Monday 1 September 2014

Arthur Morris ( Australia)

Full name Arthur Robert Morris

Born January 19, 1922, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 92 years 225 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman


Batting and fielding averages
MatInnsNORunsHSAve100506sCtSt
Tests46793353320646.48121210150
First-class162250151261429053.674646730




 
Profile
The acme of elegance and the epitome of sportsmanship, Arthur Morris lost prime run-getting years to the war after the then unprecedented feat, as an 18-year-old, of scoring a hundred in each innings of his first-class debut in December 1940. By his first series against England in 1946-47, however, this calm and compact left-hander was close to the finished article, and scored three consecutive hundreds. He then outscored even Bradman in the Tests of 1948: only three Australians, in fact, have a better Ashes average. Once decoupled from his favourite partner Sid Barnes, Morris was a more spasmodic performer, although he ended a run of outs against England in January 1951 with his highest Test score, 206, and carried on molesting bowlers most civilly for another five years.
Gideon Haigh





Victor Trumper (AUS)

Full name Victor Thomas Trumper
Born November 2, 1877, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Died June 28, 1915, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales (aged 37 years 238 days)
Major teams Australia, New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium 



Batting and fielding averages

MatInnsNORunsHSAve10050CtSt
Tests488983163214*39.04813310
First-class2554012116939300*44.5742871730






Victor Trumper died at Sydney on June 28, 1915. Of all the great Australian batsmen Victor Trumper was by general consent the best and most brilliant. No one else among the famous group, from Charles Bannerman - thirty-nine years ago - to Bardsley and Macartney at the present time, had quite such remarkable powers. To say this involves no depreciation of Clem Hill, Noble, or the late WL Murdoch. Trumper at the zenith of his fame ch
For this reason Trumper was, in proportion, more to be feaallenged comparison with Ranjitsinhji. He was great under all conditions of weather and ground. He could play quite an orthodox game when he wished to, but it was his ability to make big scores when orthodox methods were unavailing that lifted him above his fellows.red on treacherous wickets than on fast, true ones. No matter how bad the pitch might be from the combined effects of rain and sunshine, he was quite likely to get 50 runs, his skill in pulling good-length balls amounting to genius. Of this fact our English bowlers had convincing evidence day after day during the season of 1902. Trumper paid four visits to this country - in 1899, 1902, 1905, and 1909 - but it was in 1902 that he reached his highest point.
In that summer of wretched weather he scored 2570 runs in thirty-five matches for the Australian team, with the wonderful average, in the circumstances, of 48. He was as consistent as he was brilliant, and did not owe his average to a few exceptional scores. Of eleven innings of over a hundred, the biggest was 128. Trumper did not again touch the same level in this country. He played very well in 1905 and 1909, but he was no longer pre-eminent. He was fifth in the averages in 1905, and in 1909 he was overshadowed by Bardsley and Ransford. In the latter year, however, he was seen at his best, notably against England at The Oval, when he played DW Carr's googlies with perfect ease, and in the second match against MCC at Lord's. When he came here first, in 1899, he jumped at once into the front rank, playing a splendid innings of 135 not out against England at Lord's and scoring 300 not out against Sussex at Brighton. His innings at Lord's was in itself sufficient to prove that Australia had found a world's batsman. Nothing could have been better.
His career culminated when the South Africans visited Australia in the season of 1910-11. He then recovered his finest form, and on the beautiful wickets at Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney the googly bowlers had no terrors for him. In the five Test matches he scored 662 runs, with an average of 94. It was agreed on all hands that he had not played so well since his trip to England in 1902. Under all conditions Trumper was a fascinating batsman to watch. His extreme suppleness lent a peculiar grace to everything he did. When he was hitting up a big score batting seemed quite an easy matter. He took so many liberties, however, and scored from so many good balls, that in order to do himself justice he had to be in the best possible health and condition. The strokes with which he drove even the best bowlers to despair demanded a marvellous union of hand and eye. His game at its highest point of excellence could only be played by a young man.
Trumper was the most popular Australian cricketer of his time. A match played for his benefit - between New South Wales and the Rest of Australia at Sydney in February, 1913 - produced in gate-money and donations nearly £3000. Born on November 2, 1877, Trumper was in his thirty-eighth year. He had been in bad health for some little time, and the latest accounts of his condition received in this country were so discouraging as to prepare his friends for the worst. He died of Bright's disease. Trumper was never spoilt by success in the cricket field. When his name was in everyone's mouth he remained as modest and unaffected as on the day he first set foot in England.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack



Sunday 24 August 2014

Sir Donald Bradman (Australia)


Full name Donald George Bradman
Born August 27, 1908, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Died February 25, 2001, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 92 years 182 days)
Major teams Australia, New South Wales, South Australia
Nickname The Don
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 5 ft 7 in
Unquestionably the greatest batsman in the game, arguably the greatest cricketer ever, and one of the finest sportsmen of all time, Don Bradman was so far ahead of the competition as to render comparisons meaningless and to transcend the game he graced. 

