Posts tagged as: Sri Lanka

Wasim Akram critical of Premadasa pitch for Pak-SL T20 semi-final

Former Pakistan captain has criticised the curator at Premadasa stadium in Colombo for preparing an unsupportive wicket for the crucial World T20 semi-final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The wicket was not easy to bat, as the ball was staying low all the time. It behaved slightly better in the first innings, when the home […]

Stuart Broad admits England not good enough

England’s Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad has conceded that his team was not good enough after the defending champions crashed out of the ongoing World T20 Championship. England’s 19-run loss at the hands of Sri Lanka paved the way for West Indies to advance to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka also moved to the next round following […]

Brendan Taylor: Zimbabwe a far better side than what we put on display against Sri Lanka

Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor is seriously disappointed over his team’s awful loss in the opening game of ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Batting first, the Lankans put a huge score of 182 on the board. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Jeevan Mendis all batted superbly to take their side to a decent […]

Spin bowling key for India in ICC World Twenty20, says Stuart MacGill

Former Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has said that spin bowling and dynamic batting line-up will be the key elements for India in the ongoing ICC World T20 championship in Sri Lanka. He also talked about his native side’s chances, and predicted that the struggling Kangaroos would not be able to reach the final. MacGill’s comments […]

Irfan Pathan pleased with his current form

Irfan Pathan pleased with his current form Irfan Pathan has been bowling quite well since returning from a long injury. He was India’s most successful bowler in the recently concluded One Day International series against New Zealand. The left-arm medium pacer showed a few stunning performances, including a classy five-wicket haul. Pathan himself is pretty […]

Chris Gayle eagerly looking forward to World T20

Aggressive West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle is all set to revive happy memories in Sri Lanka, where he played his career-best Test innings of 333 a couple of years ago. In the first Test at Galle in 2010, the explosive left-hander smashed his maiden triple-century. The sweet memories of his wonderful knock are still […]

Javed Miandad to give batting tips to Green Shirts

Javed Miandad to give batting tips to Green Shirts Pakistan batsmen’s terrible failure in the third and last Twenty20 International against Australia has made the team management realise that the Green Shirts certainly need some help in the batting department. In order to made things slightly better ahead of the imminent World T20 championship, Pakistan […]

Pakistan Cricket Board threatens to boycott ICC awards over exclusion of Saeed Ajmal

In order to record protest against exclusion of Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has threatened to boycott the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards if it didn’t rectify its decision regarding Pakistani spinner. PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf while speaking to the media the board has not taken any decision about boycotting the awards but […]

India looking to export electricity to Pakistan; says Nirupama Rao

Confirming the news, India’s Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao on Tuesday said they were mulling to export exporting 500 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan. Nirupama Rao, who has also served as India’s foreign secretary, posted a message on the social networking website Twitter said that New Delhi was working on the requests for […]

Sri Lanka Premier League will help Pakistan in T20 World Cup, says Mohammad Hafeez

Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez feels playing in the Sri Lanka Premier League has given his teammates a fair idea of the conditions before the upcoming T20 World Cup, getting started next month. "Most of Pakistani players in the T20 World Cup squad are in the SLPL and two venues in SLPL (R Premadasa Stadium […]

Dav Whatmore confident of Pakistan’s chances in T20 World Cup

Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore is pretty confident about his team’s chances in the upcoming T20 World Cup, set to be played in Sri Lanka later this year. The Men in Green are due to meet Australia ahead of the mega event. A lot of Pakistan players are currently playing in the Sri Lankan premier league, […]

Irfan Pathan wants to ‘enjoy each and every small bit of success’

Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan made a wonderful comeback after staying out of action for almost two years due to injury issues, and has learnt how to ‘enjoy each and every small bit of success.’ "After being out for two years due to injury, this is one thing I have learnt. I need to enjoy each […]

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