replacement ball

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January 1, 2019 · 8:17 am

A New Year Resolution: Sri Lankan Players now Training at Junction Oval in Melbourne

Rex Clementine, in Island, 1 January 2019

Saliya Ahangama

Sri Lanka’s Test cricketers will not come back home after the Test leg of the tour of New Zealand that concluded in Christchurch on Sunday and instead will be based in Melbourne, Australia undergoing training ahead of the two match Test series there. Accordingly, Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Suranga Lakmal, Dilruwan Perera and Roshen Silva will be based in Melbourne for two weeks, SLC’s High Performance Manager Asanka Gurusinha confirmed yesterday.

Thirimanne Roshen Silva

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January 1, 2019 · 7:47 am

Sri Lankan Squads facing Ireland in Lanka this month

Item in Daily News, 1 January 2018, = http://www.dailynews.lk/2019/01/01/sports/172815/priyanjan-tharanga-lead-against-ireland-%E2%80%98%E2%80%99

Ashan Priyanjan and Upul Tharanga will captain the respective Sri Lanka ‘A’ sides for the two 4-day unofficial tests and five unofficial ODIs against the touring Ireland ‘A’ team. Former Sri Lanka under 19 cricketer Hashan Dumindu will lead the Board XI side against the tourists in their two-day warm-up match beginning at Katunayake today.

Ashan Upul

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December 27, 2018 · 7:12 am

Dilruwan Perera beats Lyon and Rabada to 50 wickets within the Year 2018

47.6 Perera strike, Raval fails to reach his century once again. Length on middle and leg, Raval was looking to work it on the leg side, gets an inside edge on to the pads that lobs towards short leg, Mendis accepts it gleefully, tumbling to his right 121/1

An English wicket in 2018– Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)– (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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December 27, 2018 · 1:24 am

Boultage in Christchurch! Carnage! …. Cricketing Carnage!

No… It was not an Earthquake but devilish swing bowling from Trent Boult …….effecting six wickets for 4 runs at one end while Angelo Mathews was left stranded at the other end!