Maiden T20 win on home soil:
Dilshan 'ton' pilots Lanka to easy victory
A blistering century by skipper Tillakaratne
Dilshan, followed by some wicket to wicket bowing helped Sri Lanka
to beat Australia by 35 runs in their first Twenty20 international
played under lights at Pallekele International Stadium in Kandy
yesterday. It was Sri Lanka’s maiden T20 international victory on
home soil.
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The show has served the youngsters well
Any schoolboy cricketer’s dream is to represent
the country at the highest level and this show which has been
existing over three decades has served the purpose of so many
youngsters to achieve their ultimate goal. These were the sentiments
of M.T.A. Rauff the Secretary of the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket
Association with regards to the Sunday Observer/ Mobitel Schoolboy
Cricketer of the Year Show.
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India's Dravid makes surprise ODI comeback
Rahul Dravid was Saturday recalled to the Indian
squad for next month's one-day series against England, but the
injured Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh were left out. Middle-order
batsman Dravid played his last one-dayer in September 2009, but got
the selectors' nod following his impressive performances in the
ongoing four-Test series in England.
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Lord Woolf to head ICC review
Lord Harry Woolf, formerly one of England’s top
judges, will lead an independent review into the governance of the
International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s ruling body said
Thursday. Woolf, who until 2005 was the Lord Chief Justice in
England, the country’s senior criminal judge, will look at the way
the ICC handles investigations into corruption and its code of
ethics.
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