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Another first-ball wicket and the milestone that wasn't

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Colombo

16-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Another missing frame and Hussey strikes again

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Pallekele

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Sri Lanka's batting finally comes good

While their bowling attack has been weakened by retirements, there are no excuses for Sri Lanka's batting failures in this series, and the batsmen took what was, perhaps, their last chance to assert themselves

11-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Sangakkara's role-switch, Watson's Dilshan-moment

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Pallekele

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Newcastle revisited

Shaun Marsh's maiden first-class ton came in the company of Michael Hussey eight years ago in Newcastle, and, so far, he's looked good to repeat the feat in Test cricket in Pallekele

09-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

The leader and the left-over

While Michael Clarke has looked the part of leader of his team in the series so far, Tillakaratne Dilshan seems to be finding it hard to cope with the complex demands of captaining Sri Lanka

08-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Still no luck with the DRS for Harris

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia, in Pallekele

08-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Finger flickin' Mendis a must for Pallekele

The man who took Mendis straight from the army into Sri Lanka's spin-bowling academy says he could be the difference in the Tests against Australia

07-Sep-2011•Ashley Mallett

Greig's smile, Lyon's chance

The stories behind the stories, in our reporter's recap of his first fortnight in Sri Lanka covering the Australia tour

05-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig

Rain and the tail fail to support hosts

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

03-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia's heart-starter

This Australian side is an enormous distance from being a great team, or even a very good one, but it has shown willingness to work hard and scrap heartily for success

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Problems with the pitch-mat?

Plays of the Day from the third day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Australia

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Nathan Lyon's debut in the sun

Offspinner Nathan Lyon, a groundsman by trade, took 5 for 34 on debut to skittle Sri Lanka for 105 in Galle

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia struggle despite Mendis' absence

Given Australia's struggles against Sri Lanka's mystery spinner in the limited-overs games, it was surprising he was not picked for the Test

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Debuts, delays and deluxe views

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Malinga's absence in Tests leaves a gaping hole

Lasith Malinga was devastating for Sri Lanka in the ODI series but the hosts will have to find a way to cope without him in the Tests

23-Aug-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Mmm, Malinga

Yet another hat-trick from the wild-haired one. Plus fireworks from Chamara Silva. Equals happy campers

23-Aug-2011•Ashwin Dias

Ten trends for the Tests

The limited-overs leg has reinforced the state of flux both teams find themselves in, and the Test series could be won by the side that handles the uncertainty better

22-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

And the band played on

... while the Titanic sank. If only Clarke had won the toss, things would have been so much better for this Lanka fan

21-Aug-2011•Rukshan Fernando

'Clarke will use his spinners well in Sri Lanka'

Their former coach says that even though Sri Lanka are nearly invincible on home turf, Australia, led by their new captain, can be expected to put up a good fight on this tour

02-Aug-2011•Interview by Daniel Brettig

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