52 Test matches, 80 Innings, 99.94 the Highest Average ever, 29x100`s





Saturday 23 August 2014

History of cricket in Sri Lanka cricket team

The Sri Lanka national cricket team has played Test cricket from 1982. Domestic first-class cricket began in 1988.

Beginnings[edit]

Cricket was brought to the nation when it was colonized by the English. The first recorded cricket match was played in the country as for back as 1832. although the country then known as Ceylon was playing first class cricket in 1905,it was in the 1975 inaugural world cup that they made their international debut. They were humbled here losing to the west Indies by 9 wickets. They did however, turn heads at the same tour name at wit an excellent display in their match against Australia. Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, has an age-old civilization. It came under European influence and control after Dutch colonists arrived in the 17th century; although the interior hilly region of the island remained independent for over a century with its capital at Kandy. The British East India Company established control of the island in 1796, using war with France as its excuse for commandeering Dutch territory. Ceylon was declared a Crown Colony in 1802, but the island was never to be officially connected with British India. The fall of the kingdom of Kandy in 1815 unified the island under British rule.
As everywhere that the British arrived in numbers, cricket soon followed and it is reasonable to assume that the game was first played on the island by 1800.
Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972

Early developments[edit]

The earliest definite mention of cricket in Ceylon was a report in the Colombo Journal on 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1833 when it played against the 97th Regiment.[1]
In October 1882, Ivo Bligh's team played an odds game in Colombo[2] en route to Australia, where they "recovered those Ashes". In 1888–89, an English team led by George Vernon toured Ceylon and India, including an 11-a-side game against All-Ceylon at Kandy. In 1890, the Australian team en route to England played in Colombo.
First-class cricket in Ceylon became restricted to games against visiting touring teams, notably the English and Australian teams who used Ceylon as a stopover on the long voyage to each other's country. Douglas Jardine's infamous "bodylineteam" was there in 1932–33. Occasionally, teams representative of Ceylon played matches abroad, especially in India.
From 1953–4 until 1975-6, the Ceylon Cricket Association played a first-class match against Madras (latterly renamed Tamil Nadu) for the Gopalan Trophy. This fixture was played in Colombo roughly every two years, with one further fixture in 1982-3, alternating with the fixture being held in

International cricket[edit]

Throughout the 20th century, the game became increasingly popular in Sri Lanka and the national team won the ICC Trophy in 1979. On 21 July 1981, Sri Lanka was admitted to full membership of the ICC and was awarded Test Match status. The inaugural Test was played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo in February 1982 againstEngland but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets.
Sri Lanka won the 1996 Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia.

Domestic cricket[edit]

Premier Trophy[edit]

Main article: Premier Trophy
In 1938, the first domestic competition was established when 12 teams competed for the Daily News Trophy.[3] The tournament's title was changed to the P Saravanamuttu Trophy in 1950–51 and then the Robert Senanayake Trophy in 1976–77. After Sri Lanka began playing Test cricket in 1982, the inevitable sponsors came on board and the tournament was rebranded as the Lakspray Trophy for the 1988–89 season when, for the first time, it was designated first-class.
Subsequently, the title of P Saravanamuttu Trophy was resurrected from 1990 and since 1998 it has been called thePremier Trophy.
The Sinhalese Sports Club has won the tournament a record 29 times to 2006.
For a full list of winners from 1938, see : Premier Trophy.

Premier Limited Overs tournament[edit]

The first limited overs cricket tournament in Sri Lanka was the Brown's Trophy in 1988–89.[4] Only four teams competed in the inaugural competition: Sinhalese Sports Club (winners); Nondescripts Cricket Club (runners-up); Galle Cricket Club;Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club. The tournament was renamed the Hatna Trophy in 1990–91 and then given its current name Premier Limited Overs Tournament in 1998–99.
The competition to date has been dominated by three teams: Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club has won five times;Sinhalese Sports Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club have won four times each.
For a full list of winners from 1988, see : Premier Limited Overs Tournament.

