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India tour of Srilanka 2009

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From: Sourav on Tue Jan 13 8:12:20 2009.

Wed 28 Floodlit Match
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT 1st ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Fri 30 Floodlit Match
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT 2nd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

February 2009

Mon 2 Floodlit Match
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Thu 5 Floodlit Match
14:30 local, 09:00 GMT 4th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun 8
10:00 local, 04:30 GMT 5th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Tue 10 Floodlit Match Only Twenty20 International - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

The revised schedule:

Jan 26: Indian team arrives

Jan 28: First ODI (Day) at Dambulla

Jan 31: Second ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 3: Third ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 5: Fourth ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 8: Fifth and last ODI (Day) at SSC, Colombo

Feb 10: Twenty20 International (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 11: Indian team departs.

From: Sourav on Tue Jan 13 8:12:41 2009.

India squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk),
Sachin Tendulkar,
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir,
Yuvraj Singh,
Suresh Raina,
Rohit Sharma,
Yusuf Pathan,
Zaheer Khan,
Ishant Sharma,
Munaf Patel,
Ravindra Jadeja,
Praveen Kumar,
Irfan Pathan,
Pragyan Ojha.
From: Sourav on Tue Jan 13 8:13:36 2009.

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India to play five ODIs in SL

Sa'adi Thawfeeq

January 13, 2009

The matches will be shared between Colombo and Dambulla © AFP

India have confirmed a short series in Sri Lanka next month comprising five ODIs and one Twenty20 game and placed renewed faith in their bilateral ties, which had hit a low during the previous administration headed by Arjuna Ranatunga.

The dates for the proposed Indian tour are yet to be finalised but N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, told reporters in Colombo that the series will be held during the two-week window in Sri Lanka's Pakistan tour itinerary - January 28 to February 14. Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) chief executive, stated that the venues will be Dambulla and Colombo. "We are in the process of finalising the venues," Mendis said. "Most probably the Colombo venues will be the R Premadasa Stadium and the SSC."

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), on their part, have committed their players to the IPL in April and assured the Indian board of its support on the ICL issue. Under Ranatunga, the Lankan board had refused to commit their players for the IPL and allowed five players associated with the unofficial ICL to take part in a domestic tournament. Ranatunga was subsequently sacked by Gamini Lokuge, the Sri Lankan sports minister, who has the final say in the country's cricket administration.

A long term agreement between SLC and the IPL is to be signed on the day of the Twenty20 match between the two countries.

"We have agreed to play five ODIs and a Twenty20 match and all pertaining matters in regard to the two governing bodies were solved," Lokuge said at the SLC headquarters in Colombo. "The SLC has agreed to release its players for the upcoming IPL tournament and we are to come to a long-term agreement concerning the Twenty20 showpiece.

"India and Sri Lanka had a good relationship when it came to cricket. Today we have strengthened that. As a result more tours will take place between the two countries in time to come. We have also come to a conclusion to stand by the BCCI stance with regard to the ICL.

"We've also decided to support India at the ICC meetings. The (country's) president himself has given his blessings and we are happy that things have worked out in a positive way."

Srinivasan expressed his pleasure at the cordial welcome given by his Sri Lankan counterparts. He also expressed satisfaction at the decision taken by SLC to release its players for the IPL starting in April, and for firmly standing by the BCCI with regard to the ICL issue.

"BCCI as always will be committed to support SLC in the future," Srinivasan said. "The exact dates and venues are yet to be finalised and probably we will be able to release the tour plan and the duration by tomorrow (Wednesday) to the press."

Srinivasan denied the BCCI had any role to play in Ranatunga's ousting. "We have no right to interfere into any matters of SLC. They are sovereign like us, the BCCI. The BCCI has never expressed its concerns over the way SLC has been ruled in the past. We are very sorry for the impression that has been created."

Sri Lanka are due to play three ODIs in Pakistan in the first leg of their tour and resume the second leg for two Tests after the India series.

© Cricinfo

India to play five ODIs in SL

India have confirmed a short series in Sri Lanka next month comprising five ODIs and one Twenty20 game and placed renewed faith in their bilateral ties,

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/386280.html

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From: Sourav on Tue Jan 13 8:14:25 2009.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2009/jan/13india-to-tour-sri-lanka-in-february.htm
From: ajithfederer on Tue Jan 13 13:14:00 2009.

No Tests ??

BTW Sourav, cute avatar of Marumagal anoushka.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jan 13 13:23:51 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

No Tests ??

BTW Sourav, cute avatar of Marumagal anoushka.

No test, 1 maasa gap-a fill panradhukAga indha series. Test series @ Srilanka definite-a marana adi thaan [India-ku]!
From: ajithfederer on Tue Jan 13 13:25:44 2009.

