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How Sri Lanka's World Cup venues were chosen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Why were little-known stadiums Hambantota and Pallakele given the nod ahead of SSC, Galle and Dambulla for the 2011 World Cup?

More rain checks Pakistan A's progress

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Another day of delays and interruptions due to poor weather conditions allowed only 34.2 overs of play on the second day of the first unofficial Test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy

Pakistan A strike on a curtailed day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The opening day's play of the first four-day Test between Sri Lanka A and Pakistan A was restricted to just 40 minutes due to rain at the Asgiriya International Stadium

Spectators hurt as stand roof blows off

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At least four England supporters suffered minor injuries on the final day of the first Test at Kandy, when the corrugated-iron roof of their stand blew off in high winds and landed on the seats below

Murali sparks delirium in Kandy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He was made to wait, longer than he or any of his legions of admirers could ever have imagined, but in end, the inevitable could not be postponed indefinitely as Muttiah Muralitharan took his 709th Test wicket and the world record

Kandy's stadium set to be replaced

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The new stadium is expected to be ready by 2011 when Sri Lanka co-host the World Cup along with India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

ICC to help upgrade ten Sri Lanka venues

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In an effort to improve the standard of pitches prepared for domestic cricket matches especially the Premier trophy, Sri Lanka Cricket has introduced a Curator of the Year award from the 2006-07 season

Murali spins Sri Lanka to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Muttiah Muralitharan took eight wickets to annihilate West Indies in the second Test

'This is right up there with my other hundreds'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kumar Sangakkara spoke to the media after the third day of the Kandy Test

Sangakkara ton puts Sri Lanka in charge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kumar Sangakkara's ninth Test hundred propelled Sri Lanka into a position of dominance on the third day at Kandy.

Flu-ridden Sri Lanka looking to wrap up series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As West Indies prepare for the second and crucial Test, a dark cloud hovers over their star bowler of the opening match

North Central post big win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Avishka Gunawardene's massive 209 in the first innings did enough to take his side to a comfortable 10-wicket win against Western Province at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds in Colombo

Dilshan takes North Central past 600

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tillakaratne Dilshan added a cultured 134 to Avishka Gunawardene's double-century yesterday as North Central Province piled up a huge total on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club

Gunawardene's 209 puts North Central in control

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Avishka Gunawardene's maiden double-century - actually it was his first hundred in first-class cricket since 2001-02 - put North Central Province in a strong position against Western on the second day of their match at the Sinhalese Sports Club

Mubarak rescues Western Province

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jehan Mubarak's dogged 82 rescued Western Province from a dismal start to their match against North Central at the SSC in Colombo, after a thrilling burst from Gayan Wijekoon

ICC back Broad in 'boozing' row

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The International Cricket Council has questioned the credibility of allegations levelled against its match referee, Chris Broad, who was accused by Colombo's Sunday Observer newspaper of "boozing" with the Australian team during their recent

Warne and Gillespie star in Australian win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia needed just 6.1 overs on the fifth morning to complete victory at Kandy, as Shane Warne and Jason Gillespie struck in quick succession as Australia won by 27 runs to wrap up the series 2-0

'We can still win' - Jayasuriya

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sanath Jayasuriya, whose sparkling 131 put Sri Lanka on course for the unlikeliest of Test victories, insisted that they could still put it off, though they were down to the tail

Jayasuriya's 131 sets up a Kandy classic

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sanath Jayasuriya gave Sri Lanka hope of a remarkable series-levelling victory with an electrifying batting assault on the fourth afternoon at Kandy

Martyn: 'this was the hardest innings of all'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Damien Martyn completed an emphatic return to form with his second hundred in consecutive matches against Sri Lanka, as Australia manoeuvred themselves into a strong position on the third day at Kandy

Martyn grinds out a ton on a wet day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Damien Martyn scored his seventh Test century as Australia reached 320 for five before torrential rain washed out play for the day

Gilchrist - 'I was pleased to make an impact'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia had taken up a commanding position by the end of the second day's play at Kandy, thanks to an unbeaten 140 from Adam Gilchrist

Australia's fourth-innings dilemma

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The big question at Kandy, as Australia's batsmen sailed into the lead on the second evening, was just how big a lead would be big enough

Gilchrist takes control at Kandy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

At the end of the day, Australia were on 221 for two, with a 130-run lead, thanks to Adam Gilchrist, who wrested control of the game with an unbeaten 140

Murali: 'I'm aiming for 650'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Muttiah Muralitharan has set his sights on further glories, after becoming the third bowler in Test history to reach the 500-wicket mark, on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at Kandy

