Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (කුමාර් සංගක්කාර;குமார் சங்கக்கார;born 27 October 1977) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lankan national team. ^[1]

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist, AM (born 14 November 1971), nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is a former Australian international cricketer and former captain of Australian national team.

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Afghanistan national cricket team

The Afghanistan national cricket team (د افغانستان د کريکټ ملي لوبډله) (Persian:تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents is the 12th Test cricket playing Full Member nation.

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Aravinda de Silva

Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva (අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain.

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Arjuna Ranatunga

Deshamanya Arjuna Ranatunga (අර්ජුන රණතුංග; born 1 December 1963) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka.

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Australia national cricket team

The Australia national cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.

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Bangladesh national cricket team

The Bangladesh national cricket team (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ক্রিকেট দল), nicknamed The Tigers, is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

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Batting (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball with a cricket bat to score runs or prevent the loss of one's wicket.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Sport

BBC Sport is a department of the BBC North division providing national sports coverage for BBC Television, radio and online.

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Black July

Black July (translit; කළු ජූලිය Kalu Juliya) is the common name used to refer to the anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in Sri Lanka during July 1983.

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Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie "Baz" McCullum, (born 27 September 1981) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played all formats, and also a former captain in all forms.

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Brian Lara

The Honourable Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer.

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Caribbean Premier League

The Caribbean Premier League (abbreviated to CPL or CPLT20) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament held in the Caribbean.

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Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batsman.

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Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University (1952–1954), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–1976) and England (1954–1975).

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County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford

The Essex County Ground (ECG), is a cricket venue in Chelmsford, Essex, England.

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CricBuzz

CricBuzz is a sports news website and app covering the game of cricket exclusively.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cricket All-Stars

Cricket All-Stars (better known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket series took place in the United States in 2015.

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Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia.

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Daily News (Sri Lanka)

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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Dayasiri Jayasekara

Jayasekara Pathirannahelage Dayasiri Pathmakumara Jayasekara (දයාසිරි ජයසේකර) (born on 12 June 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician, and a singer.

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Deccan Chargers

The Deccan Chargers, or Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, known in short as DC, was a cricket franchise based in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

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Dhaka Dynamites

The Dhaka Dynamites (ঢাকা ডায়নামাইটস) are a franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), representing the country's Dhaka Division.

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Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

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Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014–15

The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 21 November to 16 December 2014 playing a seven-match ODI series against the Sri Lankan national cricket team.

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ESPNcricinfo

ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket.

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Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Faculty of Law, University of Colombo

The Faculty of Law (also known as The Law Faculty)(නීති පීඨය Nithi Pit-haya) is one of seven faculties of the University of Colombo.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.

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Galle International Stadium

Galle International Stadium (ගාල්ල ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගණය) (காலி சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் விளையாட்டு மைதானம்) is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka, situated near the Galle fort and fringed on two sides by the Indian Ocean.

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Garfield Sobers

Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Gary or Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974, and is widely considered to be cricket's greatest all-rounder.

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GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan Advanced Level (A-level), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification exam in Sri Lanka, similar to the British Advanced Level, conducted annually by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education.

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Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Graeme Smith

Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981) is a former South African cricketer, who played for South Africa in all formats.

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Gulf News

Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai.

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Hambantota

Hambantota (හම්බන්තොට, அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Ian Ward (cricketer)

Ian James Ward (born 30 September 1972) is a former English cricketer.

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ICC ODI Player of the Year Award

The ICC One-day Player of the Year is an annual award presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best One Day International player.

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ICC ODI Team of the Year

The ICC ODI Team of the Year is an honour awarded each year by the International Cricket Council.

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ICC Test Player of the Year

The ICC Test Player of the Year is an annual award, presented since 2004 by the International Cricket Council to the best Test player over the year in question.

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ICC Test Team of the Year

The ICC Test Team of the Year is an honour awarded each year by the International Cricket Council.