Ok sridhar. Last series was a loss, fine. But I am sure this present Team will do wonders wherever it goes. And please blame it on the BCCI(The usual suspects) it never prepares any AWAY tour early to give our team a couple of practice matches before it plays the National side.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jan 13 13:29:53 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Ok sridhar. Last series was a loss, fine. But I am sure this present Team will do wonders wherever it goes. And please blame it on the BCCI(The usual suspects) it never prepares any AWAY tour early to give our team a couple of practice matches before it plays the National side.

mmm... mmmm ok!

TV-la Billa padam Namitha pAtu podurAn, one minute!

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jan 13 13:35:26 2009.

Ok, IMO India would struggle against Srilanka in tests [In Srilanka]. I am not sure how India would perform if one of the opener fails.
From: ajithfederer on Tue Jan 13 13:37:17 2009.

Thats why i wanted an other test series in Srilanka. I am sure the results would be otherwise. It will be another good test for our batsmen especially.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Ok, IMO India would struggle against Srilanka in tests [In Srilanka]. I am not sure how India would perform if one of the opener fails.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Jan 15 8:56:30 2009.

India's Lanka tour itinerary finalised

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2009/jan/15india-lanka-tour-itinerary.htm

Tour itinerary:

Jan 26: Arrival in Colombo.
Jan 28: 1st ODI (RDICS)
Jan 30: 2nd ODI (RDICS)
Feb 2: 3rd ODI (RPICS)
Feb 5: 4th ODI (RPICS)
Feb 8: 5th ODI (SSC)
Feb 10: T/20 (RPICS)
Feb 11: Departure for India.

T20-a thavira micha ella match-um weekdays-la

From: ajithfederer on Thu Jan 15 15:10:14 2009.

I just said this 2 days ago Razz

ajithfederer wrote:

From: directhit on Sun Jan 18 8:35:26 2009.

Injured Harbhajan left out; Jadeja, Praveen to tour Lanka

Squad: M S Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag (vice captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Praveen Kumar.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2009/jan/18injured-harbhajan-left-out-jadeja-praveen-to-tour-lanka.htm

No Balaji
From: crajkumar_be on Sun Jan 18 9:19:27 2009.

directhit wrote:

Injured Harbhajan left out;

directhit wrote:

No Balaji

What is Srikkanth doing?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Sun Jan 18 10:48:37 2009.

M.Vijay selection ahead of other domestic <talented> openers, Badrinath - got escalated from Grade D to Grade B has irritated NI media a lot. That might be the reason for not selecting Balaji for this series. However those idiots have failed to note that D.Karthick has slipped down from Grade B to Grade D.

Why? What happened to Virat Kohli? His previous record against Srilanka last year was pretty decent for a middle order batsman - 31,54,25,37?
From: Sourav on Mon Jan 19 7:53:49 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

BTW Sourav, cute avatar of Marumagal anoushka.

directhit wrote:

No Balaji
but, ur fav cricketer kaattan yusuf is there...

Squad and schedules r updated in first page...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Jan 23 0:00:38 2009.

The revised schedule:

Jan 26: Indian team arrives

Jan 28: First ODI (Day) at Dambulla

Jan 31: Second ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 3: Third ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 5: Fourth ODI (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 8: Fifth and last ODI (Day) at SSC, Colombo

Feb 10: Twenty20 International (D/N) at Premadasa, Colombo

Feb 11: Indian team departs.

From: Sourav on Fri Jan 23 0:46:47 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

old schedule....dambulla la 2 matches irunthchu...

sourav wrote:

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Jan 23 0:54:24 2009.

That was old schedule, ippo revise pannirukanunga! But no info in cricinfo. Saw this in rediff.
From: Sourav on Fri Jan 23 1:01:00 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

That was old schedule, ippo revise pannirukanunga! But no info in cricinfo. Saw this in rediff.

k...
naan ella matches-um full-a paakkalaam... mrng shift-na ithu oru vasathi...
oray oru day match kooda sunday-la than varuthu...so
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Jan 23 1:03:27 2009.

ella match-ulayum mazha vara!
From: Thirumaran on Fri Jan 23 1:13:56 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ella match-ulayum mazha vara!
From: ajithfederer on Fri Jan 23 1:17:39 2009.

.

Thirumaran wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ella match-ulayum mazha vara!
From: Sourav on Fri Jan 23 1:18:51 2009.

but, nz matches yaarum paakka mattom... night 3am IST ku
matches...
From: directhit on Fri Jan 23 1:30:07 2009.
From: Sourav on Mon Jan 26 21:34:37 2009.

Sri Lankan team

Colombo: Sri Lanka has announced a 15-member squad for the first three ODIs against India.

The selection committee decided to retain the same squad that beat Pakistan recently, for the first three ODIs against India, the first of which is scheduled on Wednesday at Dambulla.

The team:
Mahela Jaywardene (captain),
Kumar Sangakkara (vice-captain),
Sanath Jayasuriya,
Upul Tharanga,
Chamara Kapugedera,
Jehan Mubarak,
Tillakaratne Dilshan,
Thilina Kandamby,
Muttiah Muralitharan,
Ajantha Mendis,
Farveez Maharoof,
Dilhara Fernando,
Nuwan Kulasekara,
Thilina Thushara
Angelo Mathews.

