Series against England toughest on earth: Sri Lanka coach
London, May 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s coach Stuart Law has described their forthcoming Test series against England as the ‘toughest deal on the planet’.
The former Australian admits that England are the top Test team in the world following two years of consistent results.
Gambhir likely to miss Windies tour with sore shoulder
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Gautam Gambhir has been advised rest for six weeks to nurse his ‘sore shoulder’ and is likely to miss the West Indies tour starting June 4. Suresh Raina will be leading the team in the One-day International series in Gambhir’s absence.
Chance for Sangakkara to regain number-one batting spot
England has a chance to regain the number-two ranking in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table when it goes head to head with Sri Lanka in the three-Test series starting in Cardiff on Thursday.
England, which retained second place for all but three months between August 2004 and November 2007, currently sits in third position on 117 ratings points while Sri Lanka is in fourth position on 109 ratings points.
Harbhajan hits last-over six in Mumbai win
Mumbai, (AFP): Harbhajan Singh cracked a last-over six as Mumbai Indians posted a four-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.
We’re confident of winning against India: Sammy
Basseterre, (PTI): Honours shared against Pakistan, the West Indies are now focussing on next month’s series against India with skipper Darren Sammy saying that despite being relatively young, his side goes into the tough assignment confident of winning.
Lanka safely negotiate awkward opening spell
•Rain causes late start, 35 for no loss at tea
•Dilshan passes 4,000 test runs
Sri Lanka negotiated an awkward 16 overs against the swinging ball to reach 35 without loss at tea against England on the first day of the first test after a reduced 70-minute session on Thursday.
After rain delayed the start by more than four hours with the game commencing at 1430GMT, new captain Tillakaratne Dilshan was on 18 and Tharanga Paranavitana had scored 16.
Second see Clijsters crashes out of French Open
Second seed Kim Clijsters crashed out of the French Open on Thursday as Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus sent the US and Australian Open champion spinning to her worst grand slam defeat in nine years.
Australia hopeful on injured six for Sri Lanka
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia are confident that the majority of their six injured players will be fit to take part in the tour of Sri Lanka which begins in August.
England must prove themselves in India, Sri Lanka to claim No.1 spot: Muralitharan
London, May 26(ANI): Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has said that England needs to prove themselves in India and Sri Lanka to earn the right to be called the best Test-playing nation on the planet.
“Invincible” Donald sparkles at wet and windy Wentworth
(Reuters) – World number two Luke Donald said he felt “invincible” after a seven-under-par 64 gave him the lead midway through the first round of the PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday.
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