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    Sri Lanka announce provisional Twenty20 squad

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq July 9, 2007 Sri Lanka announced a 30-man provisional squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September this year. Marvan Atapattu, the former captain, was not picked and continues to be out of favour with the national cricket selectors in shorter formats of...
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    Bayliss reveals Sri Lanka plans

    Bayliss's first series in charge is against England in October Australian Trevor Bayliss takes over as coach of Sri Lanka in August after their series against Bangladesh. BBC Sport speaks to the former New South Wales player and coach about his plans for the job and his thoughts on his new...
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    Murali set to overtake Warne during Australian tour

    Cricinfo staff July 2, 2007 Muttiah Muralitharan has said that "winning the series" will be his main focus on the tour to Australia later this year though he would also be keen on becoming Test cricket's most successful bowler. His tally of 683 wickets leaves him 25 short of Shane Warne's...
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    'I like teasing batsmen' - Malinga

    Lasith Malinga on slinging and not sledging June 28, 2007 The rising profile of Lasith Malinga was evident on Thursday as he destroyed Bangladesh's lower order, taking three wickets in the fourth morning to help Sri Lanka to victory by an innings and 234 runs. Nagraj Gollapudi spoke to Malinga...
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    Penney rues dropped catches

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo June 27, 2007 Sri Lanka's stand-in coach, Trevor Penney, expects his side to wrap up the first Test against Bangladesh on the fourth morning at SSC tomorrow despite a fighting performance from Bangladesh in their second innings. After being shot out for 89 in the...
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    Tharanga on the road to recovery

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 27, 2007 Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lankan opening batsman, is recovering fast from his foot injury but he may not be rushed into the second Test against Bangladesh starting July 3 at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. He suffered a hairline fracture on his left heel at...
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    Greg Blewett has ruled out becoming assistant to Sri Lanka

    RICHARD EARL, CRICKET WRITER June 27, 2007 02:15am FORMER Australian batsman Greg Blewett has ruled out becoming assistant to Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss - for now. Blewett, 35, said he was surprised to read reports connecting him and former South African batsman Jonty Rhodes with Sri...
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    'I have been waiting for this moment' - Vaas

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo June 26, 2007 They were both making their maiden Test hundreds, the only difference was that one of them was playing in his 97th Test match and the other in just his 10th. Chaminda Vaas and Prasanna Jayawardene figured in a 223-run partnership which was a seventh...
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    Brendon Kuruppu's father Stanley Kuruppu has passed away

    Umpire Stanley Kuruppu dies aged 82 Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 26, 2007 Sri Lanka have lost a long-standing umpire following the death of Stanley Kuruppu. Kuruppu, 82, father of former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Brendon Kuruppu, was renowned for his services to the umpiring fraternity in Sri Lanka. He...
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    Bayliss to help out in hiring assistant coach

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 26, 2007 Trevor Bayliss, Sri Lanka's new coach, has been asked by Sri Lanka Cricket to recommend a few names to be the team's assistant coach. K Mathivanan, the secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, said Bayliss had agreed to help and has been given time till June 29 to come up...
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    Sri lanka's First PORN Shop

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    Copycat of 'sexy' Malinga ends up in hospital

    Friday Jun 22 15:50 AEST A man who tried to bleach his hair to look like Sri Lanka's "sexiest" cricket player, Lasith Malinga, has ended up in hospital with severe burns, the Daily Mirror said here Friday. The 20-year-old man in the central town of Kandy was hospitalised after he used two...
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    Hard work paid off, says Vandort

    Cricinfo staff June 25, 2007 Michael Vandort played his last Test over a year ago, against England in June 2006, and it could have stayed that way had Upul Tharanga not broken a bone in his foot in the build-up to the first Test against Bangladesh. Seeing his chance, Vandort cashed in and was...
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    Murali mesmerises Bangladesh again

    Cricinfo staff June 25, 2007 # Bangladesh's 89 on the first day against Sri Lanka at Colombo was their third-lowest total in Tests after their 86 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2005 and 87 against West Indies in Dhaka in 2002. # Muttiah Muralitharan picked up 5 for 15, his 58th five-for in...
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    Back with a vengeance

    Charlie Austin June 25, 2007 If Marvan Atapattu was given a day off at Lashings CC and was able watch the opening day of this series then it might not have been easy viewing. According to Jayanda Dharmadasa, Sri Lanka Cricket's chairman, Atapattu has requested more time to overcome the "trauma"...
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    Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test Updates

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    The Preview, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Colombo

    Sri Lanka to provide no respite for Bangladesh by Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo June 24, 2007 Bangladesh can expect no respite from a charged up Sri Lanka when they confront them in a series of three Tests starting Monday at the SSC grounds. "One thing we've realized is that whether we play...
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    For Warnapura the waiting is over

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 23, 2007 For Malinda Warnapura the long wait is over. When he walks out to open the Sri Lanka innings against Bangladesh in the first Test starting on June 25 at the SSC in Colombo it will hopefully launch him on a course that will ensure a permanent place in the national...
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    Team has never been more upbeat, says Jayawardene

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 23, 2007 Tom Moody, Sri Lanka's fourth coach in the last 12 years may have gone, but with Trevor Penney in place now and Trevor Bayliss due to take over from September, Mahela Jayawardene knows it is time to move on. "Whether Tom is here or not we have to continue to do...
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    Sri Lanka as tough as Australia - Penney

    Sa'adi Thawfeeq June 23, 2007 Trevor Penney, Sri Lanka's stand-in coach, believes his side are as tough as Australia, and can compete with them in all aspects of the game. Speaking ahead of the three-Test series against Bangladesh, Penney said: "[Adam] Gilchrist was the difference at the World...

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