On stand by:
Malinga Bandara,
Chamara Silva,
Mahela Udawatte
Chanaka Welagedara.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jan 27 2:49:52 2009.

This must be a competitive series. It’s between India’s batting power Vs Lankans bowling supremacy.
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Jan 27 3:11:28 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

This must be a competitive series. It’s between India’s batting power Vs Mendis' bowling supremacy.
From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 3:15:04 2009.

Sehwag aaduvan...

sari, hair ellam dye adichittu side angle-la bowling(? ) poduvane malinga...avan enna aanan?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Tue Jan 27 3:40:34 2009.

Ramakrishna wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

This must be a competitive series. It’s between India’s batting power Vs Mendis' bowling supremacy.

Not like that, Murali and Thushara are allergic as well.
From: Raghu on Tue Jan 27 5:29:00 2009.

sourav wrote:

Sehwag aaduvan...

sari, hair ellam dye adichittu side angle-la bowling(? ) poduvane malinga...avan enna aanan?

I think he is injured
From: mgb on Tue Jan 27 5:35:58 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Why? What happened to Virat Kohli? His previous record against Srilanka last year was pretty decent for a middle order batsman - 31,54,25,37?
he also played mendis better
From: crajkumar_be on Tue Jan 27 5:38:23 2009.

sourav wrote:

Sehwag aaduvan...

sari, hair ellam dye adichittu side angle-la bowling(? ) poduvane malinga...avan enna aanan?

Avaru innum oru inch side-a potta under-arm aidum!
From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 10:58:36 2009.

avan bowling style epdi accept panranga..someone explain pls...
From: Vivasaayi on Tue Jan 27 11:01:19 2009.

sourav wrote:

avan bowling style epdi accept panranga..someone explain pls...

side arm is allowed in cricket.
From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 11:11:19 2009.

Vivasaayi wrote:

sourav wrote:

avan bowling style epdi accept panranga..someone explain pls...

side arm is allowed in cricket.
oh...k...
avan bowling style-nala umpires vera color shirt ellam maathunanga one time...
From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 21:15:54 2009.

first match-i day match-a maathitanuga....velakkennai mandaiyans....

From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 21:29:53 2009.

Quote:

Zaheer is the best fast bowler in cricket today

Kumar Sangakkara

The joy of returning home after a long, and successful, tour has been shortlived because we plunge straight back into top-flight cricket. In fact, we come face to face again with possibly the toughest One-day opponents in the world right now. The next ten days are going to be a real test.
Sri Lanka’s cricket in the past few months has provided much food for thought. We have produced a number of scrappy but efficient performances and fluency only came in the final two One-dayers against Pakistan. The fact that our performances against low-ranked teams were not impressive did produce a lot of self-examination.
Plenty of questions were posed. Are we good enough to keep winning? Are we strong enough to raise our performances? Are we disciplined and committed enough to train with the effort required to become champions? The answer to that is an ongoing quest, but the first hints were seen in our victories in Pakistan. I think after a long period of transition and development post the 2007 World Cup, we are rebuilding our confidence, our faith in each other is growing and we are trusting ourselves more to perform to the required levels. The series in Pakistan provided a perfect opportunity for us to continue that.
It will not be easy. India arrive on a wave of high confidence. Having beaten us in the last series, they have since beaten Australia and England in convincing fashion at home. In MS Dhoni they have found a new captain who inspires them and their big batting guns are firing at their most dominant.
Sachin Tendulkar, with that magnificent century that steered India home against England in Chennai seems to be, as always, their batting trump card. However, we have been witness to the destructive potential of Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj and Dhoni so we know that we will be facing more than one man.
For me, however, their true strength in recent times has been their fast bowling attack in general and Zaheer Khan in particular. I actually believe he is the best fast bowler playing international cricket right now. He is capable of exerting extra movement from the flattest of sub-continental pitches. He is also a master of reverse swing.
The new tactic of the Indian leftarm quicks of bowling around the wicket to right-handers, a strategy they starting using against England and which has now become very effective, will have to be countered by our batsmen because I am sure Zaheer will use it.
All this leaves us with a huge challenge. But we are a tough side to beat at home and the reason for that is teamwork, an attribute that we are most famous for. Gameplan

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOICH/2009/01/28&PageLabel=18&EntityId=Ar01802&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T

From: Sourav on Tue Jan 27 21:53:53 2009.

Expected 11.

Sachin Tendulkar,
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir,
Yuvraj Singh,
Suresh Raina,
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk),
Yusuf Pathan,
Praveen Kumar,
Zaheer Khan,
Ishant Sharma,
Pragyan Ojha.

Munaf Patel,
Rohit Sharma,
Ravindra Jadeja,
Irfan Pathan.

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 0:32:19 2009.

Sehwag not playing.

