Paes in Wimbledon quarters

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy advanced to the men’s doubles quarter-finals of the Wimbledon lawn tennis Championships, beating American Travis Parrot and Slovak Filip Polasek in the third round on Monday.
The ninth seeded pair was given a stiff resistance by Parrot-Polasek before staving them off 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a […]

200 run opening partnership takes Sri Lanka home comfortably

The Asia Cup Super Four match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh remained one sided as soon as Jayasuriya and Sangakkara opened the Sri Lankan innings. The Lankans were given a thunderous start as both their openers got a century each.
Jayasuriya scored 130 of just 88 balls and his innings included 6 sixes and 16 fours […]

Sri Lanka win again; enter final

Sri Lanka were assured of a place in the final of the Asia Cup after they won by a whopping 158 runs against Bangladesh in the semis league match at Karachi.
Electing to bat on a placid pitch against a pedestrian attack, the Sri Lankans got off to the best start possible as they piled on […]

Scorecard - Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh - Asia Cup 2008

Asia Cup
Bangladesh v. Sri Lanka
Karachi: Monday 30 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 158 runs
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: B G Jerling, S J A Taufel
Match summary (at Close)

Sri Lanka
Runs
Balls
4s
6s

ST Jayasuriya
c Tamim Iqbal
b Alok Kapali
130
88
16
6

+KC Sangakkara

b Abdur Razzak
121
128
16
1

*DPMD Jayawardene
c Mohammad Ashraful
b Alok Kapali
20
22
2
0

CK Kapugedera
c Alok Kapali
b Shahadat Hossain
1
5
0
0

LPC Silva
lbw
b Farhad Reza
5
14
0
0

TM Dilshan
run out

2
3
0
0

WPUJC Vaas
c Raqibul […]

Sri Lanka on the rampage

Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya simply refuses to come out of the IPL mode. The most experienced batsman in his team went on the rampage as Sri Lanka look like setting a record total in an ODI in their semis league match in the Asia Cup in Karachi.
On a pitch that seemed to assist the bowlers […]

Asia Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh go head to head in a re-match of their league encounter in the third semis league match of the Asia Cup in Karachi today. The Lankans have already beaten the Bangladeshis comprehensively before in the tournament and have carried two points formward from their group as a result of that victory.
Bangladesh […]

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan easily in 2nd Super Four match

Today’s Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was an interesting one right from the word Go. The pitch was flat and a whole lot was being expected from the batsmen. A high scoring match was always on the cards as we saw Sri Lanka score a massive 302 runs in their allotted 50 […]

Asia Cup: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Pakistan face off in the second match of the semis league in the Asia cup today.
Scorecard
Sri Lanka look to have the edge of their sub continental rivals as they have a two point cushion carried over from the league stage but more than that, it is the form that their players are […]

Scorecard - Sri Lanka beat Pakistan - Asia Cup 2008

Asia Cup
Pakistan v. Sri Lanka
: Sunday 29 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match)
Result: Sri Lanka won by 64 runs (Read match review)
Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: I J Gould, A L Hill
Match summary (at Close)

Sri Lanka
Runs
Balls
4s
6s

ST Jayasuriya
lbw
b Sohail Tanvir
8
14
1
0

+KC Sangakkara

b Sohail Tanvir
112
110
10
1

*DPMD Jayawardene
c Misbah-ul-Haq
b Sohail Tanvir
29
40
5
0

CK Kapugedera
c Younus Khan
b Mansoor Amjad
43
58
2
2

LPC Silva
c Sarfraz Ahmed
b Sohail Tanvir
46
48
5
0

MT Thushara
c Wahab Riaz
b Sohail […]

Dhoni upset about back-to-back games

The Indian team has played for 36 out of the last 84 hours and this is down to the tight scheduling of the Asia Cup.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India captain was visibly upset at the press conference after the win against Bangladesh, “Back-to-back games make it really tough for the players. I am not really happy […]

Sania in women’s doubles third round

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek sailed into the third round of women’s doubles event after a comfortable straight-set win over Russian-Italian pair of Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta on Saturday.
Seeded 13th, Sania and Mattek handed a 6-3 6-4 thrashing to their unseeded rivals in little over an hour. In a lopsided encounter, […]

Indian tour to bail out Sri Lankan board

Such is India’s power in pulling audiences to the television screen whenever a cricket match is on, that armed with the financial clout any suffering board can clear its dues.
India’s upcoming Test and one-day tour of Sri Lanka has helped the cash-starved local cricket board wipe out its debts, an official said on Sunday.”We paid […]

Indian mixed doubles hopes dashed

India’s hope to win a mixed doubles title at the ongoing Wimbledon has ended with all the Indian contenders facing a second round exit.
India’s Leander Paes teamed with Australia’s Rennae Stubbs lost in the second round of the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon on Saturday night. The Indo-Australian 10th seeded pair were beaten by the […]

Sachin enjoys Wimbledon action

Sachin Tendulkar created a buzz at the All-England Club as he joined distinguished guests that included soccer legends like Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Geoff Hurst, Sir Bobby Robson and Niall Quinn at Centre Court here on Saturday.
Traditionally, the first Saturday of the Championships is usually described as ‘Sporting Saturday’ since a select few British sports […]

India beat Bangladesh with ease

The match today between India and Bangladesh today perceived by most to be a walk in the park for India turned out to be exciting and full of action with performances from both sides.
Scorecard
The surprise package of the evening was Alok Kapali who returned to the Bangladesh side with a bang. He scored 115 runs […]

India lose Uthappa early, Gambhir and Rohit Sharma living dangerously

Bangladesh scored a very competitive total by posting 283/6 on the scoreboard thanks to Alok Kapali who score 115 runs of just 96 balls. What surprised everyone most is his 5 huge sixes and 10 fours.
India are missing Sehwag today and Uthappa and Gambhir were given the task of opening the innings for India. Although […]

Bangladesh struggling for runs mid-innings

On another dull and lifeless pitch, Bangladesh captain Mohammed Ashraful won the toss and elected to bat, hoping to put up a decent score against the strong Indian batting line up. They made one change as Farhad Reza was brought in for Dollar Mahmud.
Scorecard
India made two changes to the team that thumped Pakistan in the […]

Ganguly, Yuvraj & Gambhir honoured

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s comeback to international cricket last year was rewarded when the southpaw bagged the Best Asian Cricketer and the Best Batsman of the year honours at the Castrol Asian Cricket Awards held here.
Indian players, currently participating in the ongoing Asia Cup and on a high after their win over Pakistan on […]

Scorecard - India beat Bangladesh - Asia Cup

Asia Cup
Bangladesh v. India
Karachi: Saturday 28 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match)
Result: India won by 7 wickets (Click here for match review)
Man of the Match : Suresh Raina (Thats 3 in a row now, over 300 runs in 3 matches of this series)
Special award for fine innings with the bat : Alok Kapali for Bangladesh’s first century […]

Lesson learnt: Bhajji

Harbhajan Singh has no hesitation in admitting that he erred in slapping India team-mate S Sreesanth but the off-spinner says that he has learnt his lesson from the entire episode.
Currently serving a five ODI suspension from the BCCI, Harbhajan said to err is human and he was no exception.
“There are lot of things that I […]