Muralitharan slots into 500-wicket club

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Muttiah Muralitharan recovered from a stomach upset to become the thirdbowler in history to take 500 Test wickets, during the first day's play in the second Test against Australia

Doing Sri Lanka proud

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Muttiah Muralitharan, playing in his hometown, snapped up 4 for 48 and brought up the 500-wicket landmark when he bowled Michael Kapsprowicz through the gate with an offbreak that spun sharply back through the gate

Seventeen wickets tumble on low-scoring day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia fought back magnificently to reduce Sri Lanka to 92 for 7 after being dismissed for 120 in 42.4 overs

Atapattu investigation 'not finalised' insists Speed

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The International Cricket Council has dismissed reports from Sri Lanka that the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit has finalised its recent investigations into the cash-in-the-bedroom incident

Atapattu cleared of wrongdoing

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Marvan Atapattu has been cleared of

'It's like trying to get players sent off in football'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Graham Thorpe has hit back at Muttiah Muralitharan's decision to report Nasser Hussain to the match referee

Fleming surprised by negative attitude

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stephen Fleming claimed to be surprised by Sri Lanka's negative approach during the final Test in Kandy, believing that they did "not want to win." Sri Lanka were set a stiff 191 target in 38 overs after bowling out New Zealand for 183, but

Kandy Test meanders to tame draw

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The second Test ended in a tame draw after crackling briefly back into life on the final day when New Zealand were bowled out for 183

NZ have a slight edge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Although you would never have guessed it from their lack of ambition on the fourth day, both Sri Lanka and New Zealand claim to be hopeful of clinching the series on the final day of this Kandy Test match

Tillakaratne vigil leaves Kandy Test heading for a draw

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The second Test drifted towards stalemate on the fourth day after another gritty marathon from Hashan Tillakaratne

Oram delighted with contribution as Kiwis battle at Kandy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jacob Oram was delighted with his first major contribution with the bat in Test cricket on the third day of the second Test in Kandy

Vettori and Atapattu escape serious injury after collision

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Daniel Vettori and Marvan Atapattu have escaped serious injury after a gruesome fielding collision on the third afternoon of the second Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Kandy

Fleming still upbeat after second day's play

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stephen Fleming remained upbeat about his side's chances despite New Zealand slipping to 75 for 4 on a truncated second day in this second Test

Sri Lanka take the upper hand on rain-curtailed day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For five sessions they lazed in their hotel, looking forward to the chance to win their first series in Sri Lanka for two decades, as an army of groundstaff mopped up a waterlogged outfield with hand sponges and scraped away the mud with cardboard

Damp outfield delays play at Kandy until lunch

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Despite the arrival of emergency tarpaulins, which covered 90% of the ground, the around-the-clock mopping up operations of an army of groundstaff and, ironically, bright blue skies and blazing sunshine, no play was possible before lunch on the

No play at Kandy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The opening day's play of the second match of the two-Test series at Kandy was abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy overnight rain left large areas of the outfield saturated

Looking skywards

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After an attritional drawn opening Test in Colombo, a dreary contest on a lifeless pitch, more frustration is in store for the second Test at Kandy

Sri Lanka named unchanged squad for second Test against New Zealand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Selection Committee, at a meeting held on 28th April 2003 has decided to select a squad of 15 players from which the Team will be selected for the above test match at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy

Sri Lanka prepares for party of a lifetime

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As another English season draws to a close, the trees turn yellow and the temperature falls, cupboards will be raided for fleeces and pullovers

Sri Lanka prepares for party of a lifetime

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As another English season draws to a close, the trees turn yellow and the temperature falls, cupboards will be raided for fleeces and pullovers

Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe but sterner tests lie ahead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka completed their third consecutive Test series win on Monday when they crushed a poor Zimbabwean side by an innings and 94 runs at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy

Sri Lanka poised for series clinching win on fourth day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zimbabwe were left with their backs firmly to the wall in Sri Lanka's hill country capital on Sunday night with the hosts poised for a series clinching win on the fourth day of this second Test

CricInfo talks to Murali after his narrow failure to take all ten

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Hill-country spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan came agonisingly close to recording the best bowling figures ever in Test cricket at the Asgiriya International Stadium on Saturday morning only to be denied all ten when Chaminda Vaas inadvertently

Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A day that started with anti-climax, when hometown hero Muttiah Muralitharan narrowly failed to become the third man in history to take ten wickets in an innings, ended with Sri Lanka in a now familiar position of dominance in this one-sided Test

