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 MoreOn May 9, 1959, one of the finest Sri Lankan fast bowlers named Asantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel was born at Colombo. He was the torchbearer of the Sri Lankan attack when the country played its first Test match. He picked up 59 wickets in 17 Test matches at a time when Sri Lanka played few games. Sarang Bhalerao revisits Asantha de Mel’s cricketing days.
May 9 2013, 4:09 pm
Read MoreThe one-seater Lamborghini Egoista Concept gate-crashed Lambo's 50th birthday party.
May 13 2013, 4:42 pm
Read MoreOn April 10, 2003 Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored the fourth-fastest hundred of all time at Bourda. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the day when the all-conquering Australians were bludgeoned by the person they had least expected to.
April 11 2013, 2:43 pm
Read MoreBy Rajesh Ramaswamy Why should only the players be penalised for a wrong decision or a mistake? Why not the umpires too? This will help weed out bad umpires and reward good ones. And please don't give me a load of bull like" Umpires make honest mistakes... its part of the game, the batsman has to accept it" etc, etc...
June 4 2011, 2:37 pm
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
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