Quote:

India have won the toss and elected to field. Big news is that Virender Sehwag is out with a glute injury picked up during training. Rohit Sharma comes in to fill that gap. India have gone in with three fast bowlers and the left-arm spin of Pragyan Ojha. Sri Lanka are, expectedly, unchanged from the side that beat Pakistan last week.

Quote:

The Indian players are walking out. Tillakaratne Dilshan is taking guard, Zaheer is measuring his run-up.

G Gambhir, SR Tendulkar, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, YK Pathan, Z Khan, PP Ojha, I Sharma, MM Patel

ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, SHT Kandamby, MF Maharoof, T Thushara, KMDN Kulasekara, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 0:34:53 2009.

Dilshan run out.

0/1 [0.3 Over]

Quote:

0.3 Khan to Dilshan, OUT, massive misunderstanding, that's the end of Dilshan, he inside-edged the ball onto his pads and it bounced away towards Yusuf Pathan at square leg, Dilshan set off for the run Jayasuriya wasn't interested but Dilshan wasn't taking no for an answer, Yusuf has time to take a few steps towards the stumps and then throw them down, catches Dilshan about a yard out
TM Dilshan run out 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 0:39:07 2009.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 0:39:22 2009.

no Sehwag
From: Nerd on Wed Jan 28 0:39:24 2009.

Sachin aaduraaraa Rohit ellAm innum team-la irukkAnA
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 0:46:53 2009.

Back to back maiden by Zak
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 0:48:32 2009.

sehwag illaya....
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 0:52:28 2009.

yusuf pathan is in team....
DH wil be happy...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:01:34 2009.

Naanum Happy thaan!!

hai hai hai hai.... enga anoop?
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 28 1:04:23 2009.

India srilanka series eh

Ingae ranagalam aagama irundha seri
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 1:04:31 2009.

vaanga kalyan....
romba naalachu paathu...epdi irukkael.
chennai?
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:05:10 2009.

Nettai thambi Ishant into the attack!!
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 1:05:13 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

India srilanka series eh

Ingae ranagalam aagama irundha seri
y?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 1:06:28 2009.

vaanga Kalyasi :happy:
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 28 1:07:12 2009.

Varalaru appidi

sourav wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

India srilanka series eh

Ingae ranagalam aagama irundha seri
y?
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:07:33 2009.

sourav wrote:

vaanga kalyan....
romba naalachu paathu...epdi irukkael.
chennai?

Nanna iruken, Bengaluru Nalli Belagalli!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 1:07:46 2009.

Kalyasi, is that you in the avatar?
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 28 1:08:12 2009.

Bengalurula nalli elumbu gaali aa?

Kalyasi wrote:

sourav wrote:

vaanga kalyan....
romba naalachu paathu...epdi irukkael.
chennai?

Nanna iruken, Bengaluru Nalli Belagalli!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 1:08:30 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Varalaru appidi

sourav wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

India srilanka series eh

Ingae ranagalam aagama irundha seri
y?

modhi paarkattum, ippozhdhu, yedharkum thayar!!!
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 1:09:00 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Varalaru appidi

sourav wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

India srilanka series eh

Ingae ranagalam aagama irundha seri
y?

Aaha...adakki vasikkanum...
nalla vela sonneenga...
yerkanave malinga patthi theriyama pesitten...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:11:38 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kalyasi, is that you in the avatar?

Yes!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 1:14:55 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kalyasi, is that you in the avatar?

Yes!!

nalla irukeengO!

From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:15:18 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Bengalurula nalli elumbu gaali aa?

Kalyasi wrote:

sourav wrote:

vaanga kalyan....
romba naalachu paathu...epdi irukkael. Smile

chennai?

Nanna iruken, Bengaluru Nalli Belagalli!!

Athu Kannada Rhyme thappa pesa pdathu!!

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 1:16:13 2009.

SL 33/1(9.4) | RR: 3.41
Jayasuriya* 24(29), Sangakkara 8(27)
Last 2 overs : 4 . . . . . | 1 1Nb 4 . .
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:21:29 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Kalyasi, is that you in the avatar?

Yes!!

nalla irukeengO!

intha disturbance e nammku pudikaathu ethuva irunthaalum done a irukanum!!
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 1:23:35 2009.

sourav wrote:

SL 33/1(9.4) | RR: 3.41
Jayasuriya* 24(29), Sangakkara 8(27)
Last 2 overs : 4 . . . . . | 1 1Nb 4 . .

ippo 42/1.... munaf patel over la 2 four
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 1:43:56 2009.

sourav wrote:

yusuf pathan is in team....
DH wil be happy...

Kalyasi wrote:

Naanum Happy thaan!!

hai hai hai hai.... enga anoop?
mudhal over laye oru run out
From: Thirumaran on Wed Jan 28 2:09:12 2009.

81 for 1 run rate 3.76
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 2:16:02 2009.

