Narine signs with Sydney for Aussie T20 showpiece
July 22nd, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 22 (IANS/CMC) Exciting West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine is headed to Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League after signing with defending champions Sydney Sixers.
The 24-year-old will join Australia ... Read more...
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Focusing on bowling in the right areas: Narine
May 10th, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine, who has played a big role in the Kolkata Knight Riders moving up in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier ... Read more...
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Bayliss seeking tips from Gambhir, Pathan on Sachin
May 10th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) Two days ahead of taking on Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders coach Trevor Bayliss is looking at players like Gautam ... Read more...
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In form Shukla wants Webster’s advice to better performance
March 26th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Buoyed by his good all-round shows in the current domestic cricket season, Laxmi Ratan Shukla is now looking forward to interacting with Kolkata Kight Riders' new ... Read more...
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Geoff Marsh ends IPL stint to coach Sri Lanka
September 23rd, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 23 (IANS) Former Australia batsman Geoff Marsh has been named the new coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team for a two-year term beginning Tuesday.Marsh is the sixth ... Read more...
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We are not here to lose: Sri Lanka coach
May 17th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka's interim coach Stuart Law called England the "best Test team in the world" but warned the island nation could be a "devastating" unit and ... Read more...
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Law doesn’t blame Malinga for choosing ‘lucrative’ IPL over Test cricket
April 30th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Apr 30(ANI): Sri Lanka's interim coach Stuart Law has said that he does not hold any grudges over fast bowler Lasith Malinga's decision to quit Test cricket and to continue playing ... Read more...
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Australia also needs director of cricket to regain top cricket billing: Buchanan
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:12 am ICT by ANI
Sydney, Apr. 23 (ANI): John Buchanan who is about to embark on a four-year stint in control of New Zealand's high-performance program, has said he believes Australia also needs a Director of ... Read more...
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Stuart Law named Sri Lanka coach for tour of England
April 7th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Apr 7(ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has promoted assistant coach and former Australian batsman Stuart Law to guide the national team ahead of next month's tour of England."He will be the ... Read more...
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Vaas, Randiv flying in as covers for Murali and Mathews (Second Lead)
March 31st, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and Angelo Mathews are battling to be fit for the World Cup final against India here Saturday, even as seasoned seamer Chaminda ... Read more...
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Muralitharan, Mathews battling to be fit for final (Lead)
March 31st, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, who has defied a series of injuries to play through the 2011 World Cup, and Angelo Mathews are battling to be fit ... Read more...
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Vaas, Randiv to cover for Muralitharan, Mathews
March 31st, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka were hit by injuries ahead of Saturday's World Cup final against India here and have roped in seasoned seamer Chaminda Vaas and all-rounder Suraj ... Read more...
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Unity is our strength: Afridi
March 3rd, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 3 (IANS) Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said unity in the team had resulted in their impressive wins against Kenya and co-hosts Sri Lanka in the World Cup."Unity is ... Read more...
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Australian pacers can trouble Sri Lanka: Coach Bayliss
March 2nd, 2011 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka's coach Trevor Bayliss feels Australia's dependence on a pace attack is the right decision for the World Cup.Bayliss, an Australian, feels that Australia's pace ... Read more...
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Oz pacers will enjoy bounce of Colombo pitch: Lankan coach
March 2nd, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 2 (ANI): Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has said Australian fast bowlers will enjoy the bounce of the Colombo pitch.Bayliss faces a difficult assignment in Saturday's group A clash with ... Read more...
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Former Oz players peg Sri Lanka as biggest threat to Australia’s WC charge
February 15th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 15 (ANI): The biggest threat to Ricky Potning-led team's chances of lifting the World Cup for the fourth consecutive time comes from Sri Lanka, according to Australia's World Cup-winning ... Read more...
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‘No one’s ever going to replace Murali’, says Sri Lanka coach
October 29th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 29(ANI): Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has said that his team is fast approaching the end of an era as legendary spinner Muttiah Muralidaran gears up for his final tour ... Read more...
