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    Warnapura and Mubarak get late call-ups to ODI squad

    India in Sri Lanka 2008 Sa'adi Thawfeeq August 12, 2008 Sri Lanka have made changes to their squad for the five-ODI series against India, bringing in left-hand batsmen Jehan Mubarak and Malinda Warnapura. The 15-member squad does not include allrounder Kaushalya Weeraratne, who was selected in...
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    AJANTHA - THE SUCCESSOR to SONNY RAMADHIN

    Roy Bishop Ajantha Mendis, the new “mystery” spinner has in a few weeks has made an astonishing rise from his humble beginnings in Kadalana, Moratuwa and Army CC playing in effectively, second division league cricket. In the recent ODI and Test matches he has destroyed the top order batting of...
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    Mendis's rapid rise surprised us - Jayawardene

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo August 7, 2008 Regardless of the outcome of the third and final Test between Sri Lanka and India, the astonishing bowling of Ajantha Mendis will be a highlight of the series. His meteoric rise and popularity have pleasantly surprised his captain Mahela Jayawardene...
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    Share Twenty20 riches - Jayawardene

    Cricinfo staff August 6, 2008 Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, feels the spread of Twenty20 cricket needs to be controlled to prevent it from "taking international cricket apart" and says the "big solution" is to have one consolidated tournament where all cricket-playing countries...
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    Pietersen confirmed as England captain

    Cricinfo staff August 4, 2008 Kevin Pietersen has been swiftly appointed as Michael Vaughan's successor as Test captain, while also taking the one-day leadership after Paul Collingwood handed in his notice yesterday following Vaughan's departure. Pietersen, one of the few members guaranteed to...
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    Disappointed Jayawardene hints at pace boost

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Galle August 3, 2008 Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, blamed the batsmen for his side's defeat in Galle. Sri Lanka, who conceded a lead of 37 on the first innings after restricting India to 329, managed to last only 47.3 overs in their second as they were bundled...
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    Bayliss warns of India backlash

    Cricinfo staff July 30, 2008 Trevor Bayliss, Sri Lanka's coach, expects India to come back hard in Galle after being drubbed by an innings and 239 runs inside four days in the first Test at the SSC in Colombo. Bayliss said the best batsmen in the world were bound to struggle against spinners...
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    Galle pitch will turn more - Curator

    Team India faces yet another threat from the Sri Lankans. But this time, it comes from the curator of the pitch in Galle -- Jayanand Warnaveera, who claimed that the wicket would turn more than the one in Colombo. If the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo witnessed a coup by Muralitharan and...
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    POEM: Asia Cup final or the Sonna, Mendis show

    And then came the final of Asia Cup Winning all previous Lankans on high up Handsome cap Dhono won the vital toss Asking Lankans to bat, showed he is boss strode in Sonna and Lanky Sanga Lankans hoping from them a long banger Bad call from Sonna saw Sanga do the walk back Indians dancing...
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    INdia plan to attack Mendis and Murali

    GALLE: Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has said India are confident of overcoming Sri Lanka's spin challenge in the second Test starting here on Thursday. Sri Lankan spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shared 19 wickets in the opening Test of the three-match series to help their...
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    Media and India`s Loss

    'Sri Lanka played perhaps the perfect Test match at the SSC ground, while India were woefully below even average. The final margin, an innings and 239 runs, was an apt indication of the quality of cricket the two sides portrayed in the first Test. 'Never in recent memory have India been...
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    New Sri Lankan Tv Shows & Movies

    Movies The Devil wears Bata A story of revenge and pair of lost rubber slippers. Starring Ranjan Ramanayake (Lankem Romeolus), Anarkali (Julilatha), and a private bus. Shot entirely on the 138 bus route, this movie features amazing shots of feet and a crushed wart. Stunts by a bus conductor and...
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    Need B+'s 'Aseemithai Adare' mp3!!

    Hey Guys!! Anyone of you have B Positive's 'Aseemithai Adare' mp3?. If so can u please upload that??
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    ‘M’ power knocks India out

    By Harry Jayachandra It is extremely rare for a country to find a spin combination as lethal as that of Muralitharan and Mendis. Other countries have had their share through more than century of test cricket. But at first glance none so lethal as these two who ‘M’ out an Indian batting line up...
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    Partners in guile

    Jamie Alter in Colombo July 26, 2008 Not since Michael Clarke's first match has a Test debut been so anticipated and turned out to be so spectacular. Like Clarke against India in Bangalore in 2004, Ajantha Mendis has burst onto the five-day scene in style, becoming the first Sri Lankan to take...
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    The making of Mahela

    Jayawardene has overcome prejudice and perception to bind his team together impressively by Peter Roebuck July 23, 2008 Since he took over the captaincy of his country, Mahela Jayawardene has so surpassed expectations that it has become necessary not merely to take a closer look at him but also...
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    Sri Lankan fortress awaits India

    Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, SSC, Colombo The Preview by S Rajesh July 22, 2008 Match facts Wednesday July 23 - Sunday July 27, 2008 Start time 10.15am (0445GMT) Big Picture The Indian Test team has been in form over the last couple of years but the task before them over the next three weeks...
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    Mendis ready for big test

    Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis is eagerly anticipating bowling to India's much-vaunted batting line-up when the three-Test series begins next week. The spinner took six for 13 in eight overs to run through India in the final of the Asia Cup in Karachi earlier this month. Mendis is now relishing...
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    Furious minister throws out manager

    Ranatunga taken to task for dictatorial running of cricket establishment By Callistus Davy Relations between Sri Lanka’s splintered cricketing establishment and the government took a dramatic turn yesterday as a tough talking sports minister Gamini Lokuge approved the team for the first Test...

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