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India national cricket team

The India national cricket team, also known as Team India and Men in Blue, is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.

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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001

The India cricket team toured Sri Lanka between 18 July and 2 September 2001.

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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015

The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 6 August to 1 September 2015 to play a tour match and three Test matches.

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Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially Vivo Indian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by teams representing Indian cities and some states.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

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Island Cricket

Island Cricket is a sports website that contains news, photos, videos, blogs, columns and interviews relating to the Sri Lanka cricket team.

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Jamaica Tallawahs

The Jamaica Tallawahs are the representative team of Jamaica in the Caribbean Premier League of cricket.

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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

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Kandurata cricket team

Kandurata cricket team was a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kandy, that represented Central Province of Sri Lanka.

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Kandurata Maroons

Udarata Rulers (formerly known as Kandurata Maroons) is a franchise cricket team that takes part in the Super 4's T20 tournament which is a temporary installment of the Sri Lanka Premier League.

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Kandurata Warriors

The Kandurata Warriors was a franchise cricket team that competes in the Sri Lanka Premier League, representing Central Province.

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced; கண்டி, pronounced) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province.

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Karachi Kings

Karachi Kings (کراچی کنگز; ڪراچي ڪنگز) KK is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League.

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Ken Barrington

Kenneth Frank Barrington (November 1930March 1981), was an English international cricketer who played for England and Surrey in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a former English cricketer.

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Kings XI Punjab

The Kings XI Punjab (abbreviated as KXIP) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali, Punjab, that plays in the Indian Premier League.

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Lahiru Thirimanne

Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne (ළහිරු තිරිමාන්න; born 9 August 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, and a former ODI captain.

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Lalith Kaluperuma

Lalith Wasantha Silva Kaluperuma (born 25 June 1949, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan Test cricketer and ODI cricketer, who played first-class cricket from 1970 to 1983.

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Lancashire County Cricket Club

Lancashire Cricket Club, one of eighteen first-class county clubs in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales, represents the historic county of Lancashire.

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Leg before wicket

Leg before wicket (lbw) is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed in the sport of cricket.

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Limited overs cricket

Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket and in a slightly different context as List A cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day, whereas Test and first-class matches can take up to five days to complete.

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List A cricket

List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket.

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List of Sri Lanka national cricket captains

This is a list of all men, boys and women who have captained a Sri Lankan national cricket team at official international level.

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List of World XI ODI cricketers

The ICC World ODI XI was a team chosen by the International Cricket Council (ICC), representing the most talented One Day International cricketers playing international cricket at the time.

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Liverpool Victoria

Liverpool Victoria (which since May 2007 has traded as LV.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known simply as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Mahela Jayawardene

Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene (මහේල ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977), known as Mahela Jayawardene, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium better known as Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, සූරියවැව ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රීඩාංගනය), and abbreviately as MRIC Stadium, is an international cricket stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

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Mahindananda Aluthgamage

Mahindananda Aluthgamage (Sinhala:මහින්දානන්ද අලුත්ගමගේ), MP is the former Sri Lankan Sports minister.

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Maithripala Sirisena

Pallewatte Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena (මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන; மைத்திரிபால சிறிசேன; born 3 September 1951) is a Sri Lankan politician and the 7th and current President of Sri Lanka, in office since January 2015.

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Marvan Atapattu

Deshabandu Marvan Samson Atapattu (born 22 November 1970 in Kalutara) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain, who played Tests and ODIs for seventeen years for Sri Lanka.

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Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club, generally known as the MCC, is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England.

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Matale

Matale (Sinhala: මාතලේ, Tamil:மாத்தளை) often written as Mathale (pronounced Maathalé), is a large town in Matale District of the Central Province, of Sri Lanka.

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Michael Clarke (cricketer)

Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981) is a former Australian international cricketer.

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MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (commonly known as MS Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.

