Cricket http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/top_stories/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/top/ en-au Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!Xtra. All rights reserved. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:29:33 +1200 Yahoo!Xtra Sport http://l.yimg.com/au.yimg.com/i/mh/nz/yxtra_sport_1_1.gif 241 36 Bowlers dominate first day of Galle test (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702830 * Paranavitana hits 72 in Sri Lanka's total of 292 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:57:14 +1200 Sri Lanka's Vaas denies retirement claim (AAP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702590 Veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has refuted the chief selector's claim that he wanted to retire from Test cricket. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:53:12 +1200 Vaas denies 'retirement' announcement by board (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702785 * Vaas denies retirement reports Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:56:05 +1200 Paranavitana rescues Sri Lanka in first test (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702772 * Opener hits maiden test half-century Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:46:37 +1200 Sri Lanka 194-5 v Pakistan, first test - tea (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702740 GALLE, July 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka reached tea on 194 for five on the opening day of the first test against Pakistan on Saturday. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:25:56 +1200 Sri Lanka bowler Vaas retires from test cricket - board (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702716 GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has told the country's national selectors that he is retiring from test cricket with immediate effect, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confirmed on Saturday. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:13:57 +1200 Sri Lanka v Pakistan scoreboard - lunch (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702634 (refiles fixing headline) Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:44:38 +1200 Paranavitana helps lift Sri Lanka after early blows (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702614 GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka opener Tharanga Paranavitana scored an unbeaten 57 to help Sri Lanka recover from a poor start and reach lunch on 104-3 on the first day of the opening test against Pakistan on Saturday. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:04:10 +1200 Sri Lanka v Pakistan first scoreboard - lunch (Reuters) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702588 July 4 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at lunch on the first day of the first test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle on Saturday. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:53:48 +1200 India win 3rd ODI by six wickets (AAP) http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/5702079 India dodged the showers to eke-out a workmanlike six-wicket victory over West Indies in the rain-hit third one-day international. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:34:11 +1200