On April 29, 1997, Sri Lanka’s Aravinda de Silva became the first man to score two unbeaten hundreds in a Test — a record he alone holds till date. The innings didn’t result in victory for his side, but it emphasised the incredible form he was in the middle of. Karthik Parimal summarises the Test that homes de Silva’s heroics.
April 29 2013, 1:25 pm
Read MoreFormer captain Aravinda de Silva on Saturday, chose to react diplomatically over Sri Lankan cricketers' exclusion from the IPL matches in Chennai by stating that the players were grown up enough to take their own decisions in life.
April 6 2013, 4:29 pm
Read MoreSri Lanka played brilliantly as a team in the 1996 World Cup and in a fitting finale beat Australia in the title clash on March 17, 1996. H Natarajan who covered the match from Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, captures the most defining moment in Sri Lankan cricket history.
March 17 2013, 6:58 pm
Read MoreOn March 6, 1996, Sri Lanka battered a hapless Kenyan side, amassing 398 runs in 50 overs, the highest in limited-overs cricket at the time. Quite a few records were broken during the course of the game, mostly through the stylish Aravinda de Silva, who scored a staggering 145. Karthik Parimal looks back at the eventful World Cup fixture.
March 6 2013, 9:06 am
Read MoreFormer leading Sri Lankan cricketer and cricket selector Aravinda de Silva Friday slammed critics of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament, insisting that the event had met its expectations.
August 31 2012, 9:22 pm
Read MoreBy Kushan Sarkar India might have bowled out Pakistan for a paltry 128 in the World Twenty20 but Sri Lankan batting great Aravinda de Silva feels that the Mahindra Singh Dhoni-led side has a weak bowling attack, besides also lacking in variation.
October 2 2012, 1:10 pm
Read MoreBy CricketCountry Staff Former Sri Lanka cricketer Aravinda de Silva hopes that the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) unlike its equivalent –Indian Premier League(IPL) and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) does not wallow in the payment-related issues.
August 10 2012, 11:18 am
Read MoreMinnows Afghanistan go into their World Twenty20 clash against reigning champions England on Friday night with their morale boosted by a pep talk from two former greats of the game.
September 21 2012, 12:36 pm
Read MoreIn a must-win league encounter of the Asia Cup at Sharjah on April 9, 1995 Sachin Tendulkar scored an attacking hundred against Sri Lanka to bolster India’s net run-rate at Sharjah and improve their chances of reaching the final. Sarang Bhalerao revisits Tendulkar’s swashbuckling hundred.
April 9 2013, 11:28 am
Read MoreOn April 7, 1996, Sanath Jayasuriya, few days after smashing the fastest century in ODIs, plundered the Pakistani attack again to register the fastest fifty in overs-limit format this time, during the final of the 1996 Singer Cup. At one point, it looked as though the island nation would overtake the target within 20 overs, but it wasn’t meant to be. Karthik Parimal revisits the astonishing innings.
April 7 2013, 10:16 am
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