SANATH JAUASURIYA 152 RUNS VS ENGALND
Hashim amla wicket by pradeep
In 140 years of Test cricket, there have been a total of 2,243 Tests. In this period, there have been batsmen who have gone past 10,000 runs in Tests. There have been bowlers who have taken over 500 wickets. However, in the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Port Elizabeth, one batsman entered a very unique club. (SCORECARD)
On the third day of the first Test, in the 51st over of South Africa’s second innings, Nuwan Pradeep and Hashim Amla became part of history. In the sixth ball of the over, Pradeep bowled a full and straight delivery on middle and leg stump, Amla looked to work it to mid wicket but missed and was struck on the pad. Sri Lanka appealed and Amla was given out LBW. This was the 10,000th instance of a batsman being dismissed LBW in Tests.
SEEKKUGE PRASANNA BEST BATTING
When he walked out as Sri Lanka's No. 3, his eighth batting position in 24 ODI innings, Seekkuge Prasanna had an ODI average of 9.19. No one would have imagined that he would come within one blow of breaking one of Sri Lankan cricket's most cherished records.
On April 2, 1996 in Singapore, Sri Lanka played their first match since the country's World Cup win, in Lahore. Liberated by the moment, Sanath Jayasuriya doubled down on the methods that had contributed to Sri Lanka's most famous day, and ravaged a 48-ball century.
The record has held for two decades without serious challenge: besides Jayasuriya himself, no other Sri Lankan has scored an ODI ton in under 70 balls. Yet Prasanna belied his lack of batting pedigree to come closer than anyone else.
His very first ball hinted at the violence that was to come. An offspinner from Andy McBrine looped up invitingly, and was smited over long off for an emphatic six. The shot spoke of how the situation empowered Prasanna to heave from ball one: he was promoted up the order after Kusal Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka had added 147 for the opening wicket.
Each of Prasanna's heaves over the legside boundary seemed more emphatic than the last. If the shots lacked finesse, they made up for it with timing and power: one nonchalant pick-up off Boyd Rankin over square leg was particularly imperious, seeming to mock the man stationed for the exact shot.
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KHOLI ANGRY MOOD IPL 2017
New Delhi: Skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed for a first-ball duck as Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for the lowest team total in Indian Premier League history and lost the match convincingly to Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Sunday night.
KKR bundled out RCB for a paltry 49 as Gautam Gambhir's men won the match by 82 runs in their own backyard.
Kohli was out on the third ball of the RCB innings itself, after he chased a wide delivery by Nathan Coulter-Nile and gave away an easy catch to Manish Pandey in the slip cordon.
After his soft dismissal in the first over, a visibly upset Kohli first pointed towards the sight-screen and then expressed his displeasure to the umpire, that some people were moving while the ball was being bowled.
Kohli was furious while we was going off the field and even when he sat down in the dug-out, he let his feelings known to the world.
Later in a post-match conversation with Mike Hussey, Kohli clarified that some people were moving behind the sight-screen and they distracted him which resulted in his dismissal.
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