Thirumaran wrote:

81 for 1 run rate 3.76

Yeah Y.Pathan & Ojha are doing good job. Then just think about Mendis and Murali.
From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 28 2:23:23 2009.

Should be tough.

Interesting to see how sachin performs there.
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 2:31:00 2009.

jus as they were getting into a good position, sangakkara gone
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 2:31:22 2009.

Sri Lanka 121-2 (28.5) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
T Dilshan run out (Yusuf) 0 3 0 0 0.00
S Jayasuriya not out 73 84 8 1 86.90
K Sangakkara c Raina b Ojha 44 86 2 0 51.16
S Kandamby not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 2:34:46 2009.

S.kara....s/r 51...
kandasamy yerangirukkaru...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 3:22:20 2009.

kandasamy yum jayasurya vum out 173/4
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:31:20 2009.

roof and jaya playing now...

Sri Lanka 190-4 (42.3) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
T Dilshan run out (Yusuf) 0 3 0 0 0.00
S Jayasuriya c Munaf b Zaheer 107 114 10 1 93.86
K Sangakkara c Raina b Ojha 44 86 2 0 51.16
S Kandamby c Zaheer b Ishant 17 32 1 0 53.12
F Maharoof not out 13 11 2 0 118.18
*M Jayawardene not out 6 10 0 0 60.00
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 3:36:15 2009.

28 runs in the batting powerplay.... thats decent!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 3:38:30 2009.

Target might be around 240
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 3:39:57 2009.

240 is a par score or a good one? how is the wicket behaving?
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:40:09 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Target might be around 240
above 250...
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 3:49:00 2009.

250 wud be a tuf score at Dambulla
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 3:52:55 2009.

221/5 in 47 ovrs.........
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 3:53:01 2009.

Maharoof-na? bowler-a? indha adi adikiraan??
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:54:06 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

240 is a par score or a good one? how is the wicket behaving?
out aagittu vantha b'man kitta boundary kitta interview panra commentator maathiri kekkureenga...

Sri Lanka 222-6 (47.2) Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
T Dilshan run out (Yusuf) 0 3 0 0 0.00
S Jayasuriya c Munaf b Zaheer 107 114 10 1 93.86
K Sangakkara c Raina b Ojha 44 86 2 0 51.16
S Kandamby c Zaheer b Ishant 17 32 1 0 53.12
F Maharoof b Ishant 35 27 2 1 129.63
*M Jayawardene c Rohit b Ishant 11 19 0 0 57.89
C Kapugedera not out 4 4 0 0 100.00
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:54:33 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Maharoof-na? bowler-a? indha adi adikiraan??
all rounder pa avan...
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 3:55:00 2009.

directhit wrote:

250 wud be a tuf score at Dambulla

may be its difficult to chase under lights........ aana nammaku antha prachana kedayathu!!
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:55:17 2009.

roofu outtu.
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:56:27 2009.

250 wil be a tough chase without viru... Athuvum mendis, murali- bowling-la...

Dambulla-la high score-e below 300 thane?
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 3:58:07 2009.

Quote:

Good effort from Maharoof though. It hasn't been easy to play shots on this slow surface, his 27-ball 35 was just what Sri Lanka needed
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 3:58:44 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Quote:

Good effort from Maharoof though. It hasn't been easy to play shots on this slow surface, his 27-ball 35 was just what Sri Lanka needed

Poccha..
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 4:01:21 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

directhit wrote:

250 wud be a tuf score at Dambulla

may be its difficult to chase under lights........ aana nammaku antha prachana kedayathu!!
angatha recent score ellam samma kammi http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=1434;orderby=start;spanmin1=01+jan+2004;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=innings

anyways record odakkaradhu dhaane namma pazhakkame
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 4:02:33 2009.

sarmaariya six adikkaraanga - kutti ground aa? Yuvi yum six ellam adippapla, mendis/murali ya konjam avarukku paathu pottu kudukka sollunga

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 4:03:13 2009.

directhit wrote:

Kalyasi wrote:

directhit wrote:

250 wud be a tuf score at Dambulla Confused

may be its difficult to chase under lights........ aana nammaku antha prachana kedayathu!!

angatha recent score ellam samma kammi http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=1434;orderby=start;spanmin1=01+jan+2004;spanval1=span;template=results;type=team;view=innings

anyways record odakkaradhu dhaane namma pazhakkame Cool

Poottai udaikkurathu thane unga pazhakkam..

Yusuf maathiri kaattanyellam vachuttu mendis, murali ball chase pannanumna konjam kashtam than...

From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 4:04:25 2009.

ennaya over ku oru Six adikaraanga
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 4:04:29 2009.

sridhar - ban sourav very baed fellow
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 4:06:01 2009.

directhit wrote:

sarmaariya six adikkaraanga - kutti ground aa? Yuvi yum six ellam adippapla, mendis/murali ya konjam avarukku paathu pottu kudukka sollunga
avara mothalla 2runs adikka sollunga mendis ball-la...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 4:06:08 2009.

directhit wrote:

sridhar - ban sourav very baed fellow

sathama pesaadheenga, ennaye ban panniduvaanga.... Look at my rank now!!
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 4:09:03 2009.

sridhar

sourav - still less than 250
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 4:09:55 2009.

ya...below 250-nu appove sonnenla...
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 4:11:32 2009.

