Tag: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Australia & Pakistan To Tour South Africa In 'bumper' Home Season
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a busy international program of home international fixtures for the 2020/2021 season against England, Sri Lanka, Australia and Pakistan. ....
Two South Africa Players For Sri Lanka Series Test Corona Positive
Two members of the South African team have returned positive Covid-19 results in their scheduled first round of testing ahead of the team's entry into the bio-secure environment for their Test series against Sri Lanka, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Friday. ....
Entire South Africa Squad Tests Negative For Covid-19 Ahead Of Sri Lanka Tests
All members of the South Africa Test squad have tested negative for coronavirus ahead of the two-match series against Sri Lanka slated to begin on Boxing Day, Cricket South Africa has announced. ....
India Second In ICC World Test Championship Points Table
India stayed in contention of playing the ICC World Test Championship final next year as they retained their second spot at year-end despite New Zealand beating Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. ....
Players Can Get Quit Tour If Bio-bubble Rules Become Too Much: Root
England players can leave the squad if following Covid-19 protocols become too mentally taxing for them, Test captain Joe Root said on Sunday. ....
Karunaratne Leads Sri Lanka Fightback Vs South Africa
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne's unbeaten 91 off 116 balls (17 fours) helped Sri Lanka move to 150 for four in the second innings of the second Test against South Africa.....
IPL's Top Wicket-taker Lasith Malinga Quits Franchise Cricket
Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga, the top wicket taker of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has retired from franchise cricket that is why he was not retained by the Mumbai Indians (MI) for the 2021 season, the franchise said in a statement. ....
Joe Root Topples Geoffrey Boycott, Becomes 6th Highest Run Scorer For England
England captain Joe Root went past former opener Geoffrey Boycott on the list of top run-getters for England here on Saturday. Root, who was unbeaten on 67 after the end of the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka, has moved to 8,119 runs and is now five runs clear of Boycott, who retired a long time ago. ....
Don't Think Indian Pitches Will Turn From The Start: Rory Burns
England opener Rory Burns said he thinks Indian wickets will be good cricket wickets and won't turn from the start like it happened during the recent series in Sri Lanka where England still managed to win 2-0. ....
Won't Be Easy For Root, Buttler, Stokes To Perform In India: Kuldeep Yadav
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav believes it will not be easy for the likes of Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to perform in the upcoming four-Test series between India and England which gets underway from Friday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. ....
