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Muttiah Muralitharan wanted to make what might be his final Test in England one to remember. He achieved that in stunning fashion at Trent Bridge with a haul of 8 for 70 as Sri Lanka stormed to a 134-run victory to level the series

Andrew Miller talks about the fourth day of the Trent Bridge Test

A tough third day for England at Trent Bridge was compounded by injury concerns to three key players

Steady as she goes was the Sri Lankan method on the third day at Trent Bridge and it proved mighty effective as they took a firm grip on the deciding Test

Andrew Miller talks about the second day of the Trent Bridge Test

Andrew Miller talks about the third day of the Trent Bridge Test

This hard-fought series is heading for a fascinating conclusion after the two teams ended virtually all-square on the second day at Trent Bridge

Sri Lanka refused to surrender the series on the opening day a Trent Bridge despite another middle-order meltdown which left them in a familiar predicament

Andrew Miller talks about the first day's play at Trent Bridge

England returned to winning ways at Edgbaston this week and now fully expect to seal the series when the final Test gets underway at Trent Bridge tomorrow morning

Sanath Jayasuriya has been named in Sri Lanka's 12-man squad for the third Test at Trent Bridge, which gets underway on Friday morning

Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors, Asantha de Mel, is set to take control of selection issues when he arrives in England for the one-day series later this month, a move that is sure to increase the pressure on the coach, Tom Moody

Michael Vandort's hundred in the second Test against England has not only given him immense satisfaction, it has also silenced the critics who had questioned his ability to score runs against opponents other than Bangladesh

Duncan Fletcher complimented Kevin Pietersen's approach to batting, describing him as a thinking cricketer with a solid gameplan for every bowler

Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, has admitted that Monty Panesar "knows he is under a lot of pressure" to improve the quality of his fielding

Ahead of the third and final Test against England, the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has called for an improved batting performance if they are to avoid a 2-0 series defeat

England have named an unchanged squad from the team which beat Sri Lanka at Edgbaston yesterday, ahead of the third Test at Trent Bridge on Friday

Kevin Pietersen's superb 142 in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston has lifted him to a career-best tenth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen

After leading England to a convincing victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Edgbaston today, and hitting the winning runs, Andrew Flintoff paid tribute to Kevin Pietersen whose 142 in England's first innings set them up for victory

If it looked like a commanding victory by England, it didn't feel like it