Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

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Australia strike late blows after Dimuth Karunaratne injury scare

Kurtis Patterson's maiden Test century continued Australia's batting dominance in Canberra

02-Feb-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Burns and Head hundreds end Australia's barren spell and flay toothless Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka claimed three early wickets to leave the home side in trouble but their day got steadily worse from there

31-Jan-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Thisara calls for SLC intervention after social media squabble with Malinga's wife

The exchange has made the national team 'a laughing stock to the whole country', the allrounder has written in a letter

30-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Lahiru Kumara ruled out of Canberra Test, South Africa tour

The news is a serious blow to Sri Lanka's chances in the next Test, and the consequences of this hamstring injury may also be keenly felt in South Africa

26-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pat Cummins' career-best fashions Australia's innings win

Sri Lanka's batting failed abysmally again, as they crashed to 139 all out, to lose in roughly two-and-a-half days

26-Jan-2019•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Cummins and Richardson bring back Australia's cheer

Only Niroshan Dickwella resisted them with any effect, hitting 42 not out off 52 balls, after most in the top-order had got out batting conservatively

24-Jan-2019•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson to debut as teams seek turnaround

Both teams have concerns with their batting, and are coming into the two-Test series on the back of poor recent records

23-Jan-2019•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

The wavering Test trajectory of Dhananjaya de Silva

If it has baffled fans that a player of such obvious talent has faltered so often, it has been a frustrating journey for the Sri Lanka batsman himself as well

23-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Number of people' approaching ICC on alleged corruption in Sri Lankan cricket

ICC's amnesty period currently on, during which it hopes to gather evidence which may further its investigations in Sri Lanka

21-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The year of New Zealand

They lost in the final, but up until then, McCullum's men defined the tournament

21-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Grant Elliott's six sends New Zealand to their first World Cup final

Five runs to get in two balls - what do you do, Grant?

21-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ross Taylor second only to Virat Kohli since 2015 World Cup

Ever since he's had surgery to correct a growth in his left eye, the New Zealand batsman's game has hit the stratosphere

21-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pradeep ruled out of Australia series due to hamstring strain

The grade-one strain has also left the Sri Lanka seamer doubtful for the South Africa Tests, that follow close on the heels of the Australia tour

20-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Batsmen still haven't understood the value of finishing a match' - Malinga

The Sri Lanka captain wanted his team to show character in the middle, and not sit back satisfied merely by good starts - with bat or ball

11-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Frustrating to not have shown my abilities at international level' - Bracewell

Having watched from the sidelines during the ODI series, the allrounder came good in the lone T20I against Sri Lanka with bat and ball

11-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Bracewell, Kuggeleijn, Ferguson end SL's winless tour

Bracewell and Kuggeleijn bashed 44 off 26 and 35 not out off 15 respectively before Ferguson's three-for dented Sri Lanka's chase

11-Jan-2019•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

We should never have dropped so quickly in T20s - Lasith Malinga

With Sri Lanka having slipped to ninth on the T20I rankings, this will be the first time they'll not gain direct qualification into the T20 World Cup

10-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Auckland

Final chance for Malinga's SL to break New-Zealand tour rut

Tim Southee will be leading New Zealand in Kane Williamson's absence as Sri Lanka look to finish the tour on a high

10-Jan-2019•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Taylor, Nicholls centuries seal 3-0 sweep

New Zealand piled on 364, before a familiar middle-order collapse left Thisara Perera waging a lone battle as Sri Lanka sank to a 115-run defeat

07-Jan-2019•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Colin Munro aims to tweak code T20 to suit ODI requirement

Where in T20, Munro explodes virtually the moment he takes guard at the crease, he feels he's got to adapt a little better in ODIs

07-Jan-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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