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By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Arrival of spinner Ajantha Mendis has added new impetus to the Sri Lankan cricket team performance. Sri Lanka has been on its victory march and in the just concluded Test match series between Srilanka and India, once again the Colombo boys roamed home with an easy win. Sri Lanka survived early blows to clinch the series against India with a comfortable eight-wicket victory on the penultimate day of the third and final Test at Colombo on August 11 Monday. Despite... Read Full Story

India and Sri Lanka have some added motivation heading into their Commonwealth Bank series clash on Tuesday in Brisbane with top spot on the table up for grabs - albeit two matches into the competition. The Indians started off the Commonwealth Bank series in less than convincing fashion during Sunday's washed out opener against Australia and will need to lift their output when they come up against their southern island neighbour. India only managed to be bowled out for 194 from 45 overs... Read Full Story

Australia has extended its Test winning sequence to 13 with an innings and 40-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first 3 mobile Test match of the summer series. Pace paring Brett Lee and Stuart Clark ignored persistent rain delays after more heavy showers in Brisbane to wrap up the tourists' second reply 15 balls after lunch. Lee, named man-of-the-match, finished with match figures of 8-112. 65 minutes of play were lost in the morning session but Sri Lanka still lost wicketkeeper... Read Full Story

He may have waited an eternity to get his chance but new Australian opener Phil Jaques looks set for a long career after scoring his second successive century on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Hobart on Friday. On yet another embarrassingly one-sided day, the all-conquering Australians - aiming for a 14th successive Test victory following their innings victory in the series' opener in Brisbane - had raced to 3-329 at stumps with Jaques making 150 while Mike... Read Full Story

India news ThalaPolaVaruma 41 minutes ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com) View profile Category: Sports Colombo, June 14 (IANS) Sri Lanka's all-time cricket stars will kick off a campaign in Mumbai Sunday to woo Indian tourists to the island nation during an upcoming Test and one-day series. Tell a friend   Bury Read Full Story