Muralitharan grabs limelight with brilliant nine wicket burst

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

Sri Lankan sports minister intervenes in selection debacle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sports minister Johnston Fernando forced Sri Lanka's selectors into a U-turn late on Thursday night as members of the team seriously contemplated standing down from the second Janashakthi National Test in protest of the decision to rest Marvan

Sri Lanka team for Second Janashakthi National Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On a request made the team management to the Chairman of the National Selection Committee and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport, it was decided to retain the same team that won the first Test, for the second Test of the Janashakthi National

Sri Lanka selectors rest Atapattu in Kandy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kandy's reputation for the bizarre and unpredictable was enhanced further on the eve of the second Test against Zimbabwe when the Sri Lankan selectors made two unexpected changes, resting vice-captain Marvan Atapattu and promising fast bowler

Brian Lara doubtful for Pakistan tour after injury set-back

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brian Lara's chances of regaining fitness in time for West Indies tour of Pakistan looked slim on Tuesday morning after a hairline fracture was discovered in his elbow

Brian Lara thanks Sri Lankan medical authorities

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Injured West Indies batting star Brian Lara showered praise on the medical team at the Kandy General Hospital in Sri Lanka

West Indies cruise into final after Gayle's whirlwind display

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indies secured a place in the LG Abans triangular series final after another poor performance by Zimbabwe's batsmen and a pyrotechnic batting display by Chris Gayle at Asgiriya International Stadium on Sunday

Jayawardene century overshadowed by Lara injury

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indian hopes of qualification for the LG Abans triangular series final were dealt a cruel blow on Saturday at Asgiriya International stadium, Kandy, after a freak collision robbed them of the services of star batsman Brian Lara for the remainder

Sri Lanka set to bring in young legs for West Indies game

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka are looking to blood their reserve fast bowlers in their Saturday clash with West Indies, whose eyes are focused on their crucial game with Zimbabwe the following day that will decide the second qualifier for the LG Abans triangular series

Hooper hails Muralitharan as off-spinner breaks more records

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indian captain Carl Hooper hailed Muttiah Muralitharan as the world's best spinner after the 29-year-old had equalled Richard Hadlee's world record for the highest number of ten-wicket hauls in the second Janashakthi National Test at Kandy.

West Indies rue umpiring blunder in Kandy Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indies were left fuming on Sunday night following the controversial dismissal of batting superstar Brian Lara which paved the way for Sri Lanka' s series winning victory in Kandy

Sri Lanka seal series after nail-biting finale

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka finally ended Kandy jinx on the final tension-strewn day of the second Janashakthi National Test when they defeated West Indies by 131 runs in the descending gloom to win this three-Test series

West Indians face fight for survival after latest capitulation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The sun finally shone in Kandy, but that did not brighten the mood of the West Indian players, who suffered yet another batting collapse; a capitulation that squashed any faint hopes of squaring this Janashkathi National Test series and leaves them

Rain set to break Kandy jinx

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka's Kandy jinx looks set to be broken after a second day marred by bad weather which is likely to led to a draw in the second match of this three-Test series

Rain slows West Indies advance

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rain before lunch and after tea again slowed West Indies' efforts to square the three-Test series against Sri Lanka on the third day of the second cricket Test yesterday

First no bowlers and now no play

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indian hopes of leveling this three-match Test series were dealt another blow on Thursday when persistent rain washed out two full sessions at the Asgirya International Stadium in Kandy

Honours even after extraordinary first day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The opening day of the crucial second Test at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy ended with honours even on Wednesday despite an extraordinary first hour in which the West Indies were handicapped by the loss of half their bowling attack in the

West Indian hopes buoyed by superstitious Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

West Indies' hopes of staging a comeback in this three-Test series in the Second Test at Kandy, however unlikely they may seem to the rational observers in Galle, are being boosted by a much talked about hill-country curse on the home team

Cricket Board changes venues to end Kandy hoodoo

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Sri Lankan cricket board has taken action to stop the much talked about Kandy "hoodoo" from striking again during the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka later this year

2nd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was 1558th Test in cricket history

India square series after Ganguly heroics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In front of a capacity local crowd who had come to cheer Sri Lanka's first series victory for 16 months and with his captaincy attracting increasing criticism, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly finally cast off the shackles of poor form to guide his side

High farce in Kandy leaves Test on a knife edge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Can the hill country folk of Kandy have ever been so richly entertained

West Indies to tour Sri Lanka in November

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The West Indies cricket team will arrive in Sri Lanka on the November 1 to play a three-match Test series and a one-day tri-series, which also involves Zimbabwe