247 target,,...
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 4:13:03 2009.

Medium Fast...
Kulasekara,
Thushara,
Maharoof.

Spin
Mendis
Murali
Dilshan
J.surya....
From: Thirumaran on Wed Jan 28 4:43:38 2009.

Jayasurya

40 vayasula century
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:01:44 2009.

Sachin out! - 13/1 [3.4 Overs]
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:03:50 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Sachin out! - 13/1 [3.4 Overs]

From: Thirumaran on Wed Jan 28 5:04:37 2009.

Cricinfo wrote:

Thushara to Tendulkar, OUT, not the best decision unfortunately but Tendulkar has to go, the ball pitches marginally outside the leg stump and straightens and hits him fairly high on the pad as he tries to work it to the on side, Kumar Dharmasena thinks about it for a while before raising the finger, this is Dharmasena's first decision in ODIs

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:04:56 2009.

Quote:

Umpire Dharamasena is the former Srilanakan spinner right?

From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:07:46 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Quote:

Umpire Dharamasena is the former Srilanakan spinner right?

YES THE SAME OLD GUY...

From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:16:38 2009.

Gambhir gr8 Escape!!

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:20:58 2009.

Kalyasi wrote:

Gambhir gr8 Escape!!

I think its Raina

Quote:

Thushara to Raina, 1 run, Dropped: Slightly short and wide and he cuts hard straight to Dilshan who fluffs a straightforward chance at backward point, he doesn't drop too many

after that

Quote:

6.1 Kulasekara to Raina, FOUR, lovely shot, Kulasekara overpitches on off and middle and Raina shows the full face of the bat and caresses it wide of mid-on, the follow through was sound

Quote:

6.4 Kulasekara to Raina, FOUR, poor delivery and rightfully dispatched, it lands on the half volley outside off and he shows the full face of the bat and eases it past mid-off this time, the ball's finding the sweet spot

Quote:

6.5 Kulasekara to Raina, SIX, takes the aerial route and does well enough to clear the long-on boundary, he picks a full delivery and lofts it through the line, stand and deliver

From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:23:30 2009.

Raina 2 Fours and a Six India 38/1... Good Going!!
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:27:46 2009.

8.3 ovrs 42/1 ....

Sridhar antha Gambhir Caught and Bowled referral a sonnen
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:34:07 2009.

193 required in 239 balls - 9 wickets in hand, so far good going.
From: crajkumar_be on Wed Jan 28 5:38:15 2009.

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:38:44 2009.

61/1 in 11.2 ovrs
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:44:53 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga

aarambichiteengala?
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 5:48:09 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 5:55:22 2009.

vandhutaanya, Mendis
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 6:08:43 2009.

91/1 in 18 ovrs....
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 6:09:27 2009.

Quote:

Muttiah Muralitharan comes on. He needs three wickets to beat Akram's record for the number of wickets in ODIs.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 6:10:27 2009.

Quote:

Muttiah Muralitharan comes on. He needs three wickets to beat Akram's record for the number of wickets in ODIs.
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 6:18:08 2009.

100/1 in 20.1 ovrs..... gr8 going india!!
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 6:25:25 2009.

Gambhir 53* most consistent indian player....

India 113/1, 100 of the patnership is up
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 6:32:11 2009.

Gambhir out.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 6:32:59 2009.

24.5 Muralitharan to Gambhir, OUT, timely breakthrough there for Sri Lanka, Gambhir chips down the track tries to launch him over the off side but he checks his shot and Kandamby takes it easily at long-off
G Gambhir c Kandamby b Muralitharan 62 (68b 5x4 0x6) SR: 91.17
From: Kalyasi on Wed Jan 28 6:33:27 2009.

Gambhir Departs ...
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 6:33:30 2009.

India 127/2 (25.0 ov)
India require another 120 runs with 8 wickets and 25.0 overs remaining
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 6:35:50 2009.

Well played Gambhir!
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 6:40:00 2009.

crajkumar_be wrote:

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga

Arai mandayan!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 6:47:56 2009.

Run out - Raina! 138/3
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:07:44 2009.

80 in 96 balls, 7 wickets in hand.
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 7:11:33 2009.

easy...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:12:23 2009.

Jayawardane is shuffling his bowlers a lot.
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 7:12:34 2009.

