Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2007 /

Sangakkara piles it on

Double feature

Jul 17, 2007: Two 200-plus scores in a row? It's another day at the office for Kumar Sangakkara

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka, 2007

Nafees to stay back for ODI series

Jul 15, 2007: Shariar Nafees's 64 in the second innings of the third Test impressed the team management

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka, 2007

Plenty to learn from Sri Lanka, says Bangladesh coach

Jul 15, 2007: Shaun Williams, Bangladesh's interim coach, has said that the team must learn lessons from their defeats against Sri Lanka if they want to avoid further humiliation at the Test level

Murali's coach pays tribute to the maestro

The man behind Murali

Jul 15, 2007: Muttiah Muralitharan's school coach goes back down the memory lane

The master, amazingly, seems to be getting better by the day

Par for the course

Jul 14, 2007: Peers and former greats pay tribute to Murali

Offspinner joins 700-club

Murali powers past yet another milestone

Jul 14, 2007: Muttiah Muralitharan's 12-wicket haul at Kandy has powered him into the 700-wicket club in Tests, with Shane Warne being the only other member

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 4th day

'I haven't taken five wickets in an innings in Australia'

Jul 14, 2007: Murali said that his main focus was not on breaking Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne's world record but for Sri Lanka to win the two-Test series in Australia later this year

Peers and former greats pay tribute to Murali

'He is very hungry'

Jul 14, 2007: Peers and former greats pay tribute to Murali

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 4th day

Murali reaches 700 as Sri Lanka win 3-0

Jul 14, 2007: Muttiah Muralitharan became just the second bowler in history to reach 700 Test wickets as Sri Lanka rounded off a clean sweep of Bangladesh at Kandy, their 50th win in Tests

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 3rd day

The most prolific pair in Tests

Jul 13, 2007: Sangakkara and Jayawardene average 72.10 per partnership in Tests, which is the highest among all pairs who have batted together at least 50 times

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 3rd day

Prolific Sangakkara puts Sri Lanka in command

Jul 13, 2007: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara combined for a 311-run third-wicket partnership to see Sri Lanka out of early trouble on day three at Kandy and finish off on a position from where Muttiah Muralitharan can press for a clean sweep of the series

The Friday Column

Murali and the Bangladesh factor

Jul 13, 2007: Muttiah Muralitharan got another bagful against Bangladesh, but over the last seven years he's had success against all teams

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 2nd day

Murali doubts passing Warne's record in Australia

Jul 12, 2007: Muttiah Muralitharan described his performance of taking a century of wickets at Asgiriya International Stadium as 'a tremendous achievement in a long career'

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 2nd day

Murali's six-for drives away rainy-day blues

Jul 12, 2007: On a second consecutive day of rain-marred cricket, Sri Lanka made the most of the intermittent passages of play at Kandy's Asgiriya International Stadium

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy, 1st day

Bangladesh struggle on rain-hit day

Jul 11, 2007: Only 29 overs were possible on a rain-marred first day's play at Kandy's Asgiriya International Stadium but enough for Sri Lanka to continue their domination over Bangladesh

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Kandy

Sri Lanka aim for whitewash

Jul 10, 2007: Sri Lanka will go for a 3-0 whitewash of the Test series against Bangladesh in the third and final Test starting on July 11 at Kandy's Asgiriya International Stadium

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka, 2007

Rafique laments 'worst-ever performance'

Jul 9, 2007: Mohammad Rafique says his performances in the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka are the worst of his career

The partnership between Ashraful and Mushfiqur was an eye-opener

All is not lost

Jul 5, 2007: At last, we were treated to resistance rather than a roll over, as Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfique clipped their naturally aggressive wings and buckled done for a proper fight

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Colombo, 3rd day

'We will always push ourselves' - Jayawardene

Jul 5, 2007: Mahela Jayawardene is satisfied with his team's over-all performance

England v West Indies, 2nd ODI, Edgbaston

Anderson fined for Morton exchange

Jul 5, 2007: James Anderson has been fined 50% of his match fee for shoulder-barging Runako Morton during the second one-day international at Edgbaston