Leading players by season[edit]

The lists below give the leading runscorers and wicket–takers in each domestic season.

Batsmen[edit]

  • 1988–89 – DSBP Kuruppu – 339 @ 113.00 (HS 126)
  • 1989–90 – WAA Wasantha – 519 @ 57.66 (HS 134)
  • 1990–91 – UNK Fernando – 656 @ 65.60 (HS 160)
  • 1991–92 – MC Mendis – 551 @ 78.71 (HS 177*)
  • 1992–93 – PA de Silva – 591 @ 53.72 (HS 143)
  • 1993–94 – MAR Samarasekera – 701 @ 50.07 (HS 191)
  • 1994–95 – MS Atapattu – 1302 @ 93.00 (HS 181)
  • 1995–96 – RP Arnold – 1430 @ 79.44 (HS 217*)
  • 1996–97 – RS Kaluwitharana – 1172 @ 73.25 (HS 179)
  • 1997–98 – MS Atapattu – 868 @ 96.44 (HS 223)
  • 1998–99 – TM Dilshan – 1027 @ 51.35 (HS 194)
  • 1999–00 – DA Gunawardene – 711 @ 41.82 (HS 140)
  • 2000–01 – RPAH Wickramaratne – 830 @ 51.87 (HS 139)
  • 2001–02 – DPMD Jayawardene – 1426 @ 89.12 (HS 274)
  • 2002–03 – SKL de Silva – 938 @ 42.63 (HS 133)
  • 2003–04 – TM Dilshan – 1284 @ 51.36 (HS 151)
  • 2004–05 – S Kalavitigoda – 885 @ 49.16 (HS 152)
  • 2005–06 – WMG Ramyakumara – 993 @ 62.06 (HS 150*)
  • 2006–07 – BARS Priyadarshana – 822 @ 43.26 (HS 140)
  • 2007–08 – NT Paranavitana – 1059 @ 81.46 (HS 236)
  • 2008–09 – AD Mathews – 1038 @ 79.84 (HS 270)
  • 2009–10 –AD MATHEWS

Bowlers[edit]

  • 1988–89 – SD Anurasiri – 24 @ 13.12 (BB 8–53)
  • 1989–90 – KPJ Warnaweera – 71 @ 13.47 (BB 7–16)
  • 1990–91 – FS Ahangama – 39 @ 14.89 (BB 5–44)
  • 1991–92 – GP Wickramasinghe – 38 @ 13.10 (BB 10–41)
  • 1992–93 – CM Hathurusingha – 35 @ 16.65 (BB 8–40)
  • 1993–94 – AMN Munasinghe – 46 @ 16.43 (BB 9–38)
  • 1994–95 – SD Anurasiri – 78 @ 15.67 (BB 8–90)
  • 1995–96 – M Jayasena – 67 @ 21.41 (BB 5–72)
  • 1996–97 – ADB Ranjith – 70 @ 16.40 (BB 9–29)
  • 1997–98 – UC Hathurusingha – 35 @ 16.17 (BB 7–55)
  • 1998–99 – PP Wickramasinghe – 76 @ 13.01 (BB 8–47)
  • 1999–00 – D Hettiarachchi – 55 @ 15.09 (BB 5–20)
  • 2000–01 – S Weerakoon – 80 @ 12.97 (BB 7–51)
  • 2001–02 – M Muralitharan – 87 @ 13.47 (BB 9–51)
  • 2002–03 – PN Ranjith – 69 @ 17.10 (BB 6–27)
  • 2003–04 – M Muralitharan – 96 @ 14.40 (BB 7–46)
  • 2004–05 – S Weerakoon – 52 @ 20.80 (BB 7–81)
  • 2005–06 – SADU Indrasiri – 60 @ 13.55 (BB 7–61)
  • 2006–07 – RMGK Sirisoma – 60 @ 15.50 (BB 7–42)
  • 2007–08 – BAW Mendis – 68 @ 10.51 (BB 7–37)
  • 2008–09 – S Weerakoon – 71 @ 20.35 (BB 7–40) and S Prasanna – 71 @ 20.70 (BB 8–59)
  • 2009–10 –

Pre-Test era International tours of Sri Lanka[edit]

Australia[edit]

