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Lahiru Thirimanne made 91, but Sri Lanka could manage only 294 against Australia on day one of the SCG Test

Time for Thirimanne to repay faith and deliver

Damith Samarakoon

Having been given a long rope, despite a shaky technique, the onus is on Lahiru Thirimanne to step up

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Yes

The drought in the state is at emergency levels, and everything that can be done to alleviate the problem should be done

No

Shifting the matches won't change the situation much since water consumption due to IPL matches is a tiny fraction of overall use

CAPTION CONTEST

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Hands on heads after a missed opportunity

Winning caption

No. That is not the way to hold your head in frustration. This is.
(Dr MA Rafey Kaleem, Canada)

Honourable mentions:

Look, Ben, I'm only going to show you one more time: it's head, shoulders knees and toes... (Dr Nick Meakin, UK)

Let's do the champion dance with no hands. (Roger Gervais, West Indies)

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The story of the match in your tweets
Ben Stokes picked up three wickets in an impressive display of death bowling to help England restrict New Zealand to 153 for 8 in their semi-final in Delhi

'Ben Stokes is still my hero'

Reactions to Ben Stokes being taken for 24 in the final over of the World T20 final

FAN FOLLOWING

First-person reports from the stands
Plenty of fireworks lit up the start of the PSL final between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators in Dubai

An 800-km train journey to watch two special wins

Queues and ticketing troubles could not take away from the great show that Afghanistan and Scotland put on

Plenty of fireworks lit up the start of the PSL final between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators in Dubai

PSL's final rumble among dhols and Africa djembes

The quality of cricket was high, the noise levels in the ground were high

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DOPPELGANGERS

Separated at birth
Composite: Adam Driver and Ishant Sharma

Adam Driver and Ishant Sharma

One might be a villain in one of the biggest film franchises of all, the other will definitely not be India's villain in the biggest cricket show of all

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Crossword grid

A 200 year celebration of Lord's

Hemical

The batsmen with the highest first-class scores at Lord's over 200 years are in this grid. How many can you unearth?

POLL

Should Kohli replace Dhoni as India's limited-overs captain?

  • Yes
  • No, Dhoni should remain captain
  • No, look beyond Kohli and Dhoni

GAMES

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