The oldest cricket rivals of Kalutara, namely Tissa Central and Kalutara Vidyalaya will meet in the 63rd edition of the Battle of Mangosteens Big Match today and tomorrow at Surrey Village ground. The two schools are among the leading Division II cricket playing schools in Kalutara District. After having fared well in the Under 19 tournament proper this […]
The Delhi Capitals finally got on the board after a three-week, sixth match wait, in front of their home crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. After a spirited bowling performance from the home team, the batting got off to a flying start, with a flurry of boundaries from David Warner to set the tone, despite […]
Time was when Sri Lanka had world’s top ranked batsman and bowler in Test match cricket. While Muttiah Muralitharan dominated the bowling charts for years, Kumar Sangakkara reigned as world’s top batter rubbing shoulders with contemporaries like Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis. It seems that soon Sri Lanka will […]
Barbadian left hander Kyle Mayers continued his red hot form in this year’s Indian Premier League with a half century that helped Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) beat Rajasthan Royals by ten runs on Wednesday. Lucknow Super Giants batted first and struggled to a 154-7 with openers KL Rahul (39) and Mayers (51) contributing the bulk of the runs. Despite it being a below par score at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, …
Led by Ravindra Jadeja’s 3 for 22 and Devon Conway’s unbeaten 57-ball 77, Chennai Super Kings registered a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai, on Friday. The visitors were restricted to 134 for 7 after being put in to bat, a total that was chased down with eight balls to spare. Despite the win, […]