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Multan Sultans

Multan Sultans (Urdu, Saraiki/مُلتان سُلطانز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team.

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Mushfiqur Rahim

Mohammad Mushfiqur Rahim (মুশফিকুর রহিম; born 9 June 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team.

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Muttiah Muralitharan

Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (முத்தையா முரளீதரன், මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්; also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002.

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Navin Dissanayake

Navin Eranjan Dissanayake (born 9 September 1969) is a Sri Lankan politician, and the current Minister of Plantation Industries.

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Nicky Boje

Nico Boje (born 20 March 1973) is a former South African cricketer who played in 43 Tests, 115 One Day Internationals and single Twenty20 International for South Africa.

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Nondescripts Cricket Club

Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings.

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Off spin

Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in the sport of cricket.

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One Day International

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, usually 50.

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Pakistan national cricket team

The Pakistan national cricket team (پاکستان قومی کرکٹ ٹیم), popularly referred to as the Shaheens (شاہینز), Green Shirts and Men in Green, is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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Pakistan Super League

Pakistan Super League (پاکستان سپر لیگ; PSL) is a Twenty20 cricket league, founded in Lahore on 9 September 2015 with five teams and now comprises six teams.

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Peter Roebuck

Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 195612 November 2011) was an English cricketer who achieved later renown as an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator.

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Player of the match

In team sports, a player of the match, man of the match, or player of the game award is often given to the outstanding player in a particular match.

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Prasanna Jayawardene

Hewasandatchige Asiri Prasanna Wishvanath Jayawardene (Sinhala: හේවාසන්දච්චිගේ ආසිරි ප්‍රසන්න විශ්වනාත් ජයවර්ධන) (born 9 October 1979, commonly known as Prasanna Jayawardene) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test and ODIs.

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Press Trust of India

Press Trust of India (PTI) is the largest news agency in India.

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Quetta Gladiators

Quetta Gladiators (Urdu/کوئٹہ گلیڈی ایٹرز; د کوېټې گليډئيټرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the PSL.

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Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP (රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ, ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015.As Leader of the United National Party since 1994 and the Member of Parliament for Colombo District since 1977.

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Ranjith Madurasinghe

Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe (born 30 January 1961), pr Ranjith Madurasinghe, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played three Test matches and twelve One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between 1988 and 1992.

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Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer.

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Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO (born 19 December 1974), is a former Australian international cricketer, and two-time World Cup winning captain in 2003 and 2007, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

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Romesh Kaluwitharana

Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana (රොමේෂ් ශාන්ත කලුවිතාරණ; born November 24, 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 49 Test and 189 ODIs from 1990 to 2004.

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Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former captain of the Indian national team, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

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Sanath Jayasuriya

Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (සනත් ටෙරාන් ජයසූරිය; born 30 June 1969) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team.

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Scotland national cricket team

The Scotland national cricket team play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team.

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Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the year.

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Sledging (cricket)

Sledging is a term used in cricket to describe the practice whereby some players seek to gain an advantage by insulting or verbally intimidating the opposing player.

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000

The Test series ended 1-1 with 1 match drawn.

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Specsavers

Specsavers Optical Group Ltd is a British optical retail chain, operating globally.

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Sportskeeda

Sportskeeda is an all-sports website, with multinational audience and writers.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was first registered with the Ministry of Sports on 30 June 1975 as a national sports body.

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Sri Lanka national cricket team

The Sri Lanka national cricket team, nicknamed The Lions, is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International status.

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Sri Lanka Premier League

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (SLRC) (ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television), is the national television network of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka Triangular Series in 2010

The Tri-nation series in Sri Lanka in 2010 was the One Day International cricket tournament in Sri Lanka that was held between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the month of August 2010.

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Sri Lankan cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2011–12

The Sri Lanka cricket team and Pakistani cricket team toured UAE from 18 October to 25 November 2011.

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2010–11

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Australia between 31 October and 7 November 2010.

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season.

