Mahela Jayawardene not wary of a full strength Australian side Sri Lanka’s skipper Mahela Jayawardene has said that his team is not worried about the fact that Australia will come at them with full strength in the third One Day International of the five match series. The Kangaroos were without the services of their regular […]
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Mahela Jayawardene, who decided to quit as Twenty20 captain, has admitted that his team’s failure to handle pressure situations became the biggest reason behind Sri Lanka’s embarrassing loss in the World T20 finale against West Indies. "I think we tried very hard, but this match changed in three or four overs in the middle. In […]
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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 […]
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Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was disappointed over his team’s failure to chase 150-odd runs in the one-off Twenty20 match against India at Pallekele on Tuesday. Batting first, the Men in Blue posted a good total of 155 runs on the board. Although the tourists lost in-form Gautam Gambhir early, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina […]
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Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is delighted to see his bowling all-rounder Thisara Perera showing plenty of improvement and confidence. The right-arm bowler scalped three wickets in the second One Day International (ODI) against India to take his side to a comprehensive 9-wicket triumph. Perera picked up the big wickets of Virender Sehwag and Virat […]
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Delhi Daredevils suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore, but the stand-in skipper Mahela Jayawardene has a few positives to draw out. After the game, the classy right-hander stated that the return to form of Ross Taylor was one of the positive aspects for the Delhi side. Taylor was struggling with […]
May 18 2012 | Posted in
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Delhi Daredevils batsman Mahela Jayawardene has said that a strong pool of reserved players offers his side the luxury of adopting rotation policy during the ongoing fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Delhi outfit is one of the strongest contenders for the next round of the championship, as the side is performing […]
Apr 21 2012 | Posted in
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Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has admitted that lack of partnerships was the biggest reason behind his team’s defeat at the hands of Australia in the final of the tri-angular series on Thursday. The islanders did well to restrict Australia to 231. However, Sri Lanka failed to get off to a good start with the […]
Mar 9 2012 | Posted in
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Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has said that his team’s comprehensive victory over Australia was a result of ‘competing well at all times’. Jayawardene’s comments came after his side routed Australia by eight wickets in the second of the best-of-three finals. After electing to bat first, the Kangaroos posted a handy total of 271 on […]
Mar 7 2012 | Posted in
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Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has suggested Mahendra Singh Dhoni to adopt more aggressive approach in the one-dayers. Taylor was not reluctant to say Team India has plenty of lessons to learn from their terrible tour Down Under. "Mahendra Singh Dhoni has to be more aggressive in his captaincy. Look at the way Mahela Jayawardene […]
Mar 5 2012 | Posted in
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Sri Lankan skipper, Mahela Jayawardene has said that the boys showed a lot of character in the do-or-die encounter against Australia on Friday. Sri Lanka beat Australia by nine runs in the 12th game of the series to quality into the best-of-three finals. The islanders were in make or break situation, as a defeat in […]
Mar 3 2012 | Posted in
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Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene is happy to see that his team still has fair chances in the ongoing triangular series in Australia. The islanders are currently in do-or-die situation, as they have to win their next game against Australia in order to qualify to the best-of-three finals. The Aussies have already reached the finals […]
Mar 1 2012 | Posted in
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