Several Australian teams stopped and played matches in Ceylon while traveling to England and back.
In the aftermath of World War II, came the Australian Services cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1945-46, featuring Keith Miller who scored a century in Colombo. Miller returned as part of the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 which played a game in Colombo during a stopover on their voyage to England.
It was not until 1969–70 that another Australian team arrived in Ceylon. This team played one first-class match against the national Ceylon team before going on to India for a five-Test series.
The 1981 Australians to England played a match in Colombo against Sri Lanka only months before Sri Lanka achieved Test status.
During Sri Lanka's Test era, there have been five Australian tours of the country, four of which featured Test cricket. The visitors in 1996 were there to make up the numbers in a One Day International (LOI) tri-series against India and Sri Lanka. Australia reached the final of the tri-series but lost by 50 runs to Sri Lanka.

England[edit]

By 1911, there had been five English teams in Ceylon. Those were led by Ivo Bligh in 1882–83George Vernon in 1889–90WG Grace in 1891–92Lord Hawke in 1892–93; and Andrew Stoddart in 1894–95. The Bligh, Grace and Stoddart teams were en route to Australia while the Vernon and Hawke ventures took in Ceylon as part of visits to India.
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) teams have visited on no less than 23 occasions since 1911–12, most recently in 2000–01.
Other teams sent from England have been Sir Julien Cahn's XI cricket team in Ceylon in 1936-37DH Robins' XI cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1977-78 and English cricket team in India in 1984-85. The latter was a very short stopover by the England team en route to India.
The England national cricket team has played four Test series in Sri Lanka: 1981–82, 1992–93, 2000–01, 2003–04 and 2007.

India[edit]

The first Indian team to tour Sri Lanka was Elphinstone CollegeBombay, in 1903–04.[5]

1945[edit]

The India national cricket team visited Ceylon in April 1945 and played one first-class match versus Ceylon at thePaikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo.
The match was drawn on account of bad weather. India's team was a strong one captained by Vijay Merchant and including notable players such as Shute BanerjeeMushtaq AliLala AmarnathVijay Hazare and Rusi Modi.

1956–57[edit]

India visited Ceylon in November 1956 and played two first-class international matches versus Ceylon at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo:
The Indian team was captained by Polly Umrigar and included Nari ContractorSubhash GuptePankaj RoyA. G. Kripal Singh and Vijay Manjrekar.

1973–74[edit]

India toured Sri Lanka in January and February 1974. India played two first-class and two limited overs matches versus Sri Lanka and two further first-class matches versus the Sri Lanka Board president's XI. India defeated Sri Lanka at theSinhalese Sports Club Ground by 6 wickets but the other three first-class games were impacted by the weather and were drawn.

New Zealand[edit]

1937[edit]

All-Ceylon made 227 for 8 wickets with De Saram top scoring with a typical brick by brick innings of 90. Douglas Dias Jayasinha was the first man from the Southern Province to play for All Ceylonwho was an opening batsman was held back by S. Saravanamuttu the skipper, who felt it was too much of a gamble to risk sending the young man in, that early. He was a free scoring batsman at the time and since there was overnight rain on the SSC grounds they wanted a more sedate start than what D.D. promised. This they got through George Hubert and Louis Mendis. Eventually Jayasinha made his way to the wicket at the fall of the fifth wicket and made a patient yet uncharacteristic 24 runs in 45 minutes to help Derrick de Saram at the other end towards his mammoth individual score. In reply, New Zealand made 177 for 5 wickets with Vivien 68 not out and Walter Hadlee, father of Richard, himself making 18. That team also consisted of such well-known names as Martin Donnelly and Mervyn Wallace, all of whom had done so well in England just a few weeks before.

1984–85[edit]

New Zealand played two limited overs internationals versus Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the first match by 4 wickets and New Zealand won the second by 7 wickets.

Pakistan[edit]

1948–49[edit]

The Pakistan national cricket team visited Ceylon in April 1949 to play two first-class matches versus Ceylon. Both games were played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. Pakistan, captained by Mohammad Saeed, won the first match by an innings and 192 runs, Saeed himself top-scoring with 93. The great Pakistan bowler Fazal Mahmood took 4–15 as Ceylon were bowled out for only 95 in their second innings. Pakistan won the second match by 10 wickets despite some good batting by Ceylon in their first innings.

1972–73[edit]

Pakistan visited Sri Lanka in November 1972 to play a single first-class match versus the Sri Lanka national team at thePaikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. The match was drawn after being affected by rain. Pakistan, captained byIntikhab Alam, scored 262–8 declared and 48–3 declared. Sri Lanka scored 133 and 120–3.

