DUBAI: Spinner Maheesh Theekshana has recovered from injury in time for Thursday’s ICC Twenty

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ABU DHABI: Former T20 World Cup champions Sri Lanka survived an early batting collapse before blowing away debutants Namibia by seven wickets in their first Group ‘A’ fixture on Monday.... Sri Lanka lost three wickets within the batting Powerplay for 26 runs before avoiding further hiccups by reaching 100-3 in 13.3 overs after Namibia were blown away for 96 in 19.3 overs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.... Bhanuka Rajapaksa, dropped on 18 at fine leg, went on to score an unbeaten 42 for Sri Lanka

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Title-holders Sri Lanka outlasted a rampaging Afghanistan by just two runs in a dramatic finish to reach the Asia Cup Super Four stage on Tuesday. Advertisement image/ svg+ xml Openclipart Close Button 2013-09-18T11: 23: 45 A round black close button with a white, thick, X in the center.... https:// openclipart. org/ detail/ 183568/ close-button-by-henrikhoff-183568 henrikhoff black close button cross icon white x Needing to overhaul a target of 292 in 37.1 overs to oust Sri Lanka on net run-ra

Jos Buttler hit the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup as England effectively booked their semi-final spot with a 26-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday. Buttler's unbeaten 101 — his maiden century in 86 T20 internationals — steered England to 163 for four after being invited to bat first in Sharjah. England bowlers led by Adil Rashid then combined to bowl out Sri Lanka for 137 in 19 overs and remain unbeaten with four wins in the Super 12 stage to stay top of the group. Only South Africa

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a last ball thriller in the first Twenty20 Intern-ational in Colombo on Sunday. Requiring six runs off the last two balls, tail-ender Dush-ma-ntha Cham-eera smashed a bou-ndary off the penultimate ball. Then he pushed the last ball to square leg, scampering for two runs to keep Sri Lanka’s unbeaten record against Zimbabwe in T20Is intact. Sri Lanka owed the win to 36-year-old former captain Angelo Mathews who, playing hi

A team may be blessed with the fastest bowlers, most destructive batsmen, wiliest spinners and sharpest fielders, but will the fate of the T20 World Cup rest merely on the outcome of the coin toss?... Until Friday, nine out of 10 second round Super 12 matches at the tournament had been won by the team batting second. The only exception was Afghanistan's 130-run rout of Scotland in Sharjah where they won the toss, batted first, piled up 190 before dismissing their opponents for just 60 in a shad

“ He picked up where he left off.... “ We fancied our chances when they had to chase 195.... King c K.D. Mendis b A.M. Fernando 16E....

For that to happen, President Muizzi has to go.” Regional expert Jonah Kaplan, of the Sibylline strategic risk group, said: “ What the opposition parties are really looking for is to get a two-thirds majority, which would enable them to file impeachment proceedings.... But we have seen him respond to the pressure by backtracking on some of his rhetoric, saying recently that India will remain the Maldives' closest ally.... " He added:" The reality is that the Maldives need both China and India,