Who Would Have Thought It – When Sri Lanka crashed to 6 for 5

In this post, we look back at an extraordinary, low-scoring ODI encounter between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The match in question was the final of a short four-match triangular series, played at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National Stadium on 16th January 2009. Bangladesh started the tournament off the wrong foot, losing to Zimbabwe by 38 runs […]

Specials – Ten T20 World Cup records from 2007 that still stand

The men’s T20 World Cup is back after a long hiatus – it has been five and a half years since Carlos Brathwaite smoked those four sixes off Ben Stokes to give the West Indies their second title. Widely considered as a hit-and-giggle jamboree when it arrived in 2007, the tournament has since completed five […]

Record Book – Bangladesh’s ODI wins against Sri Lanka

The World Cup Super League resumes this Sunday, with Bangladesh hosting Sri Lanka. The three-match series assumes importance for both teams as they look for crucial points on the road to the 2023 World Cup. The two teams have contested 48 ODIs since their first meeting in 1985-86, of which Bangladesh have won only seven. […]

Record Book – Best bowling on Test debut for Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama bowled his way into the record books with an incredible display on Test debut against Bangladesh at Pallekele. The 22-year-old returned figures of 11/178 – the first instance of a Sri Lankan taking ten wickets on debut. Likewise, his 6/92 in the first innings also created a new national […]

Specials – Revisiting the 2000 Asia Cup

It has been two decades since the seventh edition of the Asia Cup was contested in Bangladesh. The quadrangular ran from May 28 to June 7, with all seven matches played under lights at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka. The defending champions were Sri Lanka, who had emerged victorious on their own soil in […]

Record Book – Sri Lanka’s highest successful Test chases

Sri Lanka’s World Test Championship campaign got off to a positive start last week, as they beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first Test at Galle. Thanks to captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s determined knock of 122, the islanders chased down 268 to win the match, thus completing their fifth highest successful Test chase. […]

Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 3

In this third of a five-part series on the matches that shaped the 1999 edition of the World Cup, we look back at the best that the final phase of the tournament’s group stage had to offer. Johnson’s superb all-round show – South Africa v Zimbabwe, Group A, Chelmsford Zimbabwe qualified for the […]

Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 2

As the 2019 World Cup rolls on, we continue our five-part series on the matches that shaped the 1999 edition of the tournament, after having begun the nostalgic ride in Part 1. Tendulkar’s courageous century – India v Kenya, Group A, Bristol Following defeats to South Africa and Zimbabwe, India’s chances of going […]

Specials – Associate nations at the World Cup, Part 1

Thanks to the International Cricket Council’s retrograde decision to reduce the number of the teams at the World Cup, the 12th edition of the showpiece event, set to begin in England on May 30, will feature only ten teams – the least number of teams since the 1992 edition. More tellingly, it will […]

Specials – Best of the 1999 World Cup, Part 1

With the 2019 World Cup almost upon us, it is great time to rewind to two decades back, when England last hosted the showpiece event. Besides featuring some riveting contests and quality performances, the 1999 World Cup, played primarily in England with a few fixtures in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands, was also […]