After a disappointing performance in the recent Sharjah Cup, Sri Lanka have bolstered their one-day squad by recalling Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold and Romesh Kaluwitharana for the forthcoming triangular series with New Zealand and Pakistan

Stephen Fleming claimed to be surprised by Sri Lanka's negative approach during the final Test in Kandy, believing that they did "not want to win." Sri Lanka were set a stiff 191 target in 38 overs after bowling out New Zealand for 183, but

Although you would never have guessed it from their lack of ambition on the fourth day, both Sri Lanka and New Zealand claim to be hopeful of clinching the series on the final day of this Kandy Test match

The second Test drifted towards stalemate on the fourth day after another gritty marathon from Hashan Tillakaratne

Daniel Vettori and Marvan Atapattu have escaped serious injury after a gruesome fielding collision on the third afternoon of the second Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Kandy

Jacob Oram was delighted with his first major contribution with the bat in Test cricket on the third day of the second Test in Kandy

Despite the arrival of emergency tarpaulins, which covered 90% of the ground, the around-the-clock mopping up operations of an army of groundstaff and, ironically, bright blue skies and blazing sunshine, no play was possible before lunch on the

Stephen Fleming remained upbeat about his side's chances despite New Zealand slipping to 75 for 4 on a truncated second day in this second Test

For five sessions they lazed in their hotel, looking forward to the chance to win their first series in Sri Lanka for two decades, as an army of groundstaff mopped up a waterlogged outfield with hand sponges and scraped away the mud with cardboard

The opening day's play of the second match of the two-Test series at Kandy was abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy overnight rain left large areas of the outfield saturated

After an attritional drawn opening Test in Colombo, a dreary contest on a lifeless pitch, more frustration is in store for the second Test at Kandy

The inmates of the nearby Welikada Prison, given day release during the Test match to man the pitch covers, may have sung and danced their way through their last afternoon of freedom, but for the others present at the P Saravanamuttu Oval there was

A thunderstorm brought relief on the fourth afternoon of the opening Test: relief from the sweltering heat and also from the dreary cricket, which had reached a stalemate after a dour, unbeaten 11th Test century from Hashan Tillakaratne

Sri Lanka's batsmen, faced with New Zealand's daunting 515 for 7, sparkled in the morning, wobbled in the afternoon and consolidated in the evening

Stephen Fleming battled through searing heat and sapping humidity to score 274 not out, the second-highest score by a New Zealander in Test cricket

Stephen Fleming hits out on his way to an unbeaten 112 ©AFP Local predictions that New Zealand might wilt in harsh Sri Lankan conditions proved overly optimistic on an attritional opening day of this two-Test series at the P Saravanamuttu Oval

Were the unusual heat and humidity in Colombo not enough - even under the shade of the tin-roofed Sathi Coomaraswamy stand it was sweltering on Thursday - New Zealand, missing key batsmen in the middle order, are faced with the daunting prospect of

Sri Lanka's selectors have picked a 15-man squad for the opening Test against New Zealand, including the previously out-of-favour wicket-keeper, Romesh Kaluwitharana, and four specialist slow bowlers

Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya officially tendered his resignation on Friday morning, handing over a letter to cricket board chief executive Anura Tennekoon

Sri Lanka's star fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has been forced out of the ongoing Sharjah Cup quadrangular with an injured right ankle