Sriram Veera

Confident hosts face under-pressure India

India have middle-order problems and the fifth-bowler puzzle to solve, while Sri Lanka have a couple of middle-order berths to be filled up. Tomorrow's game offers the teams another chance to solve these issues

15-Aug-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Murali gets 800, Sri Lanka win by ten wickets

Forget the result of the Test. Sri Lanka won by ten wickets. Look at the bigger picture. Muttiah Muralitharan has reached the magical 800

22-Jul-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

West Indian T20 game gets a reboot

The Caribbean T20 is another of the West Indian board's initiatives to popularise cricket in the region

21-Jul-2010•Sriram Veera

Malinga, Murali leave Sri Lanka sniffing win

Muttiah Muralitharan collected his 67th five-for to help Sri Lanka enforce the follow-on before Lasith Malinga knocked the fight out of India by removing both Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid near the end of the day

21-Jul-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Sri Lanka in charge after making 520

The ball talked in the morning, Ishant Sharma impressed, Lasith Malinga thrilled and Rangana Herath became the unlikely hero

20-Jul-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Sangakkara and Paranavitana punish India

The Test is only a day old but already it appears as though this is Sri Lanka's game to lose

18-Jul-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Can Muralitharan bamboozle one last time?

For one last time in Test cricket, that most controversial bowling arm of our times will release the ball

17-Jul-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Bangladesh seek to change the pattern

You can almost hear the dirge after the Bangladesh's openers fall. Will they stop the rot and begin the change from the game against Sri Lanka?

17-Jun-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Zimbabwe close to fairytale finish

The fairytale of Zimbabwe's run to the final is etched in every scorecard of this tri-series. They have not just been winning but have looked like a team that knows how to win

08-Jun-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Chandimal ton sends India packing

Sri Lanka were splendid today; they hustled on the field, the spinners kept hauling them back when India threatened to break free, and Dinesh Chandimal made the chase look ridiculously easy with a charming ton

05-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Jolted India in must-win situation

India face Sri Lanka in a must-win encounter for the nth time in a multi-nation tournament

04-Jun-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Spinners, Dilshan humble Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka attacked from every corner, with seam and spin, to strangle and harass Zimbabwe who just about managed to get past 100. And Tillakaratne Dilshan helped them polish off the target without any trouble

01-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Under-pressure Sri Lanka face confident Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe produced a clinical win against India in the first ODI in Bulawayo. They have to now to show that they can sustain their recent performances. The game against Sri Lanka provides another opportunity

31-May-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Rohit's second ton seals comfortable win

Virat Kohli played a matured hand and Rohit Sharma overcame moments of rashness to hit a delightful hundred as the pair sparkled in a 154-run partnership to charge India to a facile win

30-May-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

New Zealand prevail on slow and low pitch

The slow and low pitch didn't make for exciting cricket and New Zealand grafted hard to reach 120 for 7. It proved more than enough as Sri Lanka struggled to fold up for 91

22-May-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Break the laws

With MCC set to change a few of the rules of the game, we look at 11 that could do with tweaking, or scrapping altogether, to make cricket more interesting and fair

20-May-2010•Martin Williamson and Sriram Veera

Sri Lankan win knocks India out

It was an awesome comeback from Sri Lanka. They first bounced back to restrict India, who had galloped to 90 for 1 from 10 overs, to 163 before shrugging off a poor start to chase down the target in the final delivery of the game

11-May-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Pace-weary teams battle to stay in competition

Pace-weary teams battle to stay in competition. Both India and Sri Lanka have been mauled in their Super Eights encounters and playing each other to stay in the hunt for the final four

10-May-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Windies aim to topple out-of-sorts Sri Lanka

Cricinfo previews the Super Eights game between Sri Lanka and West Indies

07-May-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Firing blanks

Dimi's five sixes, Shahadat's and Bond's hat-tricks, Malinga's four in four - all in vain

06-May-2010•Sriram Veera

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