1975–76[edit]

Pakistan toured Sri Lanka in January 1976 to play three first-class and two limited overs matches. Sri Lanka surprisingly won the opening first-class match at Colombo Cricket Club Ground by 4 wickets and then Pakistan won the second match at the same venue by the same margin. In between, Pakistan played the Sri Lanka Board president's XI at Asgiriya Stadium inKandy and they won this by 7 wickets.

1978–79[edit]

Pakistan, captained by Majid Khan, visited Sri Lanka in April 1979 to play a limited overs match versus the Sri Lanka national team. The match at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium was won by Pakistan by 55 runs after scoring 164–8 in their 40 overs. Sri Lanka in reply could only manage 109–8.

West Indies[edit]

1948–49[edit]

The West Indies cricket team visited Ceylon in February 1949 and played two first-class matches versus Ceylon. West Indies won the first match at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo by an innings and 22 runs after scoring 462–2 declared with centuries by Allan RaeEverton Weekes and Clyde WalcottPrior Jones took ten wickets in the match. The second match at the same venue was drawn, Rae making another century for West Indies.

1966–67[edit]

West Indies visited Ceylon in January 1967 and played a single first-class match at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadiumin Colombo versus Ceylon. The match was drawn. West Indies was captained by Gary Sobers who scored 115 in his team's only innings. Other centuries were scored by Basil Butcher and Clive Lloyd.

1974–75[edit]

West Indies visited Sri Lanka in February 1975 as part of a wider tour of India and Pakistan. Captained by Clive Lloyd, West Indies played two first-class matches against Sri Lanka, that were both drawn, and a limited overs match that West Indies won by 8 wickets.

1978–79[edit]

West Indies visited Sri Lanka in February 1979. The main first-class match with Sri Lanka at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo was drawn. West Indies had previously drawn a warm-up game against Sri Lanka Board president's XI at Colombo Cricket Club Ground. West Indies also played three limited overs matches.

Zimbabwe[edit]

1983–84[edit]

The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in December 1983. At this time, Sri Lanka had just achieved Test status but Zimbabwe had not. The Zimbabwe team played two first-class matches versus Sri Lanka Board president's XI atTyronne Fernando Stadium and a Sri Lankan XI at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. Both games were drawn. Zimbabwe also played three limited overs matches against the Sri Lankan XI.

Multi-national teams[edit]

1930–31[edit]

The Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (aka "Vizzy") raised a team that toured Ceylon in December 1930 and played three first-class matches against a team called Dr J Rockwood's Europeans XI at the Nomads Ground in Victoria Park, Colombo. The tourists won the first game by an innings & 259 runs. The other two games were drawn. Vizzy's team included some notable players, including the England opening partnership of Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe. Several good Indian players were involved, including CK Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali.

1949–50[edit]

Commonwealth XI cricket team visited Ceylon in February and March 1950 as part of a three-nation tour that also took in India and Pakistan. The team played two matches at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo against an All-Ceylon XI and against a Ceylon-India-Pakistan Combined XI. The tourists won the first match by an innings and 51 runs; the second match was drawn. Captained by Jock Livingston, who also kept wicket, the team had several well-known players including Frank WorrellGeorge TribeBill Alley and George Pope.

1950–51[edit]

Another Commonwealth XI cricket team visited Ceylon in February and March 1951. The team played two matches at thePaikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo against an All-Ceylon XI and against a Ceylon-India-Pakistan Combined XI. The tourists won the second match by 120 runs; the first match was drawn. Captained by Les Ames, who also kept wicket, the team had several well-known players including Frank WorrellDerek ShackletonSonny Ramadhin and Jack Ikin.

1967–68[edit]

An International XI cricket team toured Ceylon, India and Pakistan during the winter of 1967–68 and played one match in Ceylon versus the Ceylon Board president's XI at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. The International XI won by 194 runs. The team consisted of Mickey Stewart (captain), Roger Tolchard (wk), Derek UnderwoodDennis Amiss,Keith FletcherKhalid IbadullaHarold RhodesGamini GoonesenaKen SuttleHarry Latchman and Mike Denness. Ceylon had no answer to the guile of Underwood, who produced outstanding figures of 8–10 and 7–33.

Test, ODI & T20 series[edit]

Test[edit]

One-day International[edit]

Twenty20[edit]