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India, Sri Lanka criticise unsporting pitch after drawn Test (Lead)
July 30th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 30 (IANS) The second cricket Test of the three-match series ended in a draw with both the teams India and Sri Lanka blasting the unsporting pitch after the end ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan batsmen need to return to form: Coach
December 23rd, 2009 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) In a must-win situation to stay afloat in the One-day series against India, Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss Wedensday said his batsmen needed to get back to scoring ... Read more...
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Terror threat could shorten cricketers’ careers: Lanka coach
April 21st, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Apr.21 (ANI): The threat of terrorism could lead to some cricketers cutting short their international careers, said Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss.Bayliss was in the team bus that came under attack ... Read more...
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Bayliss, Farbrace to coach Sri Lanka till World cup
March 29th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to extend the contracts of its two foreign coaches Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, reportedly till the 2011 World Cup.
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Pak Sports Minister admits that government failed cricketers
March 11th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.11 (ANI): Pakistans Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani has admitted his Government failed the Sri Lankan cricket team last Tuesday by providing inadequate security, but promised it would not ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan cricket coach backs Broad and umpires
March 10th, 2009 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, March 10 (IANS) Sri Lankan cricket coach Trevor Bayliss Tuesday joined fellow-Australians, umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, and International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee England's Chris Broad in criticising the ... Read more...
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Lankan cricket coach Bayliss fears terrorists could target Commonwealth Games
March 10th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar.10 (ANI): Sri Lankan cricket coach and former NSW cricketer Trevor Bayliss has expressed fears that next year''s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi could be targetted by terrorists.
Speaking to reporters ... Read more...
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Security was reduced in Lahore, says Lanaka coach Bayliss
March 10th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar.10 (ANI): Sri Lanka cricket team coach Trevor Bayliss claimed on Tuesday that security was less than it had been on previous occasions in Pakistan.
It was certainly less than when ... Read more...
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Lankan businessman pleads to save Pak cricket
March 8th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Mar.8 (ANI): A businessman who founded a charity that raised two million dollars for Sri Lanka after the December 26, 2004 Asian tsunami, has pleaded for Australia''s cricket community to ... Read more...
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Lankan players agree that had they sat still, they would have died
March 6th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Mar.6 (ANI): A majority of the Sri Lankan cricketers who were caught in the middle of a crossfire between security forces and terrorists in Lahore on Tuesday, have said that ... Read more...
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Aussie officials in Dubai to review security ahead of series against Pak
March 5th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 5 (ANI): Cricket Australia has sent its officials to Dubai for a safety inspection for the one-day series next month against Pakistan, days after the Sri Lankan tean was ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan coach Bayliss expected to return to Australia
March 4th, 2009 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 4 (ANI): Sri Lankas Australian coach Trevor Bayliss is expected to return home later this week after being caught in the terrorist attack in Lahore.His wife Julie said the ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Aussie coach shaken but not scared by terror attack, says wife
March 3rd, 2009 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.3 (ANI): The terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team on Tuesday in which six Lankan players were injured, also had the Australian coach of the team, Trevor Bayliss ... Read more...
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Cricket world no longer fears the Baggy Greens
November 8th, 2008 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 8 (IANS) With the last Test match in Nagpur between India and Australia poised excitingly, it seems that Australia will lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.The vulnerability of the Australian team has ... Read more...
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Baggy greens” invincibility fading, but not lost
November 8th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov.8 (ANI): The cricketing world no longer lives in fear of the baggy green.
If a report in the Sydney Morning Herald is to be believed, players wearing the Baggy Green ... Read more...
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Murali to quit ODIs to pursue thousand Test wickets
March 1st, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Mar1 (IANS) Muttiah Muralitharan will soon quit one-day cricket so that he can achieve his goal of reaching the milestone of 1,000 Test wickets, but he will do so only after ... Read more...
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