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Sri Lanka Test proves to be a turn off

Cricket Australia has denied charges of complacency after the first Test of the summer attracted disappointing crowds and TV viewing figures

13-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu to stay on Australia tour

The Sri Lanka selectors have kept Marvan Atapattu on the tour of Australia to minimise disruption for the team, but will take "the necessary disciplinary action" when they return home

13-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

No underestimating Murali

Australia have not downgraded the threat of Muttiah Muralitharan despite delivering a significant obstacle to his hopes of breaking Shane Warne's Test wicket-taking record in Hobart

12-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Failing to walk the talk

Sri Lanka's tactics in the first Test were conservative and they were beaten easily despite the public mutterings of self-belief, writes Peter English

12-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Atapattu gets captain's support

Mahela Jayawardene joined Trevor Bayliss in support of Marvan Atapattu as the veteran opener faced an uncertain cricket future following an outburst

12-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Ponting demands even better at Hobart

Australia's evolving Test team has flowered in only one match but Ricky Ponting is already demanding it becomes a better outfit than the one that dismantled in January

12-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Another Stuart, another milestone

Plays of the day from the fifth day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

12-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Lee spearheads a big Australia win

Brett Lee helped Australia beat not only Sri Lanka but also the unpredictable Brisbane weather as the hosts rattled out the last five wickets between rain breaks on the final day to win by an innings and 40 runs

11-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

Timely rain, and a game of millimetres

Plays of the day from the fourth day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

11-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

'We are not going to be easy pushovers' - Bayliss

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, expressed confidence that his team could bat out a draw against Australia in the first Test at the Gabba

11-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq at the Gabba

MacGill enjoys the limelight

It took MacGill 18 months and 48 overs in this match to add the two wickets necessary to push him to a double-century of dismissals, but despite the delay only Clarrie Grimmett, Dennis Lillee and Waqar Younis have beaten him to the landmark

11-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Atapattu's tour in doubt after outburst

Marvan Atapattu may be sent home after calling the Sri Lanka selectors a set of muppets, headed by a joker

11-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Vandort, rain and bad light frustrate Australia

Michael Vandort gave Australia's new-look attack its first real examination, forcing the players to work a full five-day week with his resilient 82 before he became Stuart MacGill's 200th Test wicket

10-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

'Selectors are muppets headed by a joker' - Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu lashed out at the national selectors calling them a set of muppets headed by a joker

10-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq at the Gabba

Lee revels as bowling spearhead

Brett Lee's first Test in charge of a restructured attack is going according to plan after his four first-innings wickets allowed Ricky Ponting to enforce the follow-on

10-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Johnson picks his first and Lee umpires

Plays of the day from the third day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

10-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Polished Australia compound Sri Lanka's misery

Australia's new era continued to look much like their old one as they mercilessly dominated at the Gabba for a third day, forcing Sri Lanka to follow-on a massive 340 runs behind

09-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

Australia maintain stranglehold

Michael Hussey shook off his fears over a short Test lead-up to register his sixth Test century and continue an impressive rebuild of Australia's team after the loss of three greats

09-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

Bayliss hopes for strong batting performance

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, expects his batsmen to adopt the same approach as Australian pair Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke

09-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq at the Gabba

Stalking the Don, an amiable track, and a net loss

Plays of the day from the second day of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

09-Nov-2007•Peter English at the Gabba

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