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Woakes delight at team and personal gains

England Lions captain Chris Woakes has credited his team's preparation and their unrelenting focus on victory, for the 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka A.

02-Mar-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Robson's fifth hundred completes Lions' job

Sam Robson underlined his batting potential with his fifth hundred of the winter as England Lions secured a series win against Sri Lanka A in Colombo

01-Mar-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kerrigan starts out on path to redemption

So highly rated in county cricket but so emphatically embarrassed in his first Test at the Oval last year, Simon Kerrigan delivered an incisive spell in Colombo that may light his path to redemption.

28-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Woakes and Tharanga share tons

Sri Lanka A's hopes of levelling the series diminished on Thursday, after England Lions had added a further 159 runs, but for Upul Tharanga and Suraj Randiv, the second day brought their possible return to the tips of the Test team

27-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Woakes and Borthwick lift England Lions

A polished 83 from Varun Chopra laid the base for a busy, unbeaten 130-run stand between Chris Woakes and Scott Borthwick in the evening, as England Lions moved to a comfortable 302 for 5

26-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Karunaratne, Tharanga tons secure draw

There was no Dambulla dustbowl on the final day and the only deterioration was on the forehead of England Lions captain Chris Woakes

22-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Dambulla

Taylor's case becoming undeniable

James Taylor strengthened his case for a recall to England's Test side with an unbeaten double hundred against Sri Lanka A

21-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Dambulla

England reap Robson's unintended consequences

Sam Robson's hundred - his fourth in five matches - gave England Lions control on the second day of the second unofficial Test

20-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Dambulla

Lions seamers unpick preconceptions

On the flattest pitch of the tour, with England Lions picking three spinners, Graham Onions, Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett produced a display of unwavering discipline

19-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Dambulla

Lions ready for up-country spin test

England Lions have arrived in Sri Lanka's northern-most cricketing outpost hoping to wrap up the unofficial Test series

18-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Dambulla

Warnapura reasserts family name

Madawa Warnapura, the son of Sri Lanka's first Test captain Bandula Warnapura, reminded England of the family name they had first encountered more than 30 years ago with a stubborn century which delayed the Lions' victory on the final day

15-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Pallekele

Woakes forgoes century in victory hunt

Chris Woakes declared England Lions' innings to chase victory against Sri Lanka A in Pallekele and ended his chances of another century in the process

14-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Pallekele

Woakes puts Lions in firm control

Chris Woakes was dropped from the one-day team, had a modest Test debut and did not make the Ashes cut. But as captain of England Lions he reminded the selectors of his ability in Kandy

13-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Pallekele

England's future goes on display

As the majority of English cricket supporters mourn the loss of Kevin Pietersen a group of players who are actually available are about to begin perhaps the most important series of their careers

11-Feb-2014•Alex Winter in Kandy

Plunkett revives England memories

England Lions settled for a draw in their warm-up game against Sri Lanka A Emerging Players after the Yorkshire pair Jonny Bairstow and Liam Plunkett had both made hundreds

08-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Finally, Onions gets an England call

Graham Onions, whose exclusion from England's Ashes squad became the subject of widespread criticism, has been summoned as extra fast-bowling cover to the England Lions squad in Sri Lanka

08-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kerrigan returns to help skittle hosts

Simon Kerrigan slipped quietly back into action to take 3 for 31 as England Lions took firm control on the second day in Colombo

07-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lees leads Lions to strong start

A second top order batsman showed his potential for England Lions as Alex Lees made a century to lead his side into a strong position on the opening day of the second tour match in Colombo

06-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Roshen Silva in SL A squad

Batsmen Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Roshen Silva, and fast-bowling allrounder Ishan Jayaratne have confirmed their places in the Sri Lanka A squad for the first unofficial Test against England Lions

03-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Rayner called up to Lions squad

Ollie Rayner, the Middlesex spinner, has been officially added to the England Lions touring party, with Simon Kerrigan unable to travel to Sri Lanka due to a back injury

21-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

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