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Let us now bow to R Ashwin

Let us now bow to R Ashwin

Guess who is the world's second-best opening bowler in Tests this decade

02-Sep-2015•Andy Zaltzman

SL's tragic hero treads a lonely road, again

SL's tragic hero treads a lonely road, again

If other men were witness to as much incompetence as Angelo Mathews has become used to, dressing rooms might have been set ablaze

01-Sep-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

'Great to be on the right side of the fence'

'Great to be on the right side of the fence'

A round-up of the Twitter reactions to India's 2-1 series win in Sri Lanka

01-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

All 60 wickets to India bowlers, and a rare comeback

All 60 wickets to India bowlers, and a rare comeback

Stats highlights from the third Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC where India completed a rare away series win

01-Sep-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

India bowlers find way past Mathews, Perera

India bowlers find way past Mathews, Perera

01-Sep-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Short Ashes, and young accumulators

Short Ashes, and young accumulators

Also: highest Sri Lankan averages, most ODI hundreds against South Africa, and best bowling strike rates

01-Sep-2015•Steven Lynch

Opening lows, and Prasad's best

Opening lows, and Prasad's best

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the third Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC

31-Aug-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

India tighten grip on SSC Test

India tighten grip on SSC Test

31-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka shoot themselves by shaking batting line-up

Sri Lanka shoot themselves by shaking batting line-up

Whatever the end result, Sri Lanka's young batsmen have some distance to go. They had a seaming pitch, and tried to pull a gun on India. They fumbled with the trigger and shot themselves in the kneecap instead

30-Aug-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

SL hit back after India take 111-run lead

SL hit back after India take 111-run lead

30-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Prasad's spell and zest add spark to frustrating Test

Prasad's spell and zest add spark to frustrating Test

In this series, and in the one before it, Dhammika Prasad has been superbly watchable, always up to something, often with the ball, other times with his body language

29-Aug-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at SSC

Pujara's Asia average, and Prasad's home run

Pujara's Asia average, and Prasad's home run

Stats highlights from an engrossing day at the SSC

29-Aug-2015•S Rajesh

Pujara, Prasad star on tough day

29-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

The fastest ground staff in the world

The fastest ground staff in the world

Sri Lanka's ground-maintenance workers use ingenuity, speed and clockwork coordination to counteract the problems posed by a home season that coincides with the monsoon

28-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

India dream of redemption at SL fortress

India dream of redemption at SL fortress

Sri Lanka have not lost a Test at the SSC for 11 years. It is where Kohli's India will try to do what Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble and Dhoni's India couldn't do over two decades of effort. To win a series against opponents who play with a palpable intensity

27-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra at SSC

Sri Lanka's unbeaten SSC streak

Sri Lanka's unbeaten SSC streak

Stats preview of the third Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC, Colombo

27-Aug-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

The emotional final lap of a 15-year journey

The emotional final lap of a 15-year journey

Kumar Sangakkara left the ground after almost everyone he knew very closely had. Then it rained a little. Sangakkara had played his last match for Sri Lanka; even the elements allowed themselves a bit of emotion

24-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Ashwin - 12, Gupte - 11

Ashwin - 12, Gupte - 11

Stats highlights from the fifth day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India

24-Aug-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

Ashwin's 12th five-for makes it 1-1

Ashwin's 12th five-for makes it 1-1

24-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ishant's burst, Rahane's statement

Ishant's burst, Rahane's statement

ESPNcricinfo relives the passages of play that turned the second Test in India's favour

24-Aug-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

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