Charlie Austin

Deadly double act sends Zimbabwe tumbling to defeat

Muttiah Muralitharan reached 400 wickets in record time and Sri Lanka completed their eighth straight Test win and second successive series whitewash during an extraordinarily dramatic day of Test cricket at Galle International Stadium on Tuesday

14-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan tail leaves Muralitharan waiting in the wings

A large and expectant crowd braved the stifling heat and humidity on the second day of the final Janashakthi National Test at Galle to watch Muttiah Muralitharan pass the 400 mark

13-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Zimbabwe's part-time spinners cause problems in Galle

Zimbabwe finished the first day of the final Janashakthi National Test with their self-respect intact

12-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Aravinda De Silva given hope of England recall by new selectors

Star batsman Aravinda de Silva has been given fresh hope of an international recall after a meeting with Sri Lanka's newly appointed selection committee

12-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

History beckons for Muralitharan in Galle

Cricket has a reputation for producing the unexpected but there are few safer predictions than Muttiah Muralitharan grabbing a bagful of wickets on a dusty Galle track

11-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka set to host ICC KnockOut

Sri Lanka are set to stage the International Cricket Council (ICC) KnockOut Trophy in September after India's decision not to host the popular 10-team tournament

09-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe but sterner tests lie ahead

Sri Lanka completed their third consecutive Test series win on Monday when they crushed a poor Zimbabwean side by an innings and 94 runs at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy

07-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sanath Jayasuriya warns of tougher assignments ahead

As a rampant Sri Lankan side romped to a predictable series win against Zimbabwe, captain Sanath Jayasuriya warned of tougher challenges ahead in 2002

07-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka poised for series clinching win on fourth day

Zimbabwe were left with their backs firmly to the wall in Sri Lanka's hill country capital on Sunday night with the hosts poised for a series clinching win on the fourth day of this second Test

06-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

CricInfo talks to Murali after his narrow failure to take all ten

Hill-country spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan came agonisingly close to recording the best bowling figures ever in Test cricket at the Asgiriya International Stadium on Saturday morning only to be denied all ten when Chaminda Vaas inadvertently

05-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten

A day that started with anti-climax, when hometown hero Muttiah Muralitharan narrowly failed to become the third man in history to take ten wickets in an innings, ended with Sri Lanka in a now familiar position of dominance in this one-sided Test

05-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan sports minister intervenes in selection debacle

Sports minister Johnston Fernando forced Sri Lanka's selectors into a U-turn late on Thursday night as members of the team seriously contemplated standing down from the second Janashakthi National Test in protest of the decision to rest Marvan

04-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Muralitharan grabs limelight with brilliant nine wicket burst

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

04-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan selectors decision to rest Marvan Atapattu is ill-timed and dangerous

The Sri Lankan cricket team were on a high

03-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka selectors rest Atapattu in Kandy

Kandy's reputation for the bizarre and unpredictable was enhanced further on the eve of the second Test against Zimbabwe when the Sri Lankan selectors made two unexpected changes, resting vice-captain Marvan Atapattu and promising fast bowler

03-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Brian Murphy abandons Sri Lankan tour after latest hand injury

Leg-spinner Brian Murphy has been forced out of Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka after a sustaining a new hand injury

03-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

CricInfo looks back on a roller coaster year for Sri Lankan cricket

Sri Lankan cricket enjoyed a roller coaster ride in 2001

02-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka make in six on the trot before the heavens open

It came slower than expected, as afternoon rain and some studied defense threatened to take the game into the final day, but Sri Lanka eventually triumphed to seal their six consecutive Test victory - a first for a sub-continental side - and take an

31-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan coach and captain assess another powerful performance

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya praised the efforts of his bowlers on Saturday after their grueling and successful endeavors in the scorching heat at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo

30-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Zimbabwean captain left frustrated after poor umpiring in Colombo

As a full moon holiday in Colombo brought the first Test to a temporary halt on Sunday, Zimbabwean captain Stuart Carlisle was left ruing a string of poor umpiring decisions on the first three days that leaves his side facing a massive innings defeat

30-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

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