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Patient Kusal cracks consistency code

Inconsistency is perhaps what separates the otherwise indistinguishable Kusal Perera from Sanath Jayasuriya, but the batsman's recent form seems to have put him back on track

01-Jun-2015•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Most runs on day one, and the Gavaskar-Hannan Sarkar connection

Also: making 600 and not winning, and lopsided contributions in a team's innings

19-May-2015•Steven Lynch

'We should decentralise Sri Lanka's cricket'

Sidath Wettimuny outlines his plans to restructure the domestic game, and talks of how the board can cut costs and boost player salaries

15-May-2015•Interview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

ICC investigation a challenge for SLC's clean-up act

As Sri Lanka Cricket grappled with the tentacles of politics for many years, the ICC was not spurred into action. The decision to enquire into government interference may have come at a time when there are signs of positive change

17-Apr-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Most World Cup matches without a run, and batting recoveries

Plus, most World Cup runs without a duck, and Seb Coe's brother-in-law

07-Apr-2015•Steven Lynch

'A lot has gone out of the game with two new balls'

Kumar Sangakkara, this World Cup's leading run scorer, talks about one-day batting: technique, mindset, risk calculation, touch v power, and innovation

26-Mar-2015•Interview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

We need crocodile pits at the boundary

And other lessons learned from the quarter-finals, including the fact that the waist is a philosophical concept

24-Mar-2015•Andy Zaltzman

Ballarat, Berri, Botham

More than two decades on, the novelty of the 1992 World Cup still lives in the memory

23-Mar-2015•Steven Lynch

An underwhelming outing for the knockout kings

Three heavy defeats, a non-threatening bowling attack, the retirement of two legends, and an early exit spelled a vastly disappointing campaign from Sri Lanka

22-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The sadness of Mahela's unscripted farewell

Cricket does not seem ready to give up Mahela Jayawardene - but the game rarely does perfect endings

18-Mar-2015•Sambit Bal in Sydney

A disappointing result, and a solemn farewell

The quarter-final match between Sri Lanka and South Africa promised plenty of electric contests but turned out to be tepid. It was the last chance, however, to see two Sri Lankan greats in action for the last time in ODIs

18-Mar-2015•Praveen Indraratna

Relief all round as South Africa are freed from suffocation

It was relief, rather than raucous, rampant celebration for South Africa because relief has to be the leveller for a side who have made history but still have more history to make

18-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda at the SCG

Lifetime of grace trumps one stinging night

The years of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene making millions happy together were more fulfilling than a final piece of silverware could ever have been

18-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SCG

Sri Lankan defeat defies basic arithmetic

Just how did Sri Lanka manage to lose? They ticked nearly every box required for victory, and put up all the right numbers

18-Mar-2015•Andy Zaltzman at the SCG

De Villiers wears the face of a winner

AB de Villiers and Angelo Mathews. One captaining a must-win game of cricket, the other captaining a past awash with disappointments. For AB de Villiers, the disappointment was banished

18-Mar-2015•Jarrod Kimber

South Africa's biggest win against Sri Lanka

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic victory at the SCG

18-Mar-2015•Bishen Jeswant

The scream and the screamer

Plays of the day from the first quarter-final between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the SCG

18-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando and Firdose Moonda

Clinical South Africa send Sri Lanka home

18-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

SA must heed lessons of old trials by Sri Lanka

The tour of Sri Lanka in 2013 was a chance to see how much South Africa needed to do in their World Cup preparations, but it's the learnings of the 2014 visit that will be more important ahead of the quarter-final

17-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda in Sydney

'Two legends of the modern game'

ESPNcricinfo presents the key match-ups ahead of the quarter-final match between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Sydney

17-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda and Andrew Fidel Fernando

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