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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

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

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

Sri Lanka out to settle grudges

Accustomed to dealing with disturbances, Sri Lanka's siege mentality and desire to win has grown stronger with each English antagonism

10-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Fine-tuning for Sri Lanka to peak at World Cup

Sri Lanka have the batting raw materials to launch a fine World Cup campaign but a little polishing may make a considerable difference in eight months' time

04-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

England must confront failings to improve

There were some admirable aspects to England's cricket in this series but they are going to need to rethink their tactics for the World Cup

04-Jun-2014•George Dobell

Emboldened Sri Lanka keep their cool

It may have been tempting for Sri Lanka to hide Sachithra Senanayake in this match, in hope the furore would blow over. But emboldened by the added pressure instead, they made his role in the match more prominent

03-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jayawardene finds the gap

Plays of the day from the fifth and final one-day international between England and Sri Lanka

03-Jun-2014•George Dobell and Alan Gardner

Senanayake catches Buttler dozing

Jos Buttler should have known better when Sachithra Senanayake warned him about backing up too far - the bowler does not deserve criticism for 'Mankading'

03-Jun-2014•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Sri Lanka's other power couple

While Kumar Sangakkara has developed into a dominating one-day batsman, Tillakaratne Dilshan has become a reformed dasher. Together they are one-day cricket's form pairing

31-May-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Root thinks differently to down Dilshan

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the 4th ODI

31-May-2014•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

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