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Witnessing the Sri Lanka-Australia at the Adelaide Cricket Grounds the writer had the fortune to visit the world famous ’Don Bradman Museum’ located at the ground floor of the beautiful Adelaide Oval which was at the Northern end of the city.
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South Africa ‘A’ left arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy bagged five scalps on day one of the 2nd unofficial Test match against host Sri Lanka ‘A’ played at the P. Sara Stadium for his third successive five wicket haul of the two Test match series as Sri Lanka ‘A’ taking first lease of the wicket ended the day on 257 for 7.
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Sri Lanka’s top four batsmen found form, each scoring half-centuries to help their team to a score of 355 for 6 in 50 overs in their opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers against United Arab Emirates in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
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Ravichandran Ashwin, despite being the top-ranked Test bowler and one of the top-10 wicket-takers in Test history, has been going through a difficult time. His exclusion from the World Test Championship final against Australia earlier this month came as a huge blow to the legendary spinner.
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Sri Lanka might be embodying the spirit of its 1979 team, having to qualify for this year’s Cricket World Cup, but spinner Maheesh Theekshana believes it could be the first step in emulating the heroics of the 1996 team that beat Australia to win the sport’s marquee tournament instead.
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Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis hit centuries as Sri Lanka warmed up for their Cricket World Cup Qualifier campaign-opener on Monday with a massive 198-run win over the United States of America in their warmup match in Bulawayo today.
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Sri Lanka ‘A’ prevailed as they recorded a crushing 160 runs win over the visiting South Africa ‘A’ side in the 1st unofficial Test match concluded at the Pallekele International Stadium to take a 1-0 lead in the two match series.
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Ahead of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction, Pakistan’s captain and star batter Babar Azam, who was a pre-auction direct signing by the Colombo Strikers franchise, said that he and his team are looking forward to developing the strongest side in the tournament.
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Lasith Croospulle and Ramesh Mendis missed out on centuries, as Sri Lanka ’A’ were bowled out for 325 at stumps on the first day of their first Unofficial Test against South Africa ’A’ in Pallekele.
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Thailand’s 19-year-old left-arm spinner Thipatcha Putthawong was named as the ICC’s Women’s Player of the Month, beating Sri Lankans Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama to the award.
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Following the defeat, India’s head coach, Rahul Dravid, faced criticism from former cricketers and his ex-teammates, Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh with the trio discussed various factors contributing to the loss. Ganguly highlighted the struggles of India’s batters in recent years, emphasizing their low batting averages were a concern.
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) clarified the delay faced by the national cricket team that travelled to Zimbabwe for the World Cup qualifiers, after several cricketers shared images on social media of them waiting to be checked-in into the hotel in Bulawayo.