Sri Lanka sweep series with their biggest win v New Zealand
:Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs to complete a 2-0 series sweep on Sunday, quelling some late fightback from the tourists in the second test in Galle.
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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Live Score Updates 1st Day 2
SL vs NZ Live Updates, 1st Day 2: Dinesh Chandimal's century in Galle powered Sri Lanka to 306-3 at stumps on Day 1 of the second Test against New Zealand. The veteran batter, who scored his 16th Test century, by Glenn Phillips in the final session after hitting 15 boundaries in his knock of 116 -- his sixth Test century at the picturesque venue and his 16th overall. Angelo Mathews (78) and Kamindu Mendis (51) will resume for the hosts on the second day. (Live Scorecard)
1st Time In 147 Years: Sri Lanka Star Sets World Record. Not Even Sunil Gavaskar Or Don Bradman Achieved It
The success story of Kamindu Mendis since he made his Test debut continues. The Sri Lanka star remained unbeaten on 51 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Galle on Thursday and in doing so he set a new world record. The 25-year-old star is now the first batter in the 147 year history of Test cricket to score a fifty-plus score in each of his first eight Tests since debut. Before him, Pakistan's Shaud Shakeel held the record as he had fifty-plus score is each of the first seven Tests that he played. Earlier, India's Sunil Gavaskar (6) jointly held the record with three others.
Glenn Maxwell Set To Return In Sheffield Shield, Confirms Will Sutherland
Victoria captain Will Sutherland has confirmed Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell will be available for a couple of Sheffield Shield matches in the early part of the summer as the allrounder wants to be back in Australia's Test set up for Sri Lanka tour in January and February next year. According to ESPNcricinfo, the 36-year-old cricketer is in England with Australia's ODI team and has not played any Sheffield Shield match for Victoria since February 2023 and has played two first-class matches in the last five years due to his white-ball duties and his leg injury.
Gillingham 1 Crystal Palace U21s 3: Bristol Street Motors match report - Marcus Wyllie scores after Jemiah Umolu, Franco Umeh and Hindolo Mustapha net for the Eagles
Gillingham were second best to Crystal Palace under-21s at Priestfield in their EFL Trophy group-stage match.
Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja's Replies To "Ever Watched Adult Material In VR" Go Viral
Some of the Australian cricketers, including the likes of Pat Cummins and Usman Khawaja, were went through a funny lie detector test recently. Videos of the test is going viral on social media as the cricketers were asked some personal questions too. Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, and Josh Hazlewood were the other members of the Australian cricket team, who were part of the lie detector test. The test took place during a 'Fletch and Hindy' show on the Fox Network. NDTV could not independently identify the credibility of it.
Watch: Australian Players Spill It All In Lie Detector Test; Glenn Maxwell's Secrets Out
Australian cricketers Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja and Josh Hazlewood went through a funny lie detector test. During the test, all the cricketers were asked some funny questions and a blue light on the buzzer would go up if the answer is correct. However, a wrong answer would see the a red light go up on the buzzer with the respective player getting a bit of electric shock. The players were asked several questions related to their personal lives, and during that they also spilled beans about several incidents related to another star Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell.
Swansea City 3-1 Gillingham: Hosts ease into round two after seeing off 10-man Gills
Swansea City held off a late fight back to ease their way into the second round of the Carabao Cup at the expense of 10-man Gillingham at the Swansea.com Stadium.