Watch Sri Lanka Vs Indian 2011 World Cup Live
April 2, 2011 in Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket
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First Test Match Pallekele International Cricket Ground
December 1, 2010 in Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket
Today ( 1st of December 2010), started the first test match in Pallekele International cricket ground between Sri Lanka and West Indies. 1982nd match was started on wet ground and Suranga Lakmal manage to get the very first test wicket on very first ball to Gayle. West Indies were zero for one wicket after the first test ball balled on Pallekele cricket grounds. DS Smith manage to score the first half century on the ground. End of the first day West Indies manage to score 134 for 2 wickets.
First ODI will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on March 2011 (Cricket World Cup 2011)
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Asgiriya Stadium losing Test status
November 28, 2010 in Cricket, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Cricket
Asgiriya Stadium
Asgiriya stadium is one of beautiful cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. Test cricket in Kandy now shifting to Pallekele, it becomes vividly clear that the Asgiriya International Cricket Stadium, the venue for some thrilling contests in the past, several historical moments of Sri Lankan cricket, and of course more than one heartbreak, will cease to host international matches.
Asgiriya Stadium, private property of Trinity College, Kandy, is a mere 10 minute walk from the centre of the city, and usually when an international team toured Sri Lanka, a Test Match would always be played at this venue.It became the second Test venue in Sri Lanka after the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium when it hosted Greg Chappell’s Australians in 1983.
From thereon, Test Matches were played at the venue regularly, and the last Test Match to be played there was three years ago when England toured. Sri Lanka went on to win that Test, and more importantly Muttiah Muralitharan claimed his 709th Test wicket to go past Shane Warne as the highest wicket taker in Test cricket.
Sri Lankan captain, Kumar Sangakkara, an old boy of Trinity College, grew up playing his cricket at Asgiriya, and regretted not having the chance of playing international cricket at his school ground in the future.
“I love playing at Asgiriya. Hopefully, one day, Test cricket can be played at both grounds.
To upgrade Trinity College’s cricket ground to international status was an idea of former Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, Gamini Dissanayake; it was one of the ICC requirements when Sri Lanka were granted Test status to improve the infrastructure of international venues.
Sri Lanka’s first Test win at Asgiriya came in 1998 against Zimbabwe. But more success soon followed as Sri Lanka won their first Test against Australia the following year. The ground also hosted some of the tightest and ugliest Test matches to be played on this soil.
Next year, England went on to win by three wickets having also lost the previous Test in Galle by an innings to the hosts. In the same Test, Sangakkara missed his maiden Test hundred when he gave Robert Croft the charge on 95 and was stumped by Alec Stewart.
Asgiriya also hosted the 1996 World Cup fixture between Sri Lanka and Kenya when the hosts went on to pile up a mammoth 398; a World Record at the time.
In all, Asgiriya hosted 22 Test Matches and Sri Lanka has won seven of them. November 28, 2010 (Island Cricket):
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CEAT Cricket Awards Night 2010
November 26, 2010 in CEAT Cricket, Cricket, Sri Lanka
CEAT Cricket Awards 2010 held on 4th Oct 2010. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara received the prestigious “CEAT Cricketer of the year” and “CEAT Peoples player of the year ” awards for the year 2010. Here are the other major awards.
Best Test Batsman – Tilan Samaraweera
Best Test Bowler – Rangana Hearth
Best Test Bowler – Rangana Hearth
Best ODI Batsman – T M Dilshan
Best ODI Bowler – Lasith Malinga
Best ODI All Rounder – Angelo Mathews
Curtain Raiser For CEAT Sri Lanka Cricket Awards 2010
Animation and videos of the event is done by DNB animations.
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Sri Lanka bring life to Cricket
November 26, 2010 in Cricket, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan team is the most unpredictable team in world cricket. Recently showed some great performances in all areas; balling batting and fielding. Sri Lanka produced many unforgettable movements and great players. If there is something that is out of the cricket book then most probably it is introduced by a Sri Lanka. Enjoy the video that is dedicated to Sri Lankan cricket team.
