2 https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb The last time New Zealand visited Sri Lanka, both Tests were drawn. This is an opportunity to learn from that experience and put things right https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107000/107041.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/419902.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/419902.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419902 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He's spent 10 years playing a game here, a game there, up against the most prolific wicket-taker of them all. Now Rangana Herath may just be coming into his own https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105972.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/417834.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/417834.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-417834 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats highlights from the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106700/106727.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/417601.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/417601.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-417601 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka are getting used to life without their legends and under a new captain; Pakistan are getting used to Test cricket again. An audio-visual look at the just-concluded Test series in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416474.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416474.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-416474 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats review of the three-Test series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105974.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416386.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416386.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-416386 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The series was decided in three sessions but the collapses, twists and sharp turns ensured it was an entertaining one https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106300/106345.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416324.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/416324.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-416324 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The flawed reverse-sweep will not stop replaying in Younis Khan's head for a while. It will haunt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105971.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414444.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414444.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414444 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo looks at some of the other stats highlights from the second Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105974.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414426 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Perhaps one collapse in a Test had become boring, so Sri Lanka and Pakistan produced two here https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105921.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414121.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414121.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414121 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This was not a day to ask questions. This was a day to believe, like Fawad Alam did https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105934.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414110.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414110.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414110 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's hot in Colombo, small animals are after your dinner in Galle, and security staff are sticklers for dress codes https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/93000/93094.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/413937.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/413937.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413937 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan cricket doesn't lend itself to analysing. For nobody yet knows what motivates its cricketers, or what brings them down. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105800/105848.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413909.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413909.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413909 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tillakaratne Dilshan is no mood to let go of any opportunity that comes his way, not even wicketkeeping https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105400/105474.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413751.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413751.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413751 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Openers are a neglected breed on the country's domestic circuit, and that's been a key reason for the team's failures in Tests in recent times https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105588.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413321.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413321.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413321 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Even their captain didn't look rattled at the staggering reversal of fortune, this tendency has become so predictable https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105600/105610.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413152.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413152.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413152 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT That this win came through three largely uncelebrated players has to be the most pleasing aspect for Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105600/105613.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413128.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/413128.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413128 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT By his own admission, Mohammad Yousuf was not at his fittest best and had little batting practice before coming to Galle and scoring a serene century https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105541.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412868.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412868.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412868 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis battles humidity, Mathews follows Aamer, Herath loses an appeal - all part of the action from the second day in Galle https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105538.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412842.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412842.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412842 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A 17-year old who came through the Lahore academy and a 30-year old who took nearly 450 first-class wickets before he could make his Test debut https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105523.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412635.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412635.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412635 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Celebrating wickets, dropping catches, slipping in unnoticed and getting a hit on the boot, all part of the action from the first day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105500/105522.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412596.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412596.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412596 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT How will he react to having to lead Sri Lanka's most inexperienced Test attack in a long time? https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97700/97797.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412503.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/412503.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-412503 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Three months after the horrific attack that nearly crippled him, Thilan Samaraweera is ready to play top-flight cricket again https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101000/101067.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/407937.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/407937.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-407937 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT