Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Atapattu back for ODI tri-series

Marvan Atapattu was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the tri-nation one-day tournament against India and South Africa

05-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

New ball will be important - Prince

Ashwell Prince, the South African captain, reckons that they have a competitive score to put Sri Lanka under pressure after being dismissed for 361 at the end of the first day of the first cricket Test in Colombo

04-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene warns against complacency

Mahela Jayawardene has said he expects South Africa to come back hard at them in the second cricket Test starting in Colombo on Friday

03-Aug-2006•Preview by Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Credit should go to the bowlers' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene, Ashwell Prince and Mickey Arthur speak to the media at the end of the first Test in Colombo

31-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka to celebrate 25 years of ICC full membership

Sri Lanka will celebrate 25 years of their admittance as a full member to the International Cricket Council (ICC) by honouring the cricketers who played in the inaugural Test match against England in February 1982

31-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'We have a good chance of saving the game' - Rudolph

Andrew Hall, Jacques Rudolph and Tom Moody speak to the media at the end of the fourth day

30-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'I am happy with what I have achieved' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene speaks to the media about his landmark achievement while Tom Moody and Nicky Boje add their own observations

29-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene determined to grind South Africa down

The Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara complimented each other on their superb performances after establishing a record third-wicket partnership of 471 in the first Test against South Africa at Colombo

28-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Moody hails Murali and Fernando

An expectedly upbeat Tom Moody, the Sri Lankan coach, hailed his bowlers for cleaning up South Africa for a paltry 169, adding that the pitch was likely to get slower as the match went on

27-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Health and family take priority over cricket for Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu, the injured Sri Lankan captain, has put his health and family ahead of his career in order to live a pain-free life after years of cricket

27-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka head into first Test without Vaas

Sri Lanka will have to make do without their most experienced bowler, Chaminda Vaas, who misses tomorrow's first Test against South Africa at Colombo with a hamstring injury

26-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

de Villiers and Rudolph prosper in drawn match

If the Sri Lanka selectors were hoping to use this three-day practice game as a guideline before they pick the squad for the first Test, which starts a week on Thursday, they got nowhere

24-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Samaraweera under pressure to perform

Seven of the Sri Lanka side to tour England last month have been included in a 14-man squad to represent a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI for the three-day warm-up match against the touring South Africans on Saturday

21-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Murali poses the biggest threat: Prince

Ashwell Prince, South Africa's stand-in captain, has singled out Muttiah Muralitharan as the biggest threat to his team as they prepare for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka

21-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka cricket in good shape: Moody

Tom Moody, the coach of Sri Lanka, believes his side's recent success in England was a stepping stone towards achieving greater goals in the future

20-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Rangana Herath included in Sri Lankan squad

Rangana Herath and Marvan Atapattu have been named in Sri Lanka's 20-member squad for the Test series against South Africa and the one-day series involving India and South Africa in August

17-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Was it the right move?

Was the move to cancel the eagerly awaited elections of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on the orders of Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakse the correct decision?

15-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'When you get a chance, you need to cash in'

Michael Vandort's hundred in the second Test against England has not only given him immense satisfaction, it has also silenced the critics who had questioned his ability to score runs against opponents other than Bangladesh

31-May-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene conscious of brittle batting dilemma

Ahead of the third and final Test against England, the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has called for an improved batting performance if they are to avoid a 2-0 series defeat

29-May-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayasuriya could yet play in second Test

After his side drew with Sussex on a rain-affected final day at Hove, Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has said Sanath Jayasuriya is still in the equation to play in the second Test against England at Edgbaston on Thursday

21-May-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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