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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st T20, Hambantota - Teams seek early boost before bigger tests
Friday, 1 June 2012 - 4:23 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Siddhartha Talya
May 31, 2012
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Friday, June 1, 2012
Start time 1900 (1330 GMT)
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The Twenty20 series at the start of the tour is a good opportunity for the teams to try out players they`d have in their plans for the World Twenty20 later in the year, but just two games are unlikely to produce definitive answers. There are more elaborate preparations being made elsewhere for the competition Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and South Africa will soon take part in an unofficial triangular Twenty20 series, Bangladesh have also asked Ireland to arrange for five Twenty20s in July, there is a Sri Lanka Premier League planned for August and several Indian and overseas regulars have already benefited from the IPL.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd T20, Hambantota - Pakistan aim to square series
Sunday, 3 June 2012 - 7:32 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Devashish Fuloria
June 2, 2012
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Start time 1900 (1330 GMT)
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Pakistan landed in Sri Lanka with a new captain and a new coaching set-up. But then some old problems returned to trouble them. In the tour opener, the Pakistan batsmen squandered a good opportunity to take a lead in the two-match series. On Sunday, they can at best aim to square the series.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Pallekele - Sri Lanka hope to reverse UAE defeat
Thursday, 7 June 2012 - 2:17 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran
June 6, 2012
pic :Misbah-ul-Haq and Mahela Jayawardene with the trophy their teams are playing for AFP
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Thursday, June 7
Start time 1430 (0900 GMT)
The Big Picture
The drawn Twenty20 series in Hambantota, in which there was little to separate the teams, has set up the five-ODI contest nicely. The pattern of both T20s was the same: the batsmen made just enough runs and the bowlers used the swing and seam available in the evenings to defend modest targets.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Pallekele - Another tough test awaits batsmen
Saturday, 9 June 2012 - 2:33 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran
June 8, 2012
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Saturday, June 9
Start time 1430 (0900 GMT)
The Big Picture
Weren`t the limited-overs formats, especially in the subcontinent, supposed to be a batsman`s game? The two Twenty20s in Hambantota and the first ODI in Pallekele have all been about the bowlers though, with the batsmen being tested in seaming conditions reminiscent of cricket in the early English summer. The frequent rain interruptions during Thursday`s one-dayer added to that impression.
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Toughen up on human rights or we`ll change the law, May tells judges who refuse to deport foreign criminals
Monday, 11 June 2012 - 3:31 PM SL Time
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By Steve Doughty
PUBLISHED: 00:13 GMT, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 06:55 GMT, 11 June 2012
pic : Talking tough: Mrs May on the Andrew Marr show yesterday
Theresa May yesterday declared war on judges who refuse to deport foreign criminals because of their human rights.
The Home Secretary said the courts should stop allowing overseas prisoners, law-breakers and illegal immigrants to stay in Britain on the grounds that they have a right to a family life.
She promised a vote in Parliament to ram home to judges `what the public believe` and persuade them `to take into account what Parliament has said`.
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`Idyllic` Olympics opening ceremony revealed
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 - 8:51 PM SL Time
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`Idyllic` Olympics opening ceremony revealed
(AFP) 3 hours ago
LONDON London`s Olympic Stadium will be transformed into a rural British idyll for the Games opening ceremony on July 27, organisers said on Tuesday.
The ceremony`s artistic director Danny Boyle -- whose film `Slumdog Millionaire` won eight Oscars -- said the 27 million ($42 million, 33 million euro) ceremony would give Britons `a picture of ourselves as a nation.`
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 3rd ODI, Colombo - Tussling teams chase consistency
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 - 2:16 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran
June 12, 2012
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Wednesday, June 13
Start time 1430 (0900 GMT
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After the Twenty20s in Hambantota and two ODIs in Pallekele, the series now shifts to Sri Lanka`s third World Cup venue - the R Premadasa Stadium. It`s hard to predict how the third ODI will pan out: almost nothing seemed to go Sri Lanka`s way in the first one-dayer when they limped to 135 for 8, but two days later, and on the same pitch, their batting was back to near its best and they piled up a match-winning score.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Colombo - Rain threat looms large again
Saturday, 16 June 2012 - 3:07 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Abhishek Purohit
June 15, 2012
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Saturday, June 16
Start time 1430 (0900 GMT)
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There was a time when winning the toss did more for a side`s chances at the R Premadasa Stadium than its performance in a day-night match did. Batting under lights at the erstwhile Khettarama ground was so difficult that teams invariably chose to bat, and invariably won. And then came the 2011 World Cup. The playing square was relaid. New floodlights were installed. And the ghost of the Premadasa chase was laid to rest. With the white ball not doing as much at night now, the last five ODIs at the ground have been won by the side batting second. With the final two games of this ODI series to be played here, it evens things out further for these two well-matched sides.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Colombo - Stunned Pakistan seek to save series
Monday, 18 June 2012 - 3:18 PM SL Time
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The Preview by Siddhartha Talya
June 17, 2012
pic : Sri Lanka`s bowling looks in good shape AFP
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Monday, June 18
Start time 1430 (0900 GMT)
