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March 5, Colombo, Start time 2.30 pm (0900 GMT) It would be great to see Australia playing against Sri Lanka in the world cup game after a long time. Last time Australia got a chance to play Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka was denied due the security concern raised by the Australian cricket side. But that was the only sorry part, in the same world cup 2007 they meet each other in the final and after a thrilling match Sri Lanka become the world cup winners. 2011 world cup is not being good for the Sri Lanka side, they beat the minors quite easily but struggled against the strong side like Pakistan, worst part was they gave wickets to the spin bowlers. So this is the match to keep the expectations high as there are many who are considering them to be the world cup winner for 2011. Sri Lankan bowling needs to be better though Malinga is the man for them other needs to bowl better two. Australia who always played like champions in the world cup got defeated by the Indian side in warm-up

December 3, 2007 Sanath Jayasuriya finally called it a day for test cricket, the opener from Sri Lanka who storm the international bowler with his power hitting made a stylish 78 in his last inning of test cricket against England in Kandy. He immediately announces retirement from test cricket after he back from playing this inning. “This is the right time to retire,” Jayasuriya Confirmed, and added “There are some young guys coming up, and I wanted to go while on top, Life without cricket will be tough, but I will sill be playing one day cricket and contributing to the team. He is right in his decision as in recent past his test record is below his standards. Jayasuriya has played 109 tests with a avg. of 40.02 that include 14 tons, 340 being his highest. He has also captured 97 wickets in these matches. Jayasuriya hit the purple patch in his international carrier in 1996 world cup, where he demonstrated the power of his stroke play. More of Jayasurya’s stats…