Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Onus on youngsters to lift Sri Lanka out of the pits

India would not have expected their successes to come quite as easily as they have so far on this tour. There's little to suggest the trend will be bucked in Pallekele

23-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka fans hold up team bus to express displeasure

The fan demonstration - shouting slogans and hooting - delayed the Sri Lankan team's departure by close to half an hour after their drubbing in the opening ODI

21-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Coach Nic Pothas critical of Sri Lanka's fickle selections

The interim coach has also expressed his annoyance at outsiders meddling in team matters

20-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SLC set to introduce four-team first-class tournament

20-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Can ailing Sri Lanka spring a surprise?

India have runs, wickets, form and confidence on their side. Sri Lanka have the distant memory of that Oval victory and familiarity with conditions on theirs

19-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

'Worst series loss of my career' - Chandimal

Not once could Sri Lanka push a Test match to the fifth day and the new captain Dinesh Chandimal felt quite badly about that

14-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Cherish the old memories, Sri Lanka

Never in their history have Sri Lanka been so comprehensively rolled over. There was no Duleep Mendis-style counterattack, or a Muttiah Muralitharan-esque bamboozling. There was only misery

14-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Sri Lanka to play World XI for charity match

The T20 match, featuring players from around the world, will be played for the benefit of disaster-affected children, at Khettarama

13-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka's glorious competence

After being pummeled for 1462 runs in three innings, the hosts, led by two rookie left-arm spinners, were sublimely adequate for most of the first day in Pallekele

12-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Need to make first-class pitches suited to fast bowlers - Vaas

Sri Lanka's bowling coach has drawn attention to the tendency to produce spin-friendly pitches in first-class cricket that are stifling the development of quick bowlers

12-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Chandimal banks on Kumara, Fernando to fill void

The Sri Lanka captain has pinned his hopes on the inexperienced quicks to deliver in the absence of injured seniors Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal

11-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Sri Lanka pin hopes on quicks to avoid whitewash

Both teams have lost an influential spinner - Ravindra Jadeja and Rangana Herath, but India still appear to have all bases covered on a green Pallekele surface

11-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Who after Herath as Sri Lanka's frontline spinner?

With Rangana Herath on his last legs as a Test cricketer, national spin-bowling coach Piyal Wijetunge weighs in on potential replacements

10-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL pick Chameera, Gamage for third India Test

Nuwan Pradeep, Rangana Herath left out on account of injuries; Danushka Gunathilaka also omitted

10-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ratnayake to head SL's fast-bowling programme

Rumesh Ratnayake's appointment does not have any immediate impact on Chaminda Vaas, who is the fast-bowling coach presenting working with the national team

08-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Herath to be rested for Pallekele Test

The left-arm spinner pulled up with a stiff back in the second Test and will stay in Colombo to receive treatment. Two players will be added to Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test

08-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Karunaratne produces narrative-changing knock

Dimuth Karunaratne has gone from regularly being on the verge of getting dropped to becoming one of Sri Lanka's most consistent batsmen of 2017 - and shown the stomach for a fight while at it

06-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Expected our spinners to make bigger impact - Chandimal

The Sri Lanka captain said his team discussed "using the sweep and reverse sweep shots heavily" in the second innings, and went on to execute that plan well

06-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Kusal Mendis rises above cauldron of gloom

Amid the wreckage that has been Sri Lanka's ongoing "transition", Kusal Mendis has, repeatedly, shown the skills and temperament to put smiles on often-pained faces

05-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Pradeep out of series with hamstring injury

A grade-one tear has left Sri Lanka without their in-form fast bowler for the remainder of the Test series against India

05-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

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