Pre-match gossip had centered on India's growing confidence against Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan after their triumph in Kandy, but such idle talk looked foolish in the extreme after the beguiling off-spinner wreaked havoc on the first day of the

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a radical re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who are set to make three changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win,

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who have made two changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win, whilst India

Wicketkeeper-batsmen Romesh Kaluwitharana was dropped from the Sri Lankan Test squad for the Third Test against India on Monday night after the selectors slimmed down the squad to 15 players

The Indian cricket board has turned down a request from the team management in Sri Lanka to send fast bowler Ajit Agarkar as cover for the third Test

Fast bowler Ajit Agarkar is being sent to Sri Lanka as a back-up bowler for the third and final Test.

Sri Lanka's third successive failure in Kandy leaves supporters and pundits searching for rational explanations

In front of a capacity local crowd who had come to cheer Sri Lanka's first series victory for 16 months and with his captaincy attracting increasing criticism, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly finally cast off the shackles of poor form to guide his side

Can the hill country folk of Kandy have ever been so richly entertained

Sri Lanka's grip on this three-Test series tightened after an industrious performance by their fast bowlers and poor umpiring secured them a useful first innings lead at Asgiriya International Stadium today

Most sensible commentators interpreted Sourav Ganguly's pre-match claims that "morale was good" and that "there was no reason to be down" as a valiant but forlorn attempt to save an injury ravaged team from total combustion

Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore threw his support behind fast bowling allrounder Suresh Perera, who was reported for having a suspect action in the Galle Test, after Sri Lanka's final practice before the second Test in Kandy

For Sri Lanka this is familiar territory - a thumping victory in Gallefollowed by a series winning opportunity in the hills of Kandy

The Sri Lankan selectors have named an unchanged 16-man squad for the Second Test against India in Kandy which starts Wednesday

This morning, the sturdy ramparts of the Galle Fort were bedecked with red flags in preparation for a radical political rally this evening

A maiden Test century from Kumar Sangakkara and a dramatic second innings collapse by the India's top order in the evening left Sri Lanka on the verge of an emphatic victory in the first Test at the Galle International Stadium on Thursday

In Durban last December fast bowler Randi Dilhara Fernando announced his raw potential to the cricketing world with a five-wicket haul against South Africa

Not even in their wildest dreams could Sri Lanka have hoped for a better day in the second Test than the one they had in Galle today, where they brushed aside the India lower order inside the first hour and then stroked themselves confidently into a

They say you should never judge a book by its cover

Hashan Tillakaratne will make a comeback into the Sri Lankan national side in first Test against India in Galle on Tuesday after two frustrating years on the sidelines