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Perfect Herath leads SL dominance

Sri Lanka's marks out of 10 following their 2-0 series win against Pakistan

19-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The people's man bids them adieu

To the people who have loved him, Mahela Jayawardene has never seemed like an A-lister. Almost 20 years after he became a celebrity, he has remained, unmistakeably, a man of the people

18-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Herath betters Murali, Sarfraz equals Andy Flower

Stats highlights from Sri Lanka's comprehensive Test win by 105 runs at the SSC

18-Aug-2014•S Rajesh

Sangakkara scotches retirement fears

Kumar Sangakkara's wave of the bat after falling for 58 triggered worries about whether he was set to quit Test cricket

17-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

A fitting swansong for Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene's farewell innings was not his most fluent, but at the end of it all, there was no wistful lingering or sentimentality - just a typically restrained acknowledgement of an exhilarating ride

17-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

A tense artist's final strive for perfection

Mahela Jayawardene has won matches off his bat, and thrilled crowds from around the world, but he has never been about the tidy, round numbers

16-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at SSC

A century after 1998 days

Stats highlights from an eventful third day, when a bowler took nine wickets in an innings for the first time in 12 years, and a Pakistan wicketkeeper got a Test hundred for the first time since February 2009

16-Aug-2014•S Rajesh

Herath's pledge, turn and prestige

Rangana Herath may lack the turn of a Murali or the guile of an Ajmal, but his immaculate set-up has still left many batsmen scratching their heads

15-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Herath races to 250, Sarfraz keeps scoring

Stats highlights from the second day's play of Mahela Jayawardene's final Test

15-Aug-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Tharanga, Hitchcock horror or Eastwood western?

There are very few batsmen in international cricket who play each ball so differently from the next like Upul Tharanga, who continues to polarise fans with such an approach

14-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

'We watched cricket, we talked cricket'

On the eve of Mahela Jayawardene's final Test, his team-mate, best friend and fellow batting superstar Kumar Sangakkara speaks about what made him, and them, tick

12-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Graceful steel

A maiden Test hundred, a century at Lord's, a triple against South Africa, and a 180 when his team-mates floundered are among Mahela Jayawardene's virtuoso performances

12-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Master of silken savagery

He was an artiste who crafted the most technically demanding shots to perfection but lived for the pure adrenaline of battle

12-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Galle revels in perfect day

The ground slowly filled and the tension slowly built, even the clouds held off from bursting as Sri Lanka closed in on a memorable win

10-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Pakistan undone by conservative approach

The fifth day began with a draw looking imminent, but Pakistan's batsmen went into a shell, allowing the spinners to get on top of them and allowing Sri Lanka to force a win

10-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq in Galle

Mahela opens for the first time

A stats review at the end of the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Galle

10-Aug-2014•Bishen Jeswant and Shiva Jayaraman

A run-machine that just won't stop

Kumar Sangakkara has always adapted his game over the years, and at present, each and every part of him is conditioned towards run-making

09-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Sangakkara's golden run, and Ajmal's long wait

Stats highlights from a day which was completely dominated by Kumar Sangakkara

09-Aug-2014•S Rajesh

A celebration of Sri Lanka's favourite sons

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are both undisputed legends of the game. Their standing in Sri Lanka, however, goes far deeper than that

08-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Galle

Mushtaq backs rusty bowlers to come good

Pakistan have not played a Test since the UAE series against Sri Lanka in January, and the long layoff is affecting their bowlers' ability to find their stride, according to the team's bowling consultant Mushtaq Ahmed

08-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq in Galle

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