The Dilshan: An audacious scoop, seemingly fraught with danger, played against the fast bowlers to send the ball over the wicketkeeper’s head © AFP 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan: 317 runs, average 52.83 Dilshan took over the mantle of Sri Lanka’s most dangerous opener from Sanath Jayasuriya, thrilling spectators and confounding bowlers with his innovative batting. He [...]
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The top crop by Cricinfo includes Ajantha
June 25, 2009 at 8:47 am
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Dilshan powers Sri Lanka to final : Ajantha took 2 for 9
June 20, 2009 at 1:57 am
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Sri Lanka 158 for 5 (Dilshan 96*) beat West Indies 101 (Gayle 63*, Mathews 3-16, Muralitharan 3-29) by 57 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Tillakaratne Dilshan swings away another boundary during his unbeaten 96 © Associated Press It will be an all-Asia final at the ICC World Twenty20 after Sri Lanka maintained their unbeaten record by [...]
Sangakkara banks on team unity
June 19, 2009 at 5:22 am
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Kumar Sangakkara: “The greatest plus for us in the dressing room is we don’t have egos.” © AFP They are both called island teams but the similarity ends with the terminology. While the West Indies as we know it is a collection of disparate countries coming together largely for cricketing purposes, Sri Lanka is one [...]
