CNN (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
National captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Chamara Silva all have contracts with the IPL, as have Farveez Maharoof, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Several top Sri Lanka players including captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya and Upal Tharanga have signed lucrative three-year deals to play in the Twenty20 IPL tournament.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
... was 20-year-old Monish Parmar, who has hit the headlines more often than not for his action. A Muttiah Muralitharan clone, he has both the conventional off-spinner and the doosra. The other similarity is that Parmar, like the Sri Lankan legend, has been under constant scrutiny with the microscope on the degrees at which his elbow bends while bowling. But today, all talk was about...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
... The hastily arranged tour is opposed by top Sri Lankan players like captain Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara, who want to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April-May. The players argued their IPL contracts were signed before the England tour was finalised, and said they stood to lose thousands of dollars if they did not take...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... wickets at an average of 29.33. It is the third-highest tally in history, behind fellow spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. In 271 ODIs, Kumble picked up 337 and is now just 50 short of 1,000 international wickets.Asked, who is the man to replace Kumble, Akram said: "Dhoni is the man."
Booksellers Association (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
What do Jim Thome, Mats Sundin, Jeff Burton, Gary Neville, Wasim Akram, Manny Ramirez, Muttiah Muralitharan and Trevor Hoffman have in common? They are sporting heros who in their own sport have a chieved a 500 milestone. When we finished the Brave New World report in late 2006 and started to write this blog, we never expected to be here some ninety weeks later, still writing. This is...
Sify (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... wickets at an average of 29.33. It is the third-highest tally in history, behind fellow spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. In 271 ODIs, Kumble picked up 337 and is now just 50 short of 1,000 international wickets. Asked, who is the man to replace Kumble, Akram said: "Dhoni is the man."
India eNews (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... wickets at an average of 29.33. It is the third-highest tally in history, behind fellow spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. In 271 ODIs, Kumble picked up 337 and is now just 50 short of 1,000 international wickets.Asked, who is the man to replace Kumble, Akram said: 'Dhoni is the man.'(Staff Writer, © IANS)
http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
CricInfo.com - 18 hours agoThe Test side's failures against Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan had slashed expectations about the one-day side exponentially, but on the night of August 27, when a huddle of men yelled and shrieked at the Premadasa Stadium, almost everyone ... Cricketnext.com Indiatimes
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... itself.But seen in the light of the last two one-day tournaments, and the hold Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan exerted during the Test series and the first ODI, the triumph grows in stature.Dhoni has been helped in this series by Zaheer Khan’s remarkable form with the ball in helpful conditions, but the captain has led from the front, directing a tense chase in the second...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
... team reach a competitive total on a slow pitch. The hosts hardly felt the absence of main spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and seamer Chaminda Vaas as Kulasekara and Mendis did the job. Muralitharan and Vaas were rested. “It was good to win the series with a game to spare,” said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was named man of the series for scoring 193 runs in five matches....
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
India’s pacemen caught the Lankan batsmen on the wrong foot as Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel made fine comebacks in the seriesMUMBAI: With 16 wickets between them, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel have made a fine comeback after missing out on the action for different reasons. The one-day series was supposed to be an extension of the Tests, with Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan set to...
Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
The success of the two bowlers is special, as they may not have got as much playing time had Lasith Malinga and Farveez Maharoof been in the squad. Thushara, tall and lanky, and Kulasekera, short and bustling with energy, have been two distinct bright spots for Sri Lanka in the one-day leg of this series. While far more illustrious names like Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan have...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
... team reach a competitive total on a slow pitch. The hosts hardly felt the absence of main spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and seamer Chaminda Vaas as Kulasekara and Mendis did the job. Muralitharan and Vaas were rested. "It was good to win the series with a game to spare," said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was named man of the series for scoring 193 runs in five matches....
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
... were hard to find.But Mahela Udawatte — one of three changes for Sri Lanka, with Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Tillakaratne Dilshan sitting out — formed a left-handed alliance with opener Malinda Warnapura, and soon Sri Lanka was motoring along.Udawatte — who stands upright, bat dangling, as opposed to Warnapura’s round-shouldered open stance — chanced his arm, throwing...
