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Ashantha de Mel

Cricket World Cup 2019: Sri Lankan team refuses to attend post-match press conference, faces ICC sanction

Dimuth Karunaratne's team is likely to face a penalty from the ICC for their no-show.

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Cricket World Cup 2019: List of players who have scalped most five-fors

Cricket World Cup 2019 -- We take a look at players, who have scalped the most number of five-fors at the global showpiece event.

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Cricket World Cup 2019: List of players who have scalped most five-fors

Cricket World Cup 2019 -- We take a look at players, who have scalped the most number of five-fors at the global showpiece event.

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Cricket World Cup 2019: List of players who have scalped most five-fors

Cricket World Cup 2019 -- We take a look at players, who have scalped the most number of five-fors at the global showpiece event.

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12 instances in ODIs when a bowler took two consecutive five-wicket hauls

It’s very rare for a bowler to scalp two consecutive five-wicket hauls in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). On Sunday, Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman became the 10th bowler to achieve the feat.

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An XI of cricketers who have played other sports at international level

A list of exceptionally talented sportspeople who made themselves in various sports alongside cricket.

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Ashantha de Mel: Sri Lanka’s first bowling spearhead

Ashantha de Mel bowled the first ball for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. He took two five-fors in World Cup 1983. He also represented Sri Lanka in bridge in Commonwealth Games.

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Ashantha de Mel: A fast bowler who also represented his country in bridge

On May 9, 1959, one of the finest Sri Lankan fast bowlers named Asantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel was born at Colombo. He was the torchbearer of the Sri Lankan attack when the country played its first Test match. He picked up 59 wickets in 17 Test matches at a time when Sri Lanka played few games. Sarang Bhalerao revisits Asantha de Mel’s cricketing days.

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