Sri Lanka’s Dananjaya reported for suspicious action

Sri Lanka off-spinner Akila Dananjaya was reported over a suspect bowling action during the first Test which England won by 211 runs, the International Cricket Council said Sunday.

“Dananjaya’s bowling action will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to suspected illegal bowling actions reported in Tests, ODIs and T20Is,” the governing body of the sport said in a statement.

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#Dananjaya reaches career-best 21st position in @ICC ODI rankings

Sri Lankan and South African players move up after their latest ODI series, with Nepal and Netherlands also featuring in the latest update.

Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya has made prominent gains in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings, after finishing a five-match home series against South Africa in style on Sunday.

The 24-year-old’s match-winning haul of six for 29 in the final match in…

Though Spieth, Kisner and Mcilroy made all the moves on 2nd round, Indian Shubhankar Sharma also left a mark. He was struggling at 5 over at one stage but bounced back to end at 2 over par. He thereby became youngest Indian to make the cut at a golf major. He would be one player who would be tracked in golfing circle in future. In 3rd round, first player who made the mark was the man, the legend himself, TIGER WOODS. He carded a brilliant 5 under. He hit 6 birdies and 1 bogey in his best round in majors in last 7 years. Last time when he hit a 5 under in a major round was in 2011. He even briefly took share of lead at 6 under but dropped the shot 1 hole later. At the end of round 4, he was 4 shots behind lead. In British open, that is achievable as lead can vanish with so many tough holes and bunkers around. Defending champion Jordan Spieth took control with a classy 6 under round of 65. He shared lead of 9 under with Kisner and Schauffele . Kisner has been leader at the end each round so far. But things could change dramatically on final day. Kevin Chappell was at 7 under , 2 shots behind leaders. Molinari ended day at 6 under after he scored 65 in 3rd round. Rory Mcilroy and Fleetwood were among 7 players who were at 5 under. 13 players take top 6 spots and of that, 8 players were Americans. All in top 4 players were Americans. Will another Amercican win major for 5th time in a row? Will Tiger come out of Woods finally? Can Mcilroy win his first major since 2014? Can Fleetwood break the American stronghold on majors and give Europe some momentum going into Ryder Cup? 22-Jul will have answers for all these mind-blowing questions.

India survive Dananjaya brilliance to beat Sri Lanka

India’s captain Virat Kohli celebrates with his teammates at the dressing room after they won the second one-day international match between Sri Lanka and India, in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, on August 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters PALLEKELE: Akila Dananjaya’s career-best 6-54 was in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in their second one-day international to go 2-0 up in the five-match series on…

<p>India won the toss again and chose to bat again. Lanka started well again and they choked again. They had a 41 run opening stand. Against the run of play, Bumrah dismissed Dickwella. Dhawan caught a good catch. Chahal then put brakes on proceedings. Mendis and Gunathilaka struggled to rotate the strike.In the process he dismissed both to reduce Lanka to 81-3.Pandya put Lanka in further trouble as Lanka captain Tharanga's woeful form continues. Lanka 99-4. Mathews tried hard but trapped in front by Axar. Lanka 121-5. When it looked like Lanka would get allout again and again not play full quota of overs, Siriwardana and Kapugedera kept their calm and ensured that rotate strike. Runs kept coming though run rate dropped. They had 91 run stand. Lanka were 212-5 with 5+ overs left. Lanka looked good to get 260+. But Bumrah's final spell yielded 3 wickets and lanka just managed 236. Due to rain, match was reduced to 47 pvers. India needed 231. Rohit and Dhawan were hardly troubled as was expected. They had a century stand. Just when it looked like India could win under 30 overs like in first ODI, Dananjaya trapped Rohit. India 109-1. Dhawan then fell for 49. India 113-2. Kohli kept himself down. Sent Rahul and Jadhav ahead. Jadhav was castled by Dananjaya. India 114-3. Kohli hit a boundary of first ball. He was castled off a googly again. India 118-4 from 109-0. SOme turnaround. 4 wickets in 12 balls. Rahul got bowled by similar delivery. India not picking his googlies at all. India 199-5. It was Lanka's match to lose . What a turnaound. 3 wickets in a over by Dananjaya. Lankan bowlers could not pick a wicket for 329 runs in this ODI series but grabbed 5 for next 10 runs !!! Rohit was runout in first match. Dananjaya then dismissed Paandya next over. He grabbed a five fer. India 121-6. India had no answers for him. They were not picking his incoming deliveries.Dhoni special was needed now. Lanka had finally something to cheer in this series. A decade back in Sharjah finals, Ajantha Mendis something similar against India. Axar joined Dhoni. Even he could not pick straight one. India 131-7. This was some sensational collapse. Bhuvi can bat but has hardly batted in near future. He has a good defense which helped him initially. Lanka for some reason removed Dananjaya from the spell when he just had 2 overs left. India didnt mind. Chameera and Malinga bowled bouncers at Bhuvi. he and Dhoni  survived. They kept scoring 2-3 runs per over. Run rate was never a issue. India needed 67 of last 15 overs and 60 of last 13 overs. Dhoni had a bit of luck. Of Fernando's over, Dhoni was bowled but bails didnt dislodge. In next over, Bhuvi survived a LBW review. It came down to 54 of last 11 overs and 50 of last 10.  Partnership reached 50 as well. Run rate reached 5. Dhoni had to play some shots. Boundary had not been scored of 13 overs. Against the run of play Bhuvi hit  asix of Siriwardene. This was India's highest partnership for India against Lanka in ODI. India needed 42 of 9 overs and 39 of 8.   Thats when Dananjaya was introduced back. His 2 overs would be key.  It was not Dhoni but Bhuvi who put pressure back on Lanka. He hit 2 consecutive boundaries of the Lankan star bowler. India needed 30 of 7 overs. AT this stage, Bhuvi surpassed Dhoni and even reached his hughest ODI score. What a match to do it!!! They scored singles of next over. 25 needed of 6 overs.  75 partnership so far by Dhoni-Bhuvi. What a gem!!! India won with more than 2 overs to spare. Bhuvi scored his first ODI fifty. A match to remember for sure.    </p>