Karunaratne hit 16 boundaries and a six during his career-best knock of 186
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The West Indies continued to struggle on the second day of the first Test in Galle as Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored a career-best 186 and batsman Dinesh Chandimal made 151.
“It’s something that needed to be done – and it should give me a new lease of life for the next few years”
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Just prior to undergoing surgery for his chronic knee problem, England pace bowler Stuart Broad has announced that he will be back in time for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
“I wasn’t playing for me, I was playing for the younger guys in the team”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he “probably played two years longer” than he should have.
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“When it is at least a three-Test series, it has a little more definition in your own mind”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has called on Cricket South Africa to end two-Test series as he believes they are pointless and don’t allow a team to register a come-from-behind win if they lose the first match.
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“I’m certainly expecting it to be a lot closer”
Former England batsman Graeme Hick, who was recently appointed as the high performance coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, has issued a stern warning to England, stating that Australia will give them “more of a challenge” in the upcoming Ashes series after being thrashed 3-0 in August.
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“I’m sure he’ll be right in the next week or so”
England captain Alastair Cook and pace bowler Stuart Broad skipped a training session today as both of them are trying to recover from slight niggles in their backs.
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Sharma and Kohli helped India pull off the second-highest run chase in ODI history
India opening batsman Rohit Sharma played the innings of his life as he and Virat Kohli pulled off the country’s highest ODI chase of 360 against Australia in a dramatic high-scoring affair in Jaipur.
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Lorgat is willing to do everything in his power to improve ties with the BCCI
Former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat, who was recently elected as Cricket South Africa’s new chief executive, has announced that improving ties between himself and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is his top priority.
De Villiers has already admitted that being in the outfield is much harder
South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that he will be giving up wicketkeeping in limited overs matches since he is unable to deal with the burden of having to stand behind the stumps, come in as a specialist batsman and lead the team all at once.
Holding believes express pace bowlers have become a dying breed in the game
West Indies pace legend Michael Holding has admitted that his body would have probably broken down multiple times if he had to endure the workload bestowed upon today’s breed of pace bowlers.
