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3rd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1559th Test match in cricket history

04-Sep-2001•Rajneesh Gupta

Dav Whatmore: Great to win but sterner tests lie ahead

Recent Test form had been putting the team under pressure; so this was a very satisfying series win

04-Sep-2001•Dav Whatmore

Defeat apart, will the Indians learn from the Lankan experience?

It is only the weak who bay for blood from the stands when the matador is on the floor and the bull is about to gore him

03-Sep-2001•Anand Vasu

Lanka win but no great shakes

Yet another series, yet another loss

03-Sep-2001•Rajesh Kumar

Masterful Muralitharan too hot to handle

The captivating confectioners son is back in business

03-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka seal silent victory in Colombo

India were unable to reverse a slide that had started last evening with the run out of Rahul Dravid and they lost their remaining four wickets within the first session to be bowled out for 299, still 77 runs short of making the home team bat again

02-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Wright: You can't afford to have 3 run outs trying to save a Test match

Captain Sourav Ganguly blamed India's batsmen for their innings defeat in Colombo on Sunday

02-Sep-2001•Rex Clementine

Jayasuriya hopes Test triumph is just the start

Sri Lanka recorded their first series victory in two years at home when they beat India in the decisive final Test Match in Colombo on Sunday and Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya hoped that it would be a springboard to future Test success

02-Sep-2001•Rex Clementine

Sri Lanka on verge of victory despite Indian resistance

This was not a day for the thrill seeking cricket supporter, but for the die hard Sri Lanka fan, as their spinners and fielders painstakingly winkled out the Indian top order to leave them on the verge of an innings victory and their first series win

01-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne: I had to prove that I could perform at the highest level

With the selectorial axe hanging over his head Hashan Tillakaratne walked out to bat on Thursday evening knowing that this was likely to be his last chance to resurrect his Test career after two years in the wilderness

31-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

I have worked hard on my game: Thilan Samaraweera

Thilan Samaraweera became the third Sri Lankan cricketer to make a Test hundred on debut after Romesh Kaluwitharan in 1992/93 and Brendon Kuruppu in 1986/87

31-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Centuries galore in Colombo as India suffer

It was callous, cold-blooded, almost cruel cricket

31-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Ranatunga critical of Whatmore and selectors

Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga, never one to mince his words, believes that national coach Dav Whatmore has become too powerful a figure in Sri Lankan cricket

30-Aug-2001•CricInfo

Sri Lanka's batsmen construct winning platform

Muttiah Muralitharan's exploits on Wednesday were put firmly in perspective on Thursday as India's bowlers toiled fruitlessly while Sri Lanka's batsmen cruised past the tourist's first innings total

30-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Atapattu: There is still plenty of cricket left in this match

Marvan Atapattu's seventh Test 100 put Sri Lanka firmly in charge at the end of the second day of the decisive final Test in Colombo and the Sri Lanka vice-captain was delighted to finally get a big score after eight innings without a fifty

30-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Mysterious Muralitharan puts India in a spin

Pre-match gossip had centered on India's growing confidence against Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan after their triumph in Kandy, but such idle talk looked foolish in the extreme after the beguiling off-spinner wreaked havoc on the first day of the

29-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Muralitharan: I always knew it would spin

Sri Lanka's champion off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan spun his side into pole position in the decisive final Test with a virtuoso performance in Colombo on Wednesday

29-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

All change for Sri Lanka in final Test

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a radical re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who are set to make three changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win,

28-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Australia maintain ICC Test Championship lead with Ashes victory

Australia's final day demolition of England at The Oval to win by an innings and 25 runs and take the series 4-1 has confirmed their lead at the head of the ICC Test Championship table

28-Aug-2001•Duane Pettet

Sri Lanka make changes as India expect spin

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who have made two changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win, whilst India

28-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

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