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Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

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Sri Lanka's packed Test schedule: three continents in four months

After hosting England in November, Sri Lanka travel to New Zealand in December, then to Australia in January and finally to South Africa in February

31-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Have told Thisara how important he is for 2019 World Cup - Samaraweera

The Sri Lanka batting coach felt that after some strong discussions, the allrounder was heading in the right direction

29-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Angelo Mathews on Danushka Gunathilaka - 'We will not tolerate any indiscipline'

Sri Lanka's ODI captain has delivered a stern rebuke to Danushka Gunathilaka, who is the latest player to be sanctioned for misconduct during a series

28-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Backbenchers hope to kickstart World Cup preparation

The five-match ODI series that starts in Dambulla is a chance for both Sri Lanka and South Africa to strap in, and start building some form

28-Jul-2018•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka ODIs 'great' chance to conquer spin - Benkenstein

Among the skills Dale Benkenstein is trying to teach his charges is to pick spinners out of the hand

27-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Want to make No. 3 spot my own' - Theunis de Bruyn

The batsman said the sweep had been a key weapon during his innings of 101 in the second Test at the SSC

23-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Karunaratne wants '20 to 25 Test hundreds'

The opener currently has eight, after his Player-of-the-Series performance against South Africa

23-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka Cricket to launch inquiry into Gunathilaka incident

Sri Lanka Police have confirmed that the batsman is not under investigation, but his suspension is linked with an alleged sexual assault incident at the team hotel

23-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Karunaratne has been brilliant in the last year or so - Mathews

Having known him since high school, Mathews feels the opener has added a lot of stability to the inexperienced Sri Lanka side

22-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka "street-smart" in denying us preparation for turners - Elgar

The opener believed the hosts had denied South Africa preparation on pitches that were similar to those they would encounter in the Test series

22-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The case for scrapping the toss

Could giving the away team the choice of batting or fielding first reduce the scope for overly lopsided contests on pitches heavily skewed in the home side's favour?

21-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

'Sri Lanka, in these conditions, are too good for us' - SA coach Gibson

With three days still to go, and a draw or win unlikely for the visitors, the coach Ottis Gibson said that he wanted his players to compete with pride

21-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

'Really surprised' SA picked only one spinner - Samaraweera

Sri Lanka's batting coach expresses surprise at the composition of South Africa's attack, and says that as the Test goes on, the pitch will turn even more

20-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Maharaj buries ghosts of centuries of South Africa's spinners

The left-arm spinner did what no other South African spinner has managed in Sri Lanka - not get punished in spin-friendly conditions

20-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Du Plessis wants batsmen to 'trust their defence'

Refrain from attacking too early and await the hittable balls - that's the South Africa captain's motto, ahead of the 2nd Test in Colombo

19-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Maharaj hoping to learn from "best in the world" Herath

The South African spinner described the Sri Lankan's consistency as "phenomenal" and said he wanted to incorporate how the older man could turn and slide the ball at will

18-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dale Steyn, the greatest fast bowler of the century

A deep dive into numbers from the last 30 years or so will reveal that Dale Steyn is not merely great, but is actually among the finest half-dozen quicks to ever have played the game

18-Jul-2018 • Updated on 31-Aug-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Chandimal to miss four more games over spirit of cricket breach

Already sitting out of the two South Africa Tests, now he will miss four ODIs too as the ICC's judicial commissioner imposes harshest possible sentence on Sri Lanka trio

16-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Karunaratne reveals strategy to tackle spinners

Karunaratne scored 218 runs on a Galle surface in which no other batsman could manage so much as a half-century, and this is not even his most impressive hundred in tough conditions

14-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

'I'm a big fan of taking away the toss' - Du Plessis

The South Africa captain thinks allowing the visiting team to always decide on whether they want to bat or bowl will bring back some balance to Test cricket

14-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

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