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Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe but sterner tests lie ahead

Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe but sterner tests lie ahead

Sri Lanka completed their third consecutive Test series win on Monday when they crushed a poor Zimbabwean side by an innings and 94 runs at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy

07-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka poised for series clinching win on fourth day

Sri Lanka poised for series clinching win on fourth day

Zimbabwe were left with their backs firmly to the wall in Sri Lanka's hill country capital on Sunday night with the hosts poised for a series clinching win on the fourth day of this second Test

06-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten

Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten

A day that started with anti-climax, when hometown hero Muttiah Muralitharan narrowly failed to become the third man in history to take ten wickets in an innings, ended with Sri Lanka in a now familiar position of dominance in this one-sided Test

05-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Muralitharan grabs limelight with brilliant nine wicket burst

Muralitharan grabs limelight with brilliant nine wicket burst

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

04-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Muralitharan's world record attempt - wicket by wicket

Muralitharan's world record attempt - wicket by wicket

Muttiah Muralitharan finished the first day of the second Janashakthi National Test with nine wickets, agonisingly short of a world record, with Jim Laker's best ever Test bowling of 10/53 well within his sights

04-Jan-2002•CricInfo

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