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Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England from 14 May to 9 July 2011.

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Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2009–10

The Sri Lankan team toured India from 11 November to 27 December 2009, playing three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is.

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Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015

The 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament.

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Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar (born 10 July 1949) is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

The SunRisers Hyderabad (often abbreviated as SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard.

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The Asian Awards

The Asian Awards is an annual award ceremony for the global Asian community which takes place in the United Kingdom, with 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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The Island (Sri Lanka)

The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.

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Thilan Thushara

Magina Thilan Thushara Mirando; (born 1 March 1981), or Thilan Thushara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats of the game.

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Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (තිලකරත්න ඩිල්ෂාන්; born Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan on 14 October 1976) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.

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Tissamaharama

Tissamaharama (Sinhala තිස්සමහාරාමය, Tamil திஸ்ஸமஹாராம) is a town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Tri-nation series in Zimbabwe in 2010

The Tri-nation series in Zimbabwe in 2010 (known as Micromax Cup and Zimbabwe Triangular Series 2010 too) was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in Zimbabwe that was between India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

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Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2009–10

The Tri-Series in Bangladesh in 2009–10 was a One Day International cricket tournament for the Idea Cup which was held in Bangladesh from 4 January to 13 January 2010.

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Trinity College, Kandy

Trinity College, Kandy, is a private school for boys in Sri Lanka founded in 1872 by Anglican missionaries, that offers primary and secondary education.

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UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE; دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), sometimes simply called the Emirates (الإمارات), is a federal absolute monarchy sovereign state in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team.

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Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag (born 20 October 1978) is a former Indian cricketer.

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Wally Hammond

Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.

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Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 13 November to 3 December 2001.

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Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and be ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises.

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Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season".

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.

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Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World

The Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World is an annual cricket award selected by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

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Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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1996 Cricket World Cup

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 after its official sponsors, ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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2001–02 Asian Test Championship

Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed in the second Asian Test Championship between August 2001 and March 2002.

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2005 ICC Super Series

The ICC Super Series 2005 was a cricket series in Australia in October 2005 played between Australia, the world's ranked number one side at the time, and an ICC World XI made up of the best non-Australian cricketers.

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2007 County Championship

The 2007 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two.

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2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2007) was the 9th edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International (ODI) format.

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2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

The 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team occurred on 3 March 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen, near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.

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2009 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October, at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Gauteng province.

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2009 ICC World Twenty20

The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in England in June 2009.

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2010 County Championship

The 2010 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 111th County Championship season.

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2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011) was the tenth Cricket World Cup.

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2011 LG ICC Awards

The 2011 LG ICC Awards were held on 12 September 2011 in London in England.

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2012 ICC World Twenty20

The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies.

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2014 Asia Cup

The 2014 Asia Cup (also known as Arise Asia Cup) was the twelfth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament.

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2014 ICC World Twenty20

The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in Bangladesh from 16 March to 6 April 2014.

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2015 County Championship

The 2015 County Championship season, known as the LV.

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2015 Cricket World Cup

The 2015 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015) was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015.

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2015 Royal London One-Day Cup

The 2015 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was the scheduled limited overs cricket competition for 2015 season of England and Wales first-class counties.

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2016 County Championship

The 2016 County Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 Specsavers County Championship), was the 117th cricket County Championship season.

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2016 ICC World Twenty20

The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC World Twenty20, the world championship of Twenty20 International cricket.

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2016 Masters Champions League

The 2016 Masters Champions League was the inaugural season of the Masters Champions League that took place from 28 January to 13 February 2016 in Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

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2017 County Championship

The 2017 County Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 Specsavers County Championship), was the 118th cricket County Championship season.

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2017 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was the eighth ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International (ODI) teams in the world.

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2017 Pakistan Super League

The 2017 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 2 or, for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2017), was the second season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2016.

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2017 Royal London One-Day Cup

The 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that forms part of the 2017 domestic cricket season in England and Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Sangakkara

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