Captain Sanath Jayasuriya has welcome the recall of veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva, as Sri Lanka start their final run in to the 2003 World Cup with a three-match series against Bangladesh starting Sunday

Sri Lanka completed formalities shortly before the scheduled luncheon interval on the fourth day, bowling out Bangladesh for 184 to secure their tenth consecutive victory on home soil; and their first win without the services of Muttiah Muralitharan

Opener Michael Vandort made a strong case for inclusion in Sri Lanka's squad for their two-Test tour of South Africa this November, as he scored a maiden Test century at the Sinhalese Sports Club on the third day of this one-sided series

Sri Lanka's bowlers, no doubt wary of another ear bashing from Sanath Jayasuriya, who has become increasingly agitated by their ill-discipline in recent weeks, reasserted the home team's dominance in this ACL Cables Test series on Monday

Sri Lanka's controversial decision to field an under-strength side in this ACL Cables Second Test against Bangladesh proved costly as the tourists produced their most disciplined performance of the series, restricting the hosts to 301 for eight at

Sri Lanka will gamble on a second-string side when they face Bangladesh in the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club starting Sunday, resting nine established players and awarding three new caps as the selectors look to the future

It may not have healed the scars of their battering in England, but Sri Lanka will be hoping that normal service has resumed after an emphatic innings and 196 run victory against Bangladesh, the largest ever win in their 126 Test history

England and India will host the next two ICC Champions Trophy's, according to Malcom Speed, Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC)

England and India will host the next two ICC Champions Trophy's, according to Malcolm Speed, Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC)

Some of his team-mates may have squandered their chances of boosting their Test averages against the world's weakest bowling attack, but Aravinda de Silva's experience insured that he cashed in on a perfect opportunity to show the Sri Lankan

Four days after their return from England, Sri Lanka's disheartened cricketers were pressed back into action against Test greenhorns Bangladesh

Sri Lanka all-rounder Thilan Samaraweera has been sent as a replacement for the forthcoming NatWest triangular series after Muttiah Muralitharan was forced to withdraw from the tournament to protect his shoulder.

Muttiah Muralitharan has pulled out of the Sri Lankan squad that will take part in the forthcoming NatWest Series of one-day internationals against England and India starting on June 27th at Trent Bridge

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka's leading run scorer in Tests and One-Day Internationals, has been put on standby for the NatWest triangular series after a finger injury to Marvan Atapattu

England fast bowler Andy Caddick is doubtful for the NatWest triangular series starting 27th June at Trent Bridge, but the talismanic Darren Gough should be available for selection after recovering from a knee operation

England's cricketers briefly emerged from the World Cup's shadow, cheered to the rafters by 2000 loyal supporters during a thrilling finish to a one-sided series against Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan vice-captain Marvan Atapattu will play no further part in the third npower Test match and could miss the Natwest triangular series that follows

With one eye on the giant screen showing the England's heroics in Nigata and the other on Sri Lanka's wayward bowlers, Alec Stewart cruised authoritatively towards his 15th Test century, an achievement that provides the English selectors a headache

It was a tale of two Londoners: a left-hander from Croydon providing further evidence of his emergence as a Test player of substance; the other, an aging 39 year old from Merton, fighting to prolong a long Test career onto one further Ashes battle

England's dominance continued at Old Trafford on Thursday on a day when SriLanka's fortunes had to change if they were square the series