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| To beat the
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 Even a huge warrior like Napoleon failed to do it. This soldier who changed a phase in the world’s history could never come back to Waterloo’s and show his oppressors how to win a war and become the greatest warrior of them all. Could our own fighting machine Muttiah Muralitharan with nine more scalps to go could reach that magical land mark in Australia and beat Shane Warne’s haul of seven hundred and eight wickets... |
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| Lankan teenagers join the party |
| The Sri Lanka Under 19 team emulated the seniors when they defeated the Bangladesh Under 19 side by six wickets in the second and final Youth test match concluded at the Police grounds in Colombo yesterday. |
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| Wizard Murali in 700th heaven |
 Mesmerised by the spin of Muttiah Muralitharan and submerged by a deluge of runs from Sangakkara and Jayawardena, Bangladesh succumbed meekly by an innings and 193 runs in the third test match at the Asgiriya International Stadium yesterday. With this effort Sri Lanka completed her 50th Test match victory while Murali joined his spin counterpart Shane Warne in the 700 Test wicket slot – an achievement par excellence. |
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| Farbrace chosen as assistant coach |
| It looks like another Englishman is going to replace the position of assistant coach Trevour Penny. Fielding specialist Paul Farbrace – the former wicket keeper of the English county Kent now has been singled out to take over the position of the Assistant Coach of the Lankan National team. |
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