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1st Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1555th Test match in cricket history

20-Aug-2001•Rajneesh Gupta

Indian news round-up

Stylish left handed batsman Vivek Kolambkar will lead the Goa Cricket Association team which will take part in the Moin-Ud-Dowlah Gold Cup invitational cricket tournament to be played in Hyderabad from September 2 to 14

20-Aug-2001•Staff and Agencies

Srinath will be fit in three weeks, says doctor

Indian pace spearhead Javagal Srinath should be fit in three weeks, noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr HPC Khincha indicated in Bangalore on Monday

20-Aug-2001

India cannot be bullied into taking part in ATC: Uma Bharti

India on Monday said it will not be bullied into participating in the Asian Test Championship

20-Aug-2001

Bell, Vincent, Marshall grind MRF attack

It was an agonising day for the bowlers, spin and pace alike, at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Monday

20-Aug-2001•Staff Reporter

Balaji bowls Jolly Rovers into quarterfinals

Jolly Rovers took only three overs on Sunday morning to wrap up their MRF Buchi Babu invitation cricket tournament first round tie against Indian Airlines by an innings and 108 runs at the IIT-Chemplast ground

19-Aug-2001•Staff Reporter

Indian news round-up

Mumbai-based international umpire BC Jamula has been elected as the president of The Association of Cricket Umpires in India

19-Aug-2001•Staff and Agencies

BCCI denies `private understanding' with Azharuddin

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday denied it had made any offer to former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin to lift the life ban imposed on him

19-Aug-2001

Dilhara Fernando - a new headache for India

As if Sanath Jayasuriya and Muthiah Muralitharan were not enough, India now have to contend with the firepower of Dilhara Fernando too in the next two Tests

19-Aug-2001

Gavaskar's doubts unfounded, says Perry

Roland Perry on Saturday asserted that his chronicle of the Dream Team was an authentic version of Sir Donald Bradman while seeking to put at rest doubts raised by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar

19-Aug-2001

Indian news round-up

Inaugurating the Board of Control for Cricket in India's two-day 13th all India Umpires' seminar in Mumbai, Gavaskar said players should learn to respect the decisions of umpires so that the game can go on smoothly as cricket is considered to be a

18-Aug-2001•Staff and Agencies

New Zealand win nail-biter, enter quarter finals

The New Zealand A-Mumbai Cricket Association XI match promised to be a close one

18-Aug-2001•Staff Reporter

India should quit ACC, say BCCI members

Irked by the pressure tactics of the two continental cricket bodies regarding participation in the Asian Test Championship, some senior Board of Control for Cricket in India members demanded that the country pull out of the Asian Cricket Council

18-Aug-2001

Sri Lankan fast bowler reported for suspect action

Suresh Perera, the Sri Lanka fast-medium bowler, has been reported for asuspect bowling action by umpire Steve Bucknor to International CricketCouncil (ICC) match referee Cammie Smith, according to a Sri Lanka cricketboard release on Saturday.This is

18-Aug-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka name unchanged squad for Second Test

The Sri Lankan selectors have named an unchanged 16-man squad for the Second Test against India in Kandy which starts Wednesday

18-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Mumbai-New Zealand match intriguingly poised

A strong reply by the Mumbai Cricket Association XI ensured that their MRF Buchi Babu cricket tournament first round match against New Zealand A remained evenly poised at the end of the second day's play at the Guru Nanak grounds, Chennai on Friday

17-Aug-2001•Staff Reporter

Sri Lanka go one-up in series with thumping 10-wicket win

This morning, the sturdy ramparts of the Galle Fort were bedecked with red flags in preparation for a radical political rally this evening

17-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

I was taught to respect umpires' decision very early: Gavaskar

17-Aug-2001

Borde blames bowlers for dismal performance

While the batsmen failed to put up a decent score in either innings, selection committee chairman Chandu Borde chose to attack the bowlers for India's humiliating 10-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle on Friday

17-Aug-2001

India will come back from defeat: Ganguly

After a humiliating loss, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly came up with some brave words and predicted that India would come back into the three-Test series against Sri Lanka just as they did against the mighty Australians earlier this year

17-Aug-2001

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