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  • New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test Day 3: Live Scores and Updates

    NZ vs SL, 2nd Test Day 3: Live Scores and Updates

  • SL vs AUS 2nd Test, Day 4: Sri Lanka rating 500-plus runs in opposition to Australia for the primary time since 1992

    Sri Lanka achieved the feat on Day 4 of the Test match, because of a double century by Dinesh Chandimal. The wicketkeeper-batter performed a formidable knock to stay unbeaten on 206 as Sri Lanka folded for 554.

    Dinesh Chandimal smashed a double Test century in opposition to Australia. (Courtesy: Reuters)

    HIGHLIGHTSSri Lanka scored 554 runs of their 1st inningsDinesh Chandimal smashed a double century1992 Sri Lanka workforce had declared on 547/8

    Sri Lanka on Monday created historical past within the ongoing second Test match in opposition to Australia on the Galle International Stadium, registering 500-plus runs in opposition to the Down Under facet for the primary time since 1992.

    The Dimuth Karunaratne-led Sri Lanka workforce achieved the feat on the fourth day of the Test match, because of a double century by Dinesh Chandimal. The wicketkeeper-batter performed a formidable knock to stay unbeaten on 206 as Sri Lanka folded for 554 runs.

    Sri Lanka have set the goal of 190 for Australia, who had gained the primary Test by 10 wickets final week on the identical venue.

    Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis missed out on their respective a whole bunch, whereas Angelo Mathews and Kamindu Mendis smashed a fifty every in Sri Lanka’s first batting innings. Karunaratne and Mendis scored 86 and 85 earlier than Mitchell Swepson and Nathan Lyon eliminated them in an area of almost 10 overs.

    The second Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia is Kamindu’s Test debut for the island nation. The solely different time Sri Lanka managed to succeed in 500 runs in opposition to Australia within the longest format was 1992.

    The then Arjuna Ranatunga-led Sri Lanka workforce had declared on 547 for the lack of eight wickets. However, the workforce nonetheless misplaced the match to Allan Border’s Australia by 16 runs.

    The 1992 Sri Lanka workforce had three centurions – Arjuna Ranatunga (127), Asanka Gurusinha (137) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (132*) – of their first batting innings. However, within the second innings, Sri Lanka collapsed in entrance of Greg Matthews and Shane Warne and the island nation was bundled out for under 164.

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  • Sri Lanka’s high cricketers locked in bitter pay dispute with nation’s board

    Sri Lanka’s main cricketers led by Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne together with host of senior gamers, together with Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews have refused to signal the central contracts provided by the board which they imagine is way much less in comparison with different nations.
    If the dispute will not be sorted in the end of time, it may effectively have an effect on Sri Lanka’s bilateral sequence with India in July, the place six white ball matches is anticipated to fill the coffers of a cash-strapped cricket board of the island nation.
    An announcement from the legal professional representing nearly all high gamers together with the Test skipper Karunaratne, Mathews, Chandimal and others mentioned remuneration proposed to gamers are one third in comparison with another cricket enjoying nations as per Federation of International Cricket Association (FICA) report.
    The SLC this week mentioned that 24 of the main gamers had been provided contracts below 4 classes they usually had been given a deadline till June 3 to signal on dotted strains.
    In the classes launched solely six gamers are within the class A and their annual pay ranges between USD 70,000 to 100,000. Batsman Dhananjaya de Silva attracts highest – 100,000 with the remainder of them have been to obtain 70-80,000 US {dollars}.
    Just for comparative evaluation, India’s group C (lowest class) centrally contracted gamers yearly earn a retainership payment of Rs 1 crore (USD 137,000).
    The Sri Lankan gamers mentioned in a joint assertion that they have been “shocked and dismayed” by SLC’s resolution to go public with particular cost particulars of gamers.
    They really feel that public disclosure has affected their peace of thoughts.
    “These disclosures amount to a grave security concern to each and every player,” it said.
    The chairman of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the SLC Aravinda de Silva advised reporters that they have been compelled to make harsh resolution based mostly on the previous performances of the gamers.
    “We wanted to have a key performance indicators for the players so that we could evaluate them,” De Silva mentioned including that the brand new pay scheme was an incentive based mostly contract,
    The gamers nevertheless refused to take your entire blame for Sri Lanka’s shoddy performances over time.
    They keep the directors and the .native construction have been contributory elements to Sri Lanka’s decline in worldwide rankings.