Sri Lanka told us not to write off the underdog

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Sri Lanka told us not to write off the underdog

by
The Cricket Paper Team
1 March 2019

Garfield Robinson looks back and reflects on two recent Test match shocks either side of the globe and reiterates that nothing is ever certain in the world of sport

We’ve done it! Sri Lanka celebrate the victory over South Africa which shocked the cricketing world PICTURE: Getty Images

Some years ago, the “Miracle on Ice” was voted by fans in the United States as the biggest sporting upset in history. The “miracle” took place during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where the American ice hockey team stunned the world by beating the Soviet U...

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