Angelo Mathews the hero

Honours to Sri Lanka :

In a First of Three Tests that saw fluctuating fortunes, the Sri Lankans turned the game on its head from being hunted to hunters to hold Pakistan to a draw and walk off the field with their heads held high at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, here today.

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Advantage to Lankans who must dominate Second Test

Mathews marvellous and magnificent :

Now that the Sri Lankans have made a great escape and drawn the First of Three Test matches against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, it should give them the much needed confidence to do better in the Second Test in Dubai starting on January 8. It was one of the best knocks from a captain played by Angelo Mathews, helped by admirable supporting roles from vice captain Dinesh Chandimal and Prasanna Jayewardene that helped in the great escape.

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Mathews praises fighting spirit of the team

It was a jubilant Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathdews who faced the press at the end of the drawn First Test that ended in Sri Lanka’s favour and said: “First off all we had to make sure that we could save the game. We did not want to get into a losing position. We knew wicket was not playing that much. We made sure we got to 300 first,” said skipper Mathews when asked whether he expected to bowl out Pakistan in 67 over by declaring.

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Australia on brink of Ashes whitewash over England

Australia were closing in on a 5-0 Ashes sweep after demolishing England's batting and pushing their lead to 311 runs after just two days of the final Sydney Ashes Test on Saturday. The relentless Australians blasted out the hapless tourists for 155 --the fifth time England had been dismissed for less than 200 in the series -- and set their sights on batting them out of the game with three days to play.

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