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Sri Lankan cricket team attacked by terrorists

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screengrab_wideweb__470x3480 I have to admit that I’ve been disappointed with Australia not touring Pakistan since 1998, citing the tired old line of security concerns for the continued cancellations.

However, my view has now most certainly changed with today’s news that terrorists have attacked the Sri Lankan team bus!

At least eight players in the Sri Lankan national cricket team were hurt when masked gunmen fired on the team bus in Lahore while being driven to the Gaddafi stadium on Tuesday.

Thilan Samaraweera, scored back-to-back double centuries in this series, apparently has a thigh injury and is in hospital. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene was slightly wounded in the foot, another had been injured in the chest, and that veteran bowler Chaminda Vaas had been injured and “carried off on a stretcher”. Kumar Sangakkara is also amongst the injured

Five Pakistani policemen were killed, the city police chief said.

Needless to say the Test and tour will be canceled, and it’ll be a very long time before anyone plays cricket in Pakistan again. What a sad sad day for the sport.

How NOT to bowl at the death

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Chris Gayle must have thought he was onto a sure thing at the 49 over mark in the recent ODI.
He’s just given the ball to Chaminda Vaas who has figures of 9 overs, 4 maidens, 0/17. The Windies require 13 off his last over, and their number 10 Fidel Edwards has just walked out to face his first ball. Windies 8/1 to win.

Vaas bowls a low full toss that Edwards can’t dispatch – 13 needed from 5 – Windies 9/1 on.

Edwards manages to get the next one into a gap for a single bringing Shiv Chanderpaul back on strike. Still 12 from 4 needed but Shiv is set – Windies 2/1 favourites.

Another low full toss from Vaas, but horror of horrors Chanderpaul guides it to long-on and some good fielding restricts him to a single.. 11 needed from 3 with Edwards back on strick on 1(2). Windies 15/1 raging favourites.

Another low full toss from Vaas, Edwards manages to squeeze out a single to rotate the strike. It’s all in Chanderpaul’s hands with 10 needed from the final two deliveries – Windies 10/1.

Vaas overpitches another one and Shiv creams it through mid-off for FOUR! 6 required off the last ball to bring it home for the Windies.

I’ll let cricinfo call it in from here:

Vaas to Chanderpaul, SIX, This is the stuff of dreams! Of all times Vaas has to bowl a full toss! Chanderpaul waits for the gift, clubs that across the line and the ball just goes sailing over Jayawardene at deep midwicket. He waits and waits for the ball to clear the rope, a rather long and agonising one, he breaks out in celebration and the entire troupe from the dressing room rush onto the field

Tis the season to bash Pommies

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Deck the halls with Poms for bashing. Tra-la-lalala lala la la. The time is ripe to lay in the yule tide boot which reminded me of this Kiwi vodka advert which makes admirable effort.While bashing Poms has long been one of my favourite hobbies, at least they used to make it a challenge. It’s hard to put into words just how pathetic their effort in the second test in Sri Lanka has been, fortunately the Left Arm Chinaman has taken care of that thankless task

Well. Just when you thought that the viscous, pulsating flow of faeces that constitutes life couldn’t get any thicker, the England cricket team thicken the mix by collapsing to 21 all out.

Yes, a stirling performance by the great unwashed to welcome in the rebuilt Galle ground. After watching Jayawardene accumulate 213 not out, the Lankans declared on 499 leaving 8 overs before lunch to find that the benine pitch they’d been milking for 7 sessions is in fact possessed.

Vaughan played a captains knock and led his men from the front with a hard earned run before shouldering arms to one that trapped him in front. With just 5 overs to go till the lunch break one could have been forgiven for showing caution, however Vaughan had asked for a collapse and his loyal followers were eager to provide just that. Cook was inspirational and orchestrated the run out of Ding Dong Bell before surrendering his own wicket in the 6th over. Not even saffa pom could stop the rout, falling to Malinga the next over. Lunch was kind enough to find them 4/22 needing just 277 to avoid the follow on.

Collingwood held up an end in defiance of Vaughan’s orders however wickets steadily fell at the other end before the collapse was complete at the 81 marker. Had the not been kind enough to provide 12 extras a total of 69 was on the cards.

So.. they’ve got two days to find some backbone and learn to bat, otherwise we’ll be seeing a change in the world rankings with Sri Lanka climbing to 2 and the Poms dropping to 5. Nice.

A true champion of Sri-Lankan Cricket

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Before you think I’ve gone all politically correct it’s not the chucker, this is about a true champion. Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas is playing his 100th test and has just demolished the Pomlandian top order, he’s currently got 3/15.

And as one of the 2BL commentators said during the Hobart test for which he was inexplicably rested, they’re not shy of names these Sri Lankans, are they.

More about Patabendige over at Cricket-Blog.com