India - 173/3 (35 ov)
Require another 74 runs with 7 wickets and 15 overs remaining.
Dhoni - 18 (21)*
Yuvraj - 21 (34)*
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 7:15:06 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

India - 173/3 (35 ov)
Require another 74 runs with 7 wickets and 15 overs remaining.
Dhoni - 18 (21)*
Yuvraj - 21 (34)*

Yuvraj against murali & Mendis?...
From: sivank on Wed Jan 28 7:24:30 2009.

yuvaraj out for 23

From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 7:26:34 2009.

sourav wrote:

sgokulprathap wrote:

India - 173/3 (35 ov)
Require another 74 runs with 7 wickets and 15 overs remaining.
Dhoni - 18 (21)*
Yuvraj - 21 (34)*

Yuvraj against murali & Mendis?... Surprised

neenga vaai vecha nEram Yuvraj out aaitaapla.

From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 7:27:33 2009.

India - 181/4 (38 ov)
Need 66 runs from 12 overs.

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 7:30:11 2009.

sgokulprathap wrote:

sourav wrote:

sgokulprathap wrote:

India - 173/3 (35 ov)
Require another 74 runs with 7 wickets and 15 overs remaining.
Dhoni - 18 (21)*
Yuvraj - 21 (34)*

Yuvraj against murali & Mendis?... Surprised

neenga vaai vecha nEram Yuvraj out aaitaapla. Evil or Very Mad

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:41:49 2009.

46 from 48 balls
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:45:01 2009.

Jayasurya was not used, I am surprised.
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:46:13 2009.

Oh 3rd powerplay ippo thaan edukuraangala, India-ku vetri urudhi
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 7:46:50 2009.

sourav wrote:
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 7:56:52 2009.

Quote:

Mendis to Dhoni, 1 run, Free Hit Gives him the charge but Mendis holds the length back and Dhoni can only club it down to deep midwicket

DH...dhoni nalla aaduraan pola... tharai shots-a?
avan bat pannale puzhuthi parakkum...antha kotthu kotthuvan pitch-i..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 7:57:53 2009.

18 from 25 balls. Dhoni well played 50!
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 7:58:11 2009.

50 for MS

From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 7:58:52 2009.

sourav wrote:

Quote:

Mendis to Dhoni, 1 run, Free Hit Gives him the charge but Mendis holds the length back and Dhoni can only club it down to deep midwicket

DH...dhoni nalla aaduraan pola... tharai shots-a? LOL

avan bat pannale puzhuthi parakkum...antha kotthu kotthuvan pitch-i.. Laughing

kottayilum thalaivar kodi parakkum

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 7:59:19 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

18 from 25 balls. Dhoni well played 50!
From: sivank on Wed Jan 28 8:02:33 2009.

M & M paruppu inikku vegala pola irukke.

romba mediocre figures thaan rendu perukkum

Mendis 10 0 47 0
Murali 10 0 52 1
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 8:03:25 2009.

Quote:

Mendis to Dhoni, FOUR, gives him the charge to a flatter delivery and whacks it along the turf past the bowler and mid-off
cannon ball
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 8:04:25 2009.

Mendis \ Murali is not effective in a slow track, I am really surprised.
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 8:05:34 2009.

sivank wrote:

M & M paruppu inikku vegala pola irukke.

Aduppu sariya pattha vaikkalanu nenaikiren...
From: sivank on Wed Jan 28 8:06:21 2009.

vaLLal thushara 2 wide aduthu aduthu pottadharkku vaazhthukkaL
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 8:07:17 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Mendis \ Murali is not effective in a slow track, I am really surprised.
even last ODI series Murali had his career worst average in srilanka i guess. Mendis also was jus yet another bowler
From: sivank on Wed Jan 28 8:08:11 2009.

India wins. Dhoni
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 8:09:26 2009.

sivank wrote:

India wins. Dhoni
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 8:09:32 2009.

cool chases DhoniTM
From: directhit on Wed Jan 28 8:10:37 2009.

Gambhir
Raina
Ishant
MS
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 8:10:48 2009.

Well played,

Gambhir \ Raina \ Dhoni and Sharma.
From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 8:13:23 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Well played,

Gambhir \ Raina \ Dhoni and Sharma.

So, who is gonna sit out for next match....
Daredevil varran..
vetti paya yusuf-i veettuku anuppalam,..
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Wed Jan 28 8:16:42 2009.

Y.Pathan is a useful bowler Ramal. I think Munaf would be kicked out.
From: sivank on Wed Jan 28 8:50:20 2009.

In my opinion they should include Irfan by dropping Ohja. Spin can be managed by yusuf, yuvraj, viru, sachin, raina and rohit. Munaf should be left out for Viru
From: sgokulprathap on Wed Jan 28 9:00:45 2009.

From: omega on Wed Jan 28 10:04:04 2009.

sourav wrote:

Quote:

Mendis to Dhoni, 1 run, Free Hit Gives him the charge but Mendis holds the length back and Dhoni can only club it down to deep midwicket

DH...dhoni nalla aaduraan pola... tharai shots-a? LOL

avan bat pannale puzhuthi parakkum...antha kotthu kotthuvan pitch-i.. Laughing

The most graceless batsman. Awkward follow thru'.
But he gets the job done.

