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Sangakkara banks on team unity

It's that sense of unity that has helped Sri Lanka's cricketers cope with terrorism, at home, or in Lahore

18-Jun-2009•Nagraj Gollapudi

No batsman has figured me out - Mendis

The wounds from the Lahore terror attack may have left physical scars, but they have done nothing to detract Ajantha Mendis from his spin-bowling wizardry

18-Jun-2009•Alex Brown

New Zealand flounder against Mendis

Daniel Vettori was adamant his batsmen picked Ajantha Mendis but acknowledged he was a bowler of quality

16-Jun-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Trent Bridge

The shot stuff

Cricinfo presents the plays of the day from the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Trent Bridge

16-Jun-2009•Andrew McGlashan at Trent Bridge

Sri Lanka march to semi-finals in style

Sri Lanka's bowlers once again made up for their batsmen's inability to post a large total by slicing through New Zealand

16-Jun-2009•The Bulletin by George Binoy

Batting absentees worry Vettori

New Zealand's strength was in their top order and now potentially three of the top four batsmen might not play one of their most important games

15-Jun-2009•George Binoy

Sri Lanka approaching top gear

Will Luke previews Sri Lanka's match against Ireland to be played at Lord's on Sunday

13-Jun-2009•The Preview by Will Luke

Australia beaten and bemused

It started with a third-ball duck and ended in a leg-side wide. Those were the events that bookended Australia's lamentable three-day ICC World Twenty20 campaign

08-Jun-2009•Alex Brown at Trent Bridge

Sangakkara, Ponting hail Mendis

Kumar Sangakkara, leading Sri Lanka for the first time, remained unbeaten and secured victory but reserved special mention for Ajantha Mendis who revelled in his first outing against Australia in any format

08-Jun-2009•George Binoy at Trent Bridge

Sangakkara and Dilshan dump Australia out

Sri Lanka dumped Australia out of the ICC World Twenty20 with a six-wicket victory at Trent Bridge

08-Jun-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Yusuf and Kamran steal Rajasthan a thriller

Yusuf Pathan broke the IPL's first tie and with it Kolkata Knight Riders' hearts through clean hitting in the Super Over, to chase down 16 runs in four deliveries

23-Apr-2009•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Sangakkara desperate for normality again

The healing continues. After a painful month of reflection and rehabilitation, Sri Lanka's cricketers are excitedly awaiting the commencement of the IPL, and the opportunity to restore a degree of normalcy to lives upturned by the Lahore terror attacks

27-Mar-2009•Alex Brown

Mendis released from hospital

Ajantha Mendis, the Sri Lankan spinner who was injured in the terrorist attack in Lahore earlier this month, has been released from hospital after shrapnel was extracted from his head and back

16-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

Samaraweera undergoes surgery

Thilan Samaraweera, who was shot on his leg during the armed attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, has undergone a two-hour surgery and is reported to be safe and stable

05-Mar-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lankan cricketers injured in terror attack

A shoot out occurred in Lahore close to the Gaddafi Stadium which left five Sri Lankan players injured and another eight people dead

03-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

Jayawardene not worried by Mendis' form

Ajantha Mendis has not had an impact in the first two ODIs against India but his lack of success is "not a huge concern" for his captain Mahela Jayawardene

01-Feb-2009•Cricinfo staff

Dilshan and Muralitharan lead 129-run rout

Sri Lanka levelled the series 1-1 with a crushing win, thanks to a convincing all-round performance in Karachi. Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sparkling half-century to take Sri Lanka to a strong total before Nuwan Kulasekara and Muttiah Muralitharan shot out

21-Jan-2009•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

Pakistan focus on Mendis

Pakistan's batsmen have been practising on shorter pitches to try and counter the threat of Ajantha Mendis in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka,

18-Jan-2009•Cricinfo staff

Pakistan prepare for Mendