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Andrew Fidel Fernando

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Sangakkara issues challenge to new generation

Kumar Sangakkara has challenged Thirimanne, Chandimal and Mathews to score 35 to 40 Test hundreds each

08-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Ford, Mathews praise Vaas' efforts

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford and new captain Angelo Mathews praised Chaminda Vaas' work with the seam bowlers and hoped his long-term involvement would help build a formidable pace battery

07-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

The beginning of a new dawn for Sri Lanka

A young team will have to put the contracts crisis behind it and look to secure Sri Lanka's future

07-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Sri Lanka's man for a crisis

Thilan Samaraweera's ability to lift Sri Lanka out of a pit of the top order's making was an emphatic endorsement for substance over style

06-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Samaraweera retires from international cricket

Thilan Samaraweera has retired from international cricket after being left out of the Sri Lanka squad for the first Test against Bangladesh in Galle

06-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Malinga to face SLC inquiry

Lasith Malinga will be the subject of a behavioural inquiry after he exchanged unfriendly words with media waiting outside Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo during the recent contracts crisis

05-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Samaraweera could retire from international cricket

Thilan Samaraweera has indicated he would like to retire from international cricket in a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket, but the board is yet to accept his retirement

05-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka contracts crisis ends

The contracts crisis involving the Sri Lankan players and their board has officially ended with 23 players signing the annual contracts offered to them by the SLC

04-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka name best-available squad for first Test

Sri Lanka have named a full-strength squad for the first Test against Bangladesh, marking an official end to the contracts crisis between the players and the board

04-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jayasuriya steps in to help contracts settlement

Chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has stepped in to move Sri Lanka's contract crisis towards a resolution

03-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

What now for the players and the SLC?

In a time of great flux within the Sri Lankan team and SLC, below are some of the background issues and sub-plots that may influence the latest dispute

03-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SLC locks out 23 top players

Sri Lanka Cricket has frozen out 23 of its top players after a meeting on Saturday could not break the contract deadlock between the board and the nation's best cricketers

02-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL contracts dispute threatens Bangladesh series

A major contract dispute between SLC and the nation's top cricketers has threatened to derail Sri Lanka's home series against Bangladesh

02-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mushfiqur confident of young players firing

A slew of late injuries may have thinned Bangladesh's ranks by the time they landed in Sri Lanka for their month-long tour, but captain Mushfiqur Rahim remained optimistic about his side's chances

01-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Upali Dharmadasa to contest SLC presidency

Upali Dharmadasa, the incumbent president of the SLC, will be running once again for the post of SLC president

01-Mar-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sangakkara in squad for tour match

Kumar Sangakkara has been named in the squad for the Emerging XI that will play a three-day warm up match in Matara against Bangladesh

28-Feb-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

MP Thilanga Sumathipala to run for SLC presidency

Member of parliament Thilanga Sumathipala has announced his candidacy for the position of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for next month's election, while three others will run for other board positions

27-Feb-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'I never wanted to let the batsman think I'd eased off'

Shane Bond never took his foot off the pedal, and didn't ever want to. He looks back at life in the fast lane

27-Feb-2013•Inrerview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

SSC and Tamil Union stay top

Sinhalese Sports Club and Tamil Union remained atop the Group B table after round four of the Premier League, while Moors Sports Club leapt to the top of Group A with a big win over Burgher Recreation club

26-Feb-2013•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Mental strength is about not being afraid to make mistakes'

Kumar Sangakkara talks about Sri Lanka's problems performing in finals of big tournaments

23-Feb-2013•Interview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

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