Dav Whatmore

So we meet again

The news from South Africa is undoubtedly good

The Sri Lankan team is now enjoying a well-earned break before we start preparation for the forthcoming tri-nation series in Sharjah and West Indies tour of Sri Lanka in November

Recent Test form had been putting the team under pressure; so this was a very satisfying series win

Dav Whatmore National Coach For the third home series in succession it's 1-1 after the first two Tests, when it could so easily have been 2-0 to Sri Lanka

We have been down this road before - one nil up with two Test matches to play after an emphatic victory in Galle

Dav Whatmore National Coach It's four months since Sri Lanka last played a Test match and we are looking forward to proving that this side can replicate its one-day success in the longer version of the game

Dav Whatmore National Coach During the last 12 months we have started to see a very encouraging trend: Sri Lanka are playing their best one-day cricket in the biggest games

Dav Whatmore National Coach Two wins out of two and Sri Lanka are well placed to reach the finals even though our performance with the bat has not been up to our normal high standards

In his column for CricInfo, Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore previews the Coca Cola Cup which starts on the 18th of July

Dav Whatmore National Coach The Sri Lankan squad picked for the forthcoming Coca Cola Cup provides an indication of the increasing and welcome importance attached to medium pace all rounders by the national selectors as we look towards the 2003

Dav Whatmore National Coach July has arrived and the triangular tournament moves ever closer

The triangular series against India and New Zealand, who were able to selectDaniel Vettori and Dion Nash for the tour after the pair passed fitnesstests last week, is drawing ever closer and the excitement is starting tobuild

The Sri Lankan selectors have named a 24-man squad - Upul Chandana andKaushalya Weereratne will join the 22-man squad when they have recoveredfully from injury - for the forthcoming triangular against India and NewZealand and Test series against

Dav Whatmore National Coach It may seem strange but five months of non-stop international cricket has had a slightly detrimental effect on the fitness levels of the Sri Lankan players

In a country that has endured a winter marred by grating weather, a foot and mouth epidemic, a one-sided Premiership, and some stuttering performances in the World Cup qualifiers, the cricket fans are still smiling

Whilst the lack of consistency was a disappointment, and would have cost us dear if it were the World Cup, Sri Lanka's performance in the final of the Sharjah ARY Gold Cup was very satisfying indeed and once again underlined the fact that when we

The forthcoming tournament in Sharjah is an important one for Sri Lanka

Having lost the Test series against England we were delighted to comeback so strongly to win the three-match One-Day International series in such a convincing fashion

Dav Whatmore National Coach The whole Sri Lankan team is obviously distraught at having just lost a tense, controversial and exciting Test series