Fast bowlers tighten Sri Lanka's grip on Kandy Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka's grip on this three-Test series tightened after an industrious performance by their fast bowlers and poor umpiring secured them a useful first innings lead at Asgiriya International Stadium today

India show fight but Jayawardene saves Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Most sensible commentators interpreted Sourav Ganguly's pre-match claims that "morale was good" and that "there was no reason to be down" as a valiant but forlorn attempt to save an injury ravaged team from total combustion

Jayawardene: It was one of my best knocks

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lankan middle order batsman Mahela Jayawardene rated his hundred against India today very highly, "It was one of my best hundreds

Sri Lanka aim to break Kandy bogey in second Test

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

For Sri Lanka this is familiar territory - a thumping victory in Gallefollowed by a series winning opportunity in the hills of Kandy

An Englishman in Sri Lanka (part 6)

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Second Test at the Asgiriya International Stadium was probably as compelling a cricket match as you could possibly wish to see

Alec Stewart's Sri Lanka Diary

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In the latest edition of his exclusive diary for CricInfo, Alec Stewart looks back at England's nail-biting triumph in the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Kandy, which leaves them all square with one game to play

White rises above the tension to clinch England victory

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT

Craig White and Ashley Giles saw England to an unbelievably tense three-wicket victory in the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Kandy, so levelling the series at 1-1

Sangakkara and Dharmasena lead Sri Lankan fightback

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT

The Second Test between Sri Lanka and England is on a knife edge after the fourth day's play at Kandy

Disastrous start for Sri Lanka as they bid to wipe out deficit

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT

A sensational start by England's seam bowlers reduced Sri Lanka to 3/3 as the hosts tried to wipe out a first innings deficit of 90 in the Second Test at Kandy

Last-wicket pair guide England to useful lead

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT

Robert Croft and Darren Gough produced an excellent last-wicket partnership of 41 to extend England's first innings lead over Sri Lanka to 90 in the Second Test at Kandy

England scent victory on another bad day for umpiring

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Russell Lynch, travelling with an MCC tour, witnesses a controversial day at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy in the latest of his reports from Sri Lanka

Jayasuriya handed suspended four-match ban for dissent

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been given a suspended four-match ban following his show of dissent during another day marred by umpiring controversies in the Second Test against England at Kandy

Gough and Caddick inspire England fightback after Jayawardene century

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT

After a glorious morning in which they plucked out four Sri Lankan batsmen, a chastening afternoon in which the locals scored at four runs per over, Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick led an inspired English fight-back as the sun slipped beneath the

Gardens and gems

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Russell Lynch, following the MCC tour of Sri Lanka, arrives in Kandy for the Second Test - and takes his life in his hands by taking to the local transport

200 years on and England will face resistance again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Two hundred years ago Kandy was the bane of the British Empire

Sri Lanka's coach previews the second Test against England

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Seven months ago the Sri Lankan team travelled to Kandy on a high

Stiff challenge awaits England in Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They may have bumped along near the bottom of the Test ratings, but England have enjoyed something of a renaissance under Nasser Hussain and Duncan Fletcher

Maldives ends Lankan tour on wet note

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Maldivian national team's tour of Sri Lanka ended on a wet note when their final match against a Kandy District Cricket Association XI was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain at the Asgiriya International Stadium, Kandy on Monday

Maldives hit up highest total, but still lose

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Maldivian national team's tour of the south taught them a few good lessons

Headline

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

2nd Test, Sri Lanka v South Africa, Statistical Highlights

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was the 1505th Test in cricket history

Mystery surrounds late night inspection by match referee

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The fourth day for the second test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka started amidst controversy surrounding a late night inspection of this Kandy pitch by the match referee, Brian Hastings, and umpire, Darryl Harper

Umpires steal the show

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Their backs firmly nestled against the wall and the ignominy of a series defeat stretching before them, the South African's bravely fought themselves back into this game throughout the day

Marvan marches remorsefully on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When the dark clouds descended on this ground and the players left the field for bad light, it would have been the South Africans who were most relieved

Zulu masters spin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The new boundary hoardings that have graced this idyllic hill county stadium, courtesy of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), proclaim that, "cricket stimulates the nation." On a day of fluctuating fortunes, brilliant strokeplay

3rd Test, Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Statistical Highlights

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was the 1502nd Test match in cricket history

Kandy test declared a draw

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT

The torrential rain that engulfed Kandy and its surroundings during the week destroyed an otherwise exciting 3rd and final test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Kandy test abandoned after three days of heavy rain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A highly entertaining series, that has included cricket of the highest quality, came to a drab and disappointing end after heavy rains prevented any further play in the match