Showing posts with label Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2012-13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2012-13. Show all posts

Dec 28, 2012

Australia Big Win Test series against Sri Lanka at a Mcg


The Australia shown up is good and not at your best Sri Lanka by an innings and 201 runs to enclose up the series in the middle from end to end the third day of the second Test in Melbourne on Friday and Australia won test series and lead up 3 match series 2/0.

The Srilankan Trailing by 304 runs on the first innings, a attack Sri Lanka surrendered for 103 for seven off 24.2 overs with Kumar Sangakkara retiring hurt and out for the rest of the tour and the srilankan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene and fast bowlier Chanaka Welegedara were also unable to bat because of injuries.

Australia all rounder and paceman Mitchell Johnson subject the Test with six wickets and an unbeaten 92 and he was a show up man-of-the-match and the Johnson said,  that he went pretty hard at their batters with the short ball and they didn't like it.

The srilankan captain Jayawardene said that we were very disappointed with the way we performed. We require to sit down and discuss to concerning how we go about things for the rest of the series.

The Skipper Mahela Jayawardene said Sangakkara would have surgery for a fractured left index finger and would miss the rest of the Test and one-day games in Australia and the srilakan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene receiving a hairline thumb fracture when also struck by a Johnson delivery in the first innings.

Dec 17, 2012

Australia Shine First Test Win against Sri Lanka in Hobart


The first test match for sri lanka bowled out australia for 278 with star spinner Rangana Herath taking five wickets, send-off them with 393 runs to win at tea and sri lanka batting to stumps on 65 for two with a day to play KumarSangakkara's 18 came off 88 balls and skipper Mahela Jayawardene  (5) took 25 balls to get off the mark in until close up of play.

The tourist will have to look up on Australia highest victorious run chase at the Bellerive Oval of 369 against Pakistan in 1999 and the Sri Lanka's most winning run chase was 352 to beat South Africa by one wicket in Colombo in 2006.

The Australia Captain Michael Clarke added to Australia rising injury woes when he tweaked his right hamstring and was compulsory to retire hurt on 57 after reeling off his fastest Test half-century and he slow down followed paceman Ben Hilfenhaus's side strain which has unacceptable him from bowling again in the Test, still although he did bat in the second innings.

The Australia bowling well in the key wicket of first-innings centurion Tillakaratne Dilshan cheaply for 11 in the 10th over and he turned around his team first innings with a knock of 147, was caught behind off Shane Watson's first delivery.

Dec 6, 2012

Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2012-13

Date Match Details Time
(IST)
Place
Dec 14 Fri Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test05:00Hobart
Dec 26 WedAustralia v Sri Lanka, 2nd test05:00Melbourne
Jan 03 Thu Australia v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test05:00Sydney