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Atapattu: A missed opportunity for a triple hundred

Atapattu: A missed opportunity for a triple hundred

Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu may have started his international career in disastrous fashion, recording five ducks in his first six Test innings, but he is now riding high and is widely acknowledged to be Sri Lanka's most technically accomplished

20-Oct-2001•Rex Clementine

Muralitharan reaches 350 Test wicket mark in record time

Muralitharan reaches 350 Test wicket mark in record time

Man-of-the-match Muttiah Muralitharan, playing in his 66th Test, who donated his winning cheque to Ashraful after the youngster's astonishing 114, became the fastest bowler to reach 350 Test wickets when he caught and bowled last man Mohammad Sharif

08-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Teenage prodigy steals limelight as Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh

Teenage prodigy steals limelight as Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh

Bangladesh may have lost by an innings for the second time in a fortnight, but they left Sri Lanka on a high after a scintillating hundred from a teenage prodigy, who booked himself a place in the record books as the youngest ever player to score a

08-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Dream comes true for Bangladeshi teenager

Dream comes true for Bangladeshi teenager

For most teenagers a Test century on debut remains a distant dream, but for Mohammad Ashraful it was a dream come true

08-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka hand out old school thrashing

Sri Lanka hand out old school thrashing

There are old school adherents who believe that education is best achieved with sharp cane and plenty of punishment, but one fears that the severe beating being handed out to Bangladesh in this Asian Test Championship match could seriously undermine

07-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka prosper in one-sided affair

Sri Lanka prosper in one-sided affair

It was cricket at its one-sided worst

06-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

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