I Was There

'The next time we visited England, they were giving us three-Test series'

Aug 27, 2018 Twenty years ago, Murali and Co were invited to play just the one Test in England. They made sure no one would forget the slight

Sri Lanka news

Roy Dias keen to take Sri Lanka Under-19 to the 'next level'

Jul 5, 2016 Sri Lanka Under-19s coach Roy Dias believes that experience could be vital, heading into the 2018 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand

Sri Lanka news

Gunawardene appointed SL A coach; Dias to coach U-19s

May 18, 2016 Former Sri Lanka opener Avishka Gunawardene has been appointed coach of the Sri Lanka A team, and former senior team coach Roy Dias will take up a similar role with the Under-19 side

The Sri Lanka I grew up on

Mar 26, 2016 They were a competitive side in the '70s, but it's a pity that not all of their finest players of that era got to play Test cricket

When Wettimuny drove and Mendis hooked

Jun 13, 2014 England expected to bounce Sri Lanka out in the Lord's Test in 1984. Instead they were met with a defiant side whose batsmen put on a show to remember

The finest of Sri Lanka's early years

Apr 14, 2014 In the '80s, the classy Roy Dias gave stability to a Sri Lankan batting line-up that had to compete against teams with far greater experience and depth