Butler bounces back
Sep 10, 2009 He's gone from young fast bowler to injury casualty to allrounder. Now Ian Butler's back to the big time, and he's still got time on his side
Pressure on top
Sep 8, 2009 The experienced batsmen need to stand up and be counted if Sri Lanka are to get out of their one-day rut
The Sangakkara edge
Sep 1, 2009 Sri Lanka's captain has begun to infuse his side with his own brand of competitiveness, and the results seem to already be starting to show
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, SSC, 5th day
Naive NZ struggle to find the plot
Aug 30, 2009 As the team looks back at a one-sided series, there is more to ponder than just a spirit-sapping defeat. In the last five years New Zealand won just 12 Test wins from 40
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, SSC, 4th day
'Bemused' Moles counts the damage
Aug 29, 2009 New Zealand had "front row seats to the cinema" in terms of the technology available to them but Moles was puzzled at how they were not soaking up information
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, SSC, 3rd day
What's ailing Brendon McCullum?
Aug 28, 2009 Brendon McCullum's attitude doesn't reflect his ambition to become the world's premier wicketkeeper-batsman
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, SSC, 3rd day
Support not forthcoming for Taylor
Aug 28, 2009 Ross Taylor has stood out in a middling team and it would not be a surprise if he spent a lot of time looking into his hotel mirror asking for some help from his fellow batsmen
Samaraweera sizzles in his second innings
Aug 28, 2009 Since his return to the team, Thilan Samaraweera has added a whole new dimension to his game
Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 2nd Test, SSC, 2nd day
New Zealand fall short on promise
Aug 27, 2009 New Zealand's batting effort resulted in an inadequate end to what promised, refreshingly, to be a day on which they broke even.
Dan Solo
Aug 27, 2009 New Zealand's second-highest Test wicket-taker has just gone past 300, and it's been a hard, lonely row he's had to plough