“It would have been nice to have finished New Zealand before coming to Australia”
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According to Sri Lanka team manager Michael de Zoysa, the national team are extremely frustrated with their exhausting travel schedule.
Dilshan made a career-best 161 and took two wickets as well
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Sri Lanka all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan scored a career-best 161 and wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara made 105 to help their side demolish Bangladesh by 92 runs in Melbourne.
De Villiers celebrates after scoring his 21st Test century
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The West Indies lost two quick wickets following South Africa batsman AB de Villiers’ century on the third day of the third Test in Cape Town.
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Amla is still awaiting the birth of his second child
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla is unlikely to participate in the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan as his wife is still yet to give birth to their second child.
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De Villiers received 27 ratings points for his spectacular knock of 164
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has overtaken team-mate Hashim Amla to become the number one Test batsman on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.
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“To have come back and scored a double hundred in these conditions – almost sub-continental and with the heat – is something I will never forget”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has praised his team for beating Pakistan by an innings and 92 runs in the second Test in Dubai as it ensured the Proteas remained unbeaten away from home since Sri Lanka defeated them in 2006.
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South Africa still remain undefeated away from home since 2006
South Africa kept hold of their world number one Test team ranking and still remain undefeated away from home since 2006 after demolishing Pakistan by an innings and 92 runs in the second Test in Dubai.