Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Finch, Smith help Australia pass SL spin test

Australia's win wasn't always pretty, but it was comfortable enough. With Aaron Smith and Steven Smith making half centuries, they chased down 228 with three wickets and more than three overs to spare

21-Aug-2016•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka keen to build a team for the future

In high spirits after the unexpected 3-0 whitewash in Tests, Sri Lanka wish to find similar joy in the one-day format, but are also looking well beyond the series at hand

20-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Ailing Australia seek respite in ODIs

Having been traumatised by Rangana Herath in the Tests, Australia will fall back on their impressive ODI form in a bid to wriggle out some breathing space in Sri Lanka

20-Aug-2016•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Sri Lanka pick 18-year-old Avishka Fernando in ODI squad

A starring turn in the recent Sri Lanka Under-19 team's tour of England has earned top-order batsman Avishka Fernando a call-up to Sri Lanka's ODI squad for the series against Australia

19-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Herath's masterclass, Mendis' surge, de Silva's promise

Sri Lanka's marks out of ten after they bounced back from a winless tour of England to trample Australia 3-0 at home

18-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mendis' 176 was the series turnaround - Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has said Kusal Mendis' 176 in Pallekele was the performance upon which the series against Australia pivoted

17-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Resuscitated Sri Lanka complete Test cricket's jigsaw

From the brink of despair, Sri Lanka have risen to rapturous exhilaration after whitewashing Australia. And Test cricket is much better for it.

17-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Silva fits into the Sri Lankan 'fight' template

Exhibiting the indomitable Sri Lankan spirit, overcoming a poor situation, and battling injury, Kaushal Silva showed how he fit right into the template of a Sri Lankan fight

16-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Regeneration has begun quicker than I expected - Ford

Sri Lanka's regeneration has begun quicker than he had expected, coach Graham Ford said, in light of several encouraging individual performances in the ongoing series

15-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Fireman Herath rescues Sri Lanka from the pits, again

The left-arm spinner, through inspiring power of will, overcame a hit on the box to single-handedly whittle down a potential three-figure lead for Australia

15-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando at SSC

Chandimal contrives the old SSC experience

When the new SSC was contriving excitement with a score of 26 for 5, Dinesh Chandimal embraced everything he is not and no matter what the surface was doing, he had to wrestle himself

14-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Australia hapless before de Silva's insouciance

In the heart of Colombo's administrative district, young Dhananjaya de Silva summoned up superlative casualness to give Australia a thorough government-office treatment

13-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

It's going to be a turner again, Mathews warns Australia

In a week in which there has been mild consternation in Australia about the state of the Galle surface, Angelo Mathews has made no apologies about what the visitors can expect at the SSC

12-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SLC to invite Muralitharan to present series awards

Sri Lanka Cricket will invite Muttiah Muralitharan to present awards at the conclusion of the ongoing series against Australia, SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala has said

10-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Vaas to spearhead SLC's fast bowling feeder system

Chaminda Vaas has been appointed Sri Lanka Cricket's fast-bowling consultant, fifteen months after his contract as the national team's bowling coach lapsed

10-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Perera a silent hero - Angelo Mathews

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has called Dilruwan Perera a "silent hero" after the offspinner became the first Sri Lanka player to take ten wickets and score a half-century in a Test

06-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

The transformed ways of Sri Lankan cricket

In six weeks, Angelo Mathews has modified the way he uses DRS; and in two weeks the Sri Lankan attack doesn't need the seamers it relied on. Where's the logic?

06-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Sri Lanka's spinners become the <i>Goodfellas</i>

Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera and Lakshan Sandakan may look innocuous, but they have led unsuspecting Australia into a dark alley, drawn shivs, and merrily stabbed away

05-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Sri Lanka's adrenaline surges, again

Kusal Mendis' landmark Pallekele innings and some quality spin bowling have given Sri Lanka a shot in the arm, and the restored confidence was evident in Angelo Mathews' enterprise in Galle

04-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Silken Aravinda, stoic Arjuna, and magical Mahela

With Sri Lanka set to begin their 250th Test in Galle, we look back at ten of their most gripping matches

04-Aug-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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