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Marrying steel with silk

As Ian Bell reaches his 100th Test at Headingley - becoming the 12th England player to reach the landmark - ESPNcricinfo looks back at five of his best innings

19-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan

Confidential: ICC over rate memo

In the aftermath of the Lord's Test where 17 overs went unbowled due to a slow over rate, ESPNcricinfo has seen detailed (and not entirely real) ICC documents which explain why it is not a problem

18-Jun-2014•David Hopps

Cook runs now top of England's most-wanted list

With Sri Lanka's attack, and what India will bring next month, a continued failure of Alastair Cook to recover something close to his best form will raise serious worries

17-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan

How to solve the over-rate problem

Enough of the dawdling. It's time to make 15 overs an hour mandatory

17-Jun-2014•Andy Zaltzman

Sri Lanka encouraged by battling draw

Despite a final nerve-wracking session, the tourists had plenty to take away from the first Test as they avoided a first defeat at Lord's since 1991

16-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

Plenty of ticks for England selectors

England's new era selections in detail after the first Test at Lord's

16-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Lankans loving Lord's and Thirimanne's bogeyman

A look at the stats highlights after England and Sri Lanka played out a thrilling draw at Lord's

16-Jun-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Ballance channels his Trott, then his KP

As Kevin Pietersen watched on, Gary Ballance produced a maiden century with many qualities of the man he has replaced, Jonathan Trott

15-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Devotion to the collective sees Mathews thrive

Angelo Mathews' outlook has changed since taking on the captaincy and now has the chance to shape a new, exciting team

15-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

Jayawardene still living by instinct

Mahela Jayawardene will forever be a free spirit no matter how much he seeks to eradicate the riskier elements of his game

14-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

Positive England avoid falling flat

The pitch has not been the seam-friendly surface Alastair Cook might have anticipated but it stretched his captaincy as England's bowlers strived to find a way through

14-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Sangakkara breaks jinx, and Lord's run-fests

Stats highlights from the third day at Lord's, which was dominated by Kumar Sangakkara's maiden Test century at the ground

14-Jun-2014•S Rajesh

Karunaratne's light flickers

Dimuth Karunaratne does not want for talent but a career-defining innings continues to elude him

13-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

England encounter the pleasure and the pain

England's future was revealed as they took to the field against Sri Lanka and it proved as expected to be a mixed bag

13-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan

Root double leads run riot

A stats round-up of the second day's play of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's

13-Jun-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Sri Lanka wilt in whites

Sri Lanka arrived at Lord's on the cloud of confidence their limited-overs cricket has generated, but on a tour in which they have sometimes felt besieged they failed to press home an early advantage on the sport's most celebrated stage

12-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

A nod to the future for Root and England

This was one day at the start of a long summer but after a long and painful winter it was a day for England to enjoy the sunshine

12-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

Revitalised Plunkett faces acid test

Having slipped off the rails, Liam Plunkett found the simple philosophy he needed at Yorkshire and is now set for a menacing role in England's attack

11-Jun-2014•David Hopps

Sri Lanka search for bowling heroes

Given that Sri Lanka have generally struggled to take wickets in England, the home batsmen will hope to regain form and get among the runs in the two-Test series

11-Jun-2014•S Rajesh

New England emerge from rubble

Fresh faces must be complemented by a fresh ethos as England seek to maintain their early season record at home and repair the damage of winter

10-Jun-2014•Andrew McGlashan

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