2011 World Cup our next target: Dilshan

After guiding his team to a comprehensive 9-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the final of the tri-series, Sri Lanka’s stand-in skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan said that the Islanders are now targeting the 2011 World Cup, to be played in the Asian sub-continent, while adding the youngsters performing so well in the tri-series bodes well for the team’s preparation for the mega event.

Dilshan ton leads Sri Lanka to tri-series title

Sri Lanka finally put an end to Zimbabwe’s fairytale run in the tournament, with Sri Lankan skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan leading from the front, scoring an unbeaten century and helping Sri Lanka register a thumping 9-wicket win against the African nation to lift the tri-series title.

Getting test status back our first aim: Brendan Taylor

When the tri-series featuring India, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka was announced, everyone thought it was just a purposeless tournament. In fact, both India and Sri Lanka decided to rest a lot of their senior players for the series but as it turns out, the tri-series has turned out to be one of the most important ones ever in the history of Zimbabwe cricket.

Taylor century leads Zimbabwe to comfortable win over Sri Lanka

Who would have thought in their wildest of dreams that Zimbabwe would finish the league stage of the tri-series, in which the other two teams were the No.2 ranked India (now No.3) and No. 6 ranked Sri Lanka, at the top of the table and that too with a comprehensive margin! Zimbabwe finished off the league stage winning all their 50-over matches, two against India and one against Sri Lanka, losing only one match in the tournament, which was truncated to 26-overs a side due to rain.

India takes on Sri Lanka in do-or-die encounter

After suffering defeats in both the matches against Zimbabwe in the group stage, India’s chances of reaching the finals of the tri-nation series are hanging on a loose thread and they would need to win against Sri Lanka today and win with a big margin, if they want to stay in the hunt for a spot in the final.

Raina blames batsmen for second consecutive loss to Zimbabwe

After suffering another humiliating loss against Zimbabwe in the ongoing tri-series, Indian skipper Suresh Raina blamed the batsmen in general and the openers in particular for the team’s back-to-back loss against Zimbabwe, a first in the history of International Cricket.

Inspired Zimbabwe annihilate India again

After Zimbabwe had beaten India in the first match of the tournament, I had said that it was no upset and that the better team won. Well, just to reiterate the point and to prove that the first win wasn’t a fluke, Zimbabwe once again demolished India, this time even more convincingly with a bonus point, which now makes them frontrunners to reach the finals of the tri-nations tournament. For the first time in the history of International cricket, Zimbabwe registered consecutive wins over the Indians as the home team crushed the visitors by seven wickets in the fifth match of the tri-series in Harare.

Dilshan, bowlers humble Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s coach, Alan Butcher, said after the match, “Frankly, today we were rubbish.” Well, that just summed up the day for Zimbabwe. The same team which comfortably chased down 285 in the opening game of the tournament against India was bundled out for 118 by Sri Lanka in a rain-affected 26-over-a-side match and the islanders didn’t have any trouble chasing down the small target, with skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan scoring an unbeaten 60 to guide them home in just 15.2 overs with nine wickets in hand.

Rain threatens Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka one-dayer

Prolonged downpour over Queens Sports Club today delayed the start of the scheduled tri-series match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Bulawayo.

I am hungrier for runs after two consecutive hundreds: Rohit Sharma

After guiding India to a thumping seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma on Sunday said that after the two consecutive hundreds in this series, he is hungrier for more runs.

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