Sri Lankan sets wickets record Another spin bowler, Warne, is right behind Muralitharan CRICKETHuw Richards
Bowling Style Left arm Wrist spin Playing Role Bowler Height 5ft 6in Education De Mazenod College, Kandana TEAMS Sri LankaColombo Cricket ClubKandy FalconsB-Love KandyColombo StarsDe Mazenod CollegeGalle GladiatorsSaracens Sports ClubSouthern ExpressSri Lanka A A slight, left-arm wristspinner from ...
He returned with the best figures by a Sri Lankan bowler on Test debut, but Jayawickrama became noticed for a few things other than just his stunning returns on debut. His bowling action was compared to that ofRavindra JadejaandGraeme Swann, with a Twitter user using a mirr...
batter Aravinda de Silva, seam bowler Chaminda Vaas, and most importantly, spin bowlerMuthiah Muralidaran, considered by many to be the greatest cricketer Sri Lanka have produced, who went on to become thehighest wicket-taker in Test cricket, completing 800 dismissals, as well as thehighest ...
Even without the injured Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka's most lethal spin bowler, England were always struggling to score runs on a turning wicket. Nick Knight and Vince Wells gave England a perfect start with an opening stand of 53 before Thilan Samaraweera turned the match Sri Lanka's ...
There are nine specialist batsmen, three fast bowlers and three spin bowlers in Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan and Lasith Embuldeniya. The first test of the two-match series begins in Galle on Aug. 14. ___ Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Th...
Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana on Thursday said defending champions England "underestimated" his team in their key World Cup clash.
Apr 1 (CI) Mystery has ruled spin bowling in the Twenty20 age. Short-format slow bowlers are no longer measured by how far they can spin the ball, but in how many directions. As the Sunil Narines and Saeed Ajmals of the world leave batsmen groping open-mouthed in their wake, the ...
Sri Lanka lost two wickets needlessly. Dhananjaya de Silva, who was batting beautifully, lost his head and patted back a catch to part-time bowler Iftikhar Ahmed. And skipper Dasun Shanaka fared with an ugly swipe against the leg-spin of Shadab Khan. Sri Lanka are 67/...
Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, cricket’s greatest spin bowler with a world record 800 Test wickets, said: “Sir Ian was one of the greatest cricketers to have played and he is putting as much passion and effort into his work for charity as he did on the cric...