From: omega on Wed Jan 28 10:05:17 2009.

sourav wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga

Arai mandayan!

Ivanellaam yaaru ulla vithaathu?
Mavane ethavathu ICL, BPLllnu vilayada vendiyathuthaana...

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 10:07:59 2009.

omega wrote:

sourav wrote:

crajkumar_be wrote:

Onaan Adharmasena ozhiga Evil or Very Mad

Arai mandayan!

Ivanellaam yaaru ulla vithaathu?
Mavane ethavathu ICL, BPLllnu vilayada vendiyathuthaana...

sachin munnadi avan bowling-la adichathai manasula vacchitu out kuduthuttano...

From: Sourav on Wed Jan 28 21:00:49 2009.

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39, going on 20: Jayasuryia refuses to wilt
Jaideep Marar | TNN

Dambulla: At 40 when most people draw up retirement plans, Sanath Jayasuriya continues to redraw age limits. At 39 years and 212 days, he cracked a superb century in trying conditions here to become the oldest player to score an ODI ton. Former England opener Geoff Boycott had held the record at 39 years and 51 days when he scored a hundred against Australia at Sydney in 1979.
“Getting old and getting runs on the board is not bad,” he smiled when reminded about the age record. Where the younger members of the side failed on, Jayasuriya raised the bar. “I was struggling a bit today because it was very hot outside. I wanted to do bat for the first 10-15 overs and then carry on for a longer period which I did,” he said while reflecting on his innings today.
And he is not in any mood hang his boots. “I always want to play for my country and perform. Sometimes you don’t play that well and when you play well you need to get more runs on the board. That’s the goal I always think of whenever I get the opportunity.”
The milestones notwithstanding the senior statesman of the Lankan team was hurt that his team had finished on the losing side. “We need to put more pressure on the Indians. We need to take the catches,” he muttered.
The southpaw, who went past the 13,000-mark to become the second highest run-getter in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar, made light of the achievement saying, “you cannot think of records and play cricket, it is difficult. I am happy to have achieved the milestone of 13,000 runs. If we could have won this contest I would have been very happier,” he said.
Could’ve been better: Dhoni
Despite finishing on the winning side, the India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni felt a few grey areas remained. “It could have been better,” he said at the presentation ceremony while summing the Indian display.
“We lost a few (wickets) in the middle but Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and myself all came good in the end.”
Justifying the need to press part-time bowlers Raina and Rohit Sharma in the attack, he said, “Jayasuriya was tiring and I wanted him to try and force it than giving him the chance to use the pace of the ball.”
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From: ajithfederer on Wed Jan 28 21:03:25 2009.

Sridhar,

Very good avatar!!
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Jan 29 0:05:56 2009.

ajithfederer wrote:

Sridhar,

Very good avatar!!

Thanks maams, New shining red ball looks alluring. It always changes the flow of a test match.
From: Sourav on Thu Jan 29 0:29:53 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Sridhar,

Very good avatar!!

Thanks maams, New shining red ball looks alluring. It always changes the flow of a test match.

Zaheer khan kitta kodutha nalla theyi theyinu theychu old ball-a kodupparu...
From: Sanguine Sridhar on Thu Jan 29 0:47:52 2009.

Zaheer is the only Indian bowler who will use the new ball properly.
From: Sourav on Thu Jan 29 0:59:45 2009.

Sanguine Sridhar wrote:

Zaheer is the only Indian bowler who will use the new ball properly.
Oh...But, we have to scrape the ball repeatedly to reverse swing...right? I have read in dinamalar that zaheer used to bowl cross seamed deliveries in the first few overs to make the ball old very soon...then he can make the balls reverse swing within 10 overs...that was secret of his success...nu potturunthanuga...
From: SoftSword on Thu Jan 29 1:21:25 2009.

this could be one way of seasoning the ball...
but there are numerous other ways to make a ball reverse swing... cross seaming doesn always mean that they want to tamper the ball...

dhinamalar edhachum cricket sitela irundhu oru leaf edutthu konjam maanae thaenae potruppanga...

From: Sanguine Sridhar on Fri Jan 30 13:53:22 2009.

Sri Lanka v India, 2nd ODI, Colombo

Sehwag to play, Murali on verge of record

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/slvind2009/content/current/story/388369.html

Quote:

The only change for India is the return of Sehwag, in place of Rohit Sharma. Rohit made a calm, unbeaten 25 in Dambulla and supported Mahendra Singh Dhoni well during the run-chase, but on what is expected to be a good batting track, India are almost certain to retain the services of an extra bowler to contain the hosts.

India (probable) 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Munaf Patel.

Despite the loss in Dambulla, Sri Lanka are likely to go in with an unchanged side. Their middle order came good in the final two ODIs against Pakistan, and with their fast bowlers in good form, they'll probably resist the temptation to make a change after one defeat.

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Chamara Kapugedera, 7 Thilan Thushara, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Ajantha Mendis.