Andrew Miller

UK editor, ESPNcricinfo

Hoggard 'looking doubtful' for second Test

England's captain, Michael Vaughan, has conceded that Matthew Hoggard's prospects of playing in Sunday's second Test at Colombo are slim

04-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Drop-kicking Bell over the monastery

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the fourth day between Sri Lanka and England at Kandy

04-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Sides prepare for fourth-day scrap

While the magnitude of Muttiah Muralitharan achievement rightly dominated the day's proceedings, somewhere beneath the hype and felicitations, a good old-fashioned nuggety Test match was taking shape

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

The modest masterblaster calls time

It was an exit that brought to mind Mike Atherton's sheepish departure at The Oval in 2001. No-one knew for sure that this was his final innings in Test cricket, but the way Sanath Jayasuriya shyly saluted his standing ovation was telling in the extreme

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Jayasuriya's bash and Cook's klutzy misfield

Andrew Miller looks back at the plays of the day on the third day of the first Test in Kandy

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Murali sparks delirium in Kandy

He was made to wait, longer than he or any of his legions of admirers could ever have imagined, but in end, the inevitable could not be postponed indefinitely as Muttiah Muralitharan took his 709th Test wicket and the world record

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Bell shines amid the gloom

No-one has doubted Muttiah Muralitharn's destiny in this match - least of all, it seems, England's batsmen

02-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Kandy made to wait another day

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the second day between Sri Lanka and England at Kandy

02-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Relaxed Hoggard leads England's early charge

Until his four wickets today, Matthew Hoggard had little reason to recall Kandy with any fondness. It was on this ground, on England's corresponding tour back in December 2003, that he was last dropped from the Test side

01-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Like taking Kandy from a baby

Andrew Miller picks out the plays of the day from the opening exchanges between England and Sri Lanka in Kandy

01-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

An old hand lends a hand

Who better to teach England to deal with spin than past master Andy Flower?

01-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller

Vaughan keeps his cards close

England's team selection remains a closely guarded secret ahead of the first Test at Kandy, as Michael Vaughan weighs up his options

30-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Single-minded Jayawardene remains focussed

Sri Lanka's captain, Mahela Jayawardene, insists that his side will not be distracted by talk of records and impending retirements, as the first Test against England prepares to get underway in Kandy

30-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

No hiding from the hype

Murali only has a few last steps to go to No. 709

29-Nov-2007

Pietersen: England will focus on cricket

Kevin Pietersen says England's cricketers will stay focussed on their tour of Sri Lanka despite two bomb attacks in the capital, Colombo, on Wednesday

28-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

Vaughan confident England are ready

Michael Vaughan believes England are ready to face Sri Lanka in the first Test at Kandy on Saturday, after their five-wicket victory over the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in Colombo

27-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

England secure warm-up win

Kevin Pietersen produced his first half-century of the tour and Alastair Cook continued his recent good form, as England wrapped up a morale-boosting victory over the Sri Lanka Board President's XI at Colombo

27-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

Lokuarachchi out for two months

Steve Harmison's participation in the first Test at Kandy remains in severe doubt after he was sent for a scan on the back injury he sustained while bowling on the opening day of England's warm-up match in Colombo

27-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

Harmison scan is clear

27-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

Swinging out of the shadows

Ryan Sidebottom talks about how desperate he was to break free from the one-cap wonder club

27-Nov-2007•Andrew Miller

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