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Pakistan`s batsmen deprived their team of a chance of winning the series, collapsing to lose seven wickets for 13 runs after reaching a position of advantage in the chase in the fourth ODI. An implosion of that nature can be dispiriting, the painstaking yet determined progress by their captain and an emerging top-order talent decimated by the ineptness of those followed. Not too long ago, in 2009 in Sri Lanka, such collapses cost Pakistan the Test series they have another game to get their batting in order before the Tests.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle - Sri Lanka, Pakistan have point to prove
Friday, 22 June 2012 - 9:50 AM SL Time
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The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran
June 17, 2012
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June 22-26, Galle
Start time 1000 (0430 GMT)
pic : Pakistan will have bad memories of facing Rangana Herath in Sri Lanka in 2009 AFP
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Certain pre-series predictions have come to nothing at the conclusion of the ODIs. Recent form suggested that Pakistan began the one-dayers with an upper hand before the first ball was bowled, but in the course of two weeks, the balance shifted quite comprehensively. As a result, the Test series begins with an air of caution for Pakistan, despite their form in Tests being reassuring. They`ll do well to remember that they are taking guard in a format that has rewarded them for their doggedness and consistency. Since the tour of England in 2010, they haven`t conceded a series in their next seven, that run including a 3-0 whitewash of the No.1 ranked England in February this year.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 1st day
Saturday, 23 June 2012 - 10:11 AM SL Time
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Sri Lanka top order pummels Pakistan
The Report by Siddarth Ravindran
June 22, 2012
Pic: Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara began the Test series with hundreds Associated Press
Sri Lanka 300 for 2 (Sangakkara 111*, Dilshan 101, M Jayawardene 55*) v Pakistan
Nine months ago, the ICC had said a `better balance between bat and ball (needs to be) achieved` after a Galle dustbowl made life difficult for batsmen. Today, on an unexpectedly sunny day in Galle, Sri Lanka reached stumps at a commanding 300 for 2.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 2nd day - Sri Lanka take charge after wicket frenzy
Sunday, 24 June 2012 - 9:15 AM SL Time
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The Report by Siddarth Ravindran
June 23, 2012
Pic: Kumar Sangakkara became only the second batsman in Test history to be stranded on 199 AFP
Pakistan 48 for 5 (Randiv 2-5, Kulasekara 2-15) trail Sri Lanka 472 (Sangakkara 199*, Dilshan 101, M Jayawardene 62, Ajmal 5-146) by 424 runs
After the first day in Galle, the score was 300 for 2 on the second day, 13 wickets went down for 219 runs. Those contrasting statistics, however, did nothing to change the overall status of the match: Sri Lanka continue to boss the game, first piling on 472 (their highest total against Pakistan in Sri Lanka), and then raising more questions about the fragile Pakistan batting by taking out five early wickets.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 3rd day - Sri Lanka take big strides towards victory
Monday, 25 June 2012 - 9:14 AM SL Time
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The Report by Siddarth Ravindran
June 24, 2012
Pic: Suraj Randiv picked up 4 for 13 in the first innings AFP
Pakistan 100 (Randiv 4-13, Herath 3-30) and 36 for 3 need another 474 runs to beat Sri Lanka 472 and 137 for 5 dec (Dilshan 56, Junaid 3-44)
Sri Lanka continued to maintain a vice-like grip on the Galle Test on the third day, but instead of pushing for the kill after bowling out Pakistan for 100, they inexplicably decided to bat again. Even a 372-run first-innings lead, the forecast for rains over the next couple of days and a relatively fresh bowling attack that had bowled for less than two sessions were not enough to convince Mahela Jayawardene to enforce the follow-on.
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Cassini Finds Likely Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon Titan
Friday, 29 June 2012 - 1:15 AM SL Time
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pic: This artist`s concept shows a possible scenario for the internal structure of Titan, as suggested by data from NASA`s Cassini spacecraft. Image credit: A. Tavani
PASADENA, Calif. -- Data from NASA`s Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn`s moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its ice shell.
Researchers saw a large amount of squeezing and stretching as the moon orbited Saturn. They deduced that if Titan were composed entirely of stiff rock, the gravitational attraction of Saturn would cause bulges, or solid `tides,` on the moon only 3 feet (1 meter) in height. Spacecraft data show Saturn creates solid tides approximately 30 feet (10 meters) in height, which suggests Titan is not made entirely of solid rocky material. The finding appears in today`s edition of the journal Science.
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC, Colombo
Saturday, 30 June 2012 - 9:25 AM SL Time
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Misbah returns with Pakistan`s unbeaten run at stake
The Preview by Abhishek Purohit
June 29, 2012
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June 30-July 4, Colombo
Start time 1000 (0430 GMT)
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A team that has not won any of its previous eight Test series, following the retirement of its greatest bowler, against a team that has been unbeaten in its previous seven. No contest? Recent history suggested so but current form prevailed in the first Test. Like they had in the ODIs, Pakistan`s batsmen proved brittle again, against Nuwan Kulasekara and Rangana Herath, and against umpires Steve Davis and Ian Gould. Would Pakistan have imploded had Sri Lanka`s top-order batsmen not been reprieved by the umpires in the first innings?
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, SSC, Colombo, 1st day
Sunday, 1 July 2012 - 9:13 AM SL Time
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Benign pitch, bloodyminded batsmen ruin SL gamble
The Report by Sidharth Monga
June 30, 2012
pic: Mohammad Hafeez came back to form, and made it a big one AFP
Pakistan 334 for 1 (Hafeez 172*, Ali 92*, Taufeeq 65) v Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka ventured, but didn`t gain. When they won the toss, they could have easily strapped their pads on and added to their already impressive records on the SSC sleeping beauty. However, they chose to try to exploit whatever juice there might have been in the first session and to put pressure on a batting line-up that has proved brittle on this tour. Milking rocks has proved easier.
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