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Jan19

Sri Lanka feels squeeze as sponsors take flight

by wasim on January 19th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Posted In: Cricket, Cricket Srilanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economic slowdown has taken its toll on the island’s hugely popular sport of cricket as long-term sponsor disappear, sports minister Gamini Lokuge said on Monday.

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Jan19

Pakistan braces for Mendis & Murali

by wasim on January 19th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Posted In: Cricket, Cricket Pakistan, Cricket, Cricket Srilanka

KARACHI: Sri Lankan spin magicians Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis loom as major threats for Pakistan in their three-match one-day series which opens here Tuesday.

The 36-year-old Muralitharan, already the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with 769, will have the extra motivation of overhauling the tally of one-day wickets, currently held by Pakistan’s Wasim Akram with 502.

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