Markstrom in the mask with a shot that the Vancouver goalie was able to shake off.Landeskog got Sweden on the board with a power-play goal, one-timing Erik Karlssons pass over Bobrovskys

Sri Lanka Women head coach Lanka de Silva has criticised the countrys domestic format, which allows a maximum of five matches a season for a women cricketers. His comments came in the wake of Sri Lankas limited-overs capitulation to Australia Women at home; they lost the ODIs 4-0, and the one-off T20 by 10-wickets in what was a record win for the visitors.How can you compete with countries like Australia, England and New Zealand when you play so little cricket? Where is the exposure and the experience? de Silva said.One of the main reasons for Sri Lankas ODI losses to Australia was their batsmens inability to bat long periods or build an innings. They batted out the full quota of 50 overs only once in the four matches. Sri Lankas hasty approach cost them, de Silva said.The difference between Australia and us was that we were quite content hitting boundaries rather than running the singles, de Silva, a former wicketkeeper/batsman who played three Tests and 11 ODIs in the late 1990s, said. If you run the singles and twos only can you build an innings and occupy the crease, thats what Australia did. They would score a fifty but it would comprise only two or three fours, whereas our women would make a quick 30 with six fours and get out.It all came down to Sri Lankas relative inexperience, he reiterated. This happens due to our women cricketers inexperience and that can be countered by playing more matches. There are eight teams in the domestic tournament and they play in two groups. If you are lucky to reach the final, you will get a maximum of five matches. 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Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2.TORONTO -- Jacob Markstrom showed up to the Air Canada Centre on Sunday thinking he was backing up star goalie Henrik Lundqvist in Swedens World Cup of Hockey opener against Russia.But Markstrom started in place of Lundqvist, who was sent home due to an illness, and stopped 27 shots to help the Swedes beat Russia 2-1 in Group B play.I didnt expect it, so, youre surprised, Markstrom said. Mentally, its a little different [preparation] because you cant really get in the zone (if youre not starting), but everything physically, I try to do the same thing so if stuff like this happens, youre ready.Gabriel Landeskog and Victor Hedman scored second-period goals for the Swedes.Alex Ovechkin scored for Russia, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots.Ovechkin thought he tied the game with seven seconds left, but officials waved it off, ruling the puck went off Ovechkins glove and in.I thought I touched it, Ovechkin said. To be honest with you, I didnt see the replay. But I felt the touch. I dont know if it was the puck or the stick. I definitely felt the touch on my hand on my stick.The Russians tested Markstrom early;?Vladimir Tarasenko one-timed a shot off Evgeni Malkins faceoff win, but Markstrom was able to get hhis left pad on the puck and steer it aside just 30 seconds into the game.ddddddddddddMoments later, Tarasenko hit Markstrom in the mask with a shot that the Vancouver goalie was able to shake off.Landeskog got Sweden on the board with a power-play goal, one-timing Erik Karlssons pass over Bobrovskys blocker at 10:41 of the second period. Less than 2 minutes later, Hedman one-timed Carl Hagelins feed glove-side past Bobrovsky.Ovechkin scored with 33 seconds left in the third, putting a wrist shot from the point off the post and past a screened Markstrom.Swedish coach Rikard Gronberg was pleased with the way his team executed the prepared game plan following a 6-2 loss to Team Europe in pre-tournament competition Wednesday.[We] wanted to make sure their transition game didnt happen so quickly, Gronberg said. It was really important for us to have puck control. We didnt want to get into a run-and-gun type of game with the Russian team because thats where their strengths are.Russia will return to action Monday night against Team North America. The Swedes play Finland on Tuesday. ' ' '