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Sarwan ready to step up to the challenge

Were it not for Brian Lara, this little Guyanese would have made all the headlines even though the West Indies lost another overseas tour in Sri Lanka

27-Dec-2001•Barry Alleyne

Call for express pace

West Indies coach Roger Harper has a need a need for speed

25-Dec-2001•Barry Alleyne

`Don't expect victory'

Brian Lara has always been a realist in the face of defeat

24-Dec-2001•Barry Alleyne

Rough ride for Collins and Hinds

Tough, real tough

24-Dec-2001•Barry Alleyne

Lara says he will be back soon

He said it in a very soft tone, but the serious look on the face of Brian Charles Lara confirmed his intent

23-Dec-2001•Barry Alleyne

Sparks at tunnel's end

There really isn't a lot more than can be said about the West Indies' tour of Sri Lanka that hasn't been said already

23-Dec-2001•Tony Cozier

Blame the selectors - Fanfare

Wavell Hinds, Leon Garrick, Dinanath Ramnarine and Reon King were all hit by the injury bug with varying results during the present West Indies cricket tour of Sri Lanka

15-Dec-2001•Sherrylyn Clarke

West Indies select teenage fast bowler for day-night clash

Teenage fast bowler Jermaine Lawson will make his international debut on Tuesday as West Indies try to break their losing run when they take on SriLanka in the third match of the LG Abans triangular series.

10-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies name replacements for Sri Lanka

The West Indies selectors have announced the names of the two replacements for the injured Leon Garrick and Dinanath Ramnarine

08-Dec-2001•Derrick Nicholas

West Indies send Dillon home from Sri Lanka

Less than 24 hours before the start of the triangular one-day international series involving West Indies, Zimbabwe and host Sri Lanka, it has been confirmed that the West Indian fast bowler, Mervyn Dillon has been sent packing from Sri Lanka.

07-Dec-2001•Derrick Nicholas

The Garrick affair

The first inkling manager Ricky Skerritt had of the latest casualty in the West Indies team was when he saw Leon Garrick asleep in someone else's bed

06-Dec-2001•Tony Cozier

Two more West Indies players to fly home early

Two more West Indies players are returning from Sri Lanka to the Caribbean because of ill health

05-Dec-2001•CricInfo

Brian Lara calls for fundamental re-think on the game in the Caribbean

West Indian batting genius Brian Lara has called for a fundamental re-think on the direction and development of the game in the Caribbean following his team's three-nil whitewash in Sri Lanka

05-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Whatmore believes the best of Chaminda Vaas is still to come

Chaminda Vaas may have achieved his best bowling figures in his Test career against the West Indies at the SSC grounds on Monday, but coach Dav Whatmore for one believes that we haven't seen the best yet

05-Dec-2001•Saadi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka complete historic series whitewash

As sure as night follows day the dismissal of Brian Lara singled the end for West Indies as they slipped towards their third consecutive defeat to give Sri Lanka their first ever series whitewash in their 19 year Test history at the Sinhalese Sports

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Carl Hooper hopes young side learn from Sri Lankan disaster

Captain Carl Hooper paid tribute to Sri Lanka after their three-nil drumming and hoped that his inexperienced side would learn from the humbling experience

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Jayasuriya claims whitewash to be one of Sri Lanka's finest performances

Captain Sanath Jayasuriya acclaimed his side's three-nil series whitewash over West Indies as one of the finest ever performances by Sri Lanka

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne double-century sets up victory chance on final day

Prior to tea a military helicopter circled the Sinhalese Sports Club before a seven-man team of elite commandos sky-dived into the stadium during the interval

02-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne praises physio for helping him through pain barrier

Hashan Tillakaratne praised Sri Lankan physio Alex Kontouri at the end of day four for helping him battle through severe pain to score his maiden Test double century and highest first class score ate the Sinhales Sports Club on Sunday

02-Dec-2001•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Tillakaratne dominates third day at SSC

Veteran left-hander Hashan Tillakaratne scored his second century of the series and Russel Arnold partially broke off the shackles of poor form as Sri Lanka batted throughout the third day of this third and final Janashakthi National Test match

01-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

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