Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

West Indies caught in Galle's sweaty embrace

West Indies succumbed to Galle's humidity as chances went down and Sri Lanka's score mounted inexorably on the second day of the first Test

15-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka roll out the old Galle welcome

Sri Lanka used to show tourists the delights of the Galle Coast and then impose big, bruising wins upon them. They have lost that knack, although a hundred from Dimuth Karunaratne was a reminder of old times

14-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ambrose wants short, intense spells from WI quicks

West Indies' seamers bring more wickets and experience to this series than their counterparts, but will still have to deliver brief, intense spells to be successful in Sri Lanka, bowling coach Curtly Ambrose has said

13-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Mathews backs Thirimanne to deliver at No. 3

A move to No. 3 may help end Lahiru Thirimanne's lean trot, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has said ahead of the first Test against West Indies in Galle

13-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Rain threat looms over clash of middling teams

While it's been 14 months since Sri Lanka won a trophy of any variety, West Indies have never won a Test in Sri Lanka

13-Oct-2015•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Wet October casts shadow over teams in flux

Jason Holder and Angelo Mathews will both be looking to mould their young sides in the upcoming series, but with rain forecast throughout the week in Sri Lanka, the prospect of uninterrupted cricket appears gloom

12-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Siriwardana strengthens Test case with 105*

Milinda Siriwardana's unbeaten 105 from 149 deliveries was the highlight of the third and final day of the West Indians' drawn warm-up encounter against Sri Lanka Board President's XI

11-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

New Zealand A wrap up series with 117-run win

New Zealand A claimed the unofficial ODI series against Sri Lanka A with a dominant 117-run victory in Lincoln

10-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Siriwardana, Kusal Mendis named for West Indies Tests

Batting allrounder Milinda Siriwardana and 20-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis have been named in Sri Lanka's squad for the two-Test series against West Indies

09-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Warnaweera asked to step back from Galle Test preparations

Sri Lanka Cricket has requested that Galle curator Jayananda Warnaweera step back from preparations for next week's Test, after he missed a meeting with the ICC's anti-corruption security unit (ACSU) in Colombo on Wednesday

08-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Holder hopes for swift Simmons resolution

West Indies captain Jason Holder said that the fate of suspended head coach Phil Simmons lay "with Phil and the board" but added that he had been a "wonderful inspiration" during his brief time in charge

07-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rain forces practice game postponement

West Indies' three-day practice match at the SSC has been postponed by one day due to bad weather in Colombo, leaving West Indies with only a two-day gap till the start of the first Test

07-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Vithanage ton in vain as NZ A win thriller

Sri Lanka A suffered a dramatic late collapse to lose by 15 runs against New Zealand A in the second one-dayer, as the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the four-match series

07-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Warnaweera resigns from SLC's interim committee

Jayananda Warnaweera, the Galle Cricket Stadium curator, has resigned from Sri Lanka Cricket's interim committee with immediate effect, SLC has announced

02-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Thirimanne to lead Board President's XI against West Indians

Lahiru Thirimanne will lead the Sri Lanka Cricket Board President's XI in the three-day encounter against the West Indians, at SSC

02-Oct-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kaushal's offbreak legal, doosra not so

Sri Lanka offspinner Tharindu Kaushal has been banned from bowling the doosra in international cricket due to an illegal action

29-Sep-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mathews and Prasad a class apart from the rest

ESPNcricinfo marks the Sri Lanka players out of 10 following their series defeat against India

02-Sep-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL's tragic hero treads a lonely road, again

If other men were witness to as much incompetence as Angelo Mathews has become used to, dressing rooms might have been set ablaze

01-Sep-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Mathews finds positives in 'tremendous' Kusal

Despite losing their first home series to India in 22 years, Sri Lanka had positives to take away in the form of Kusal Perera, the captain Angelo Mathews has said

01-Sep-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Sri Lanka blighted by batting disorder

Every time the bowlers have earned Sri Lanka a slim advantage during this series, the batsmen have found ways to let them down, at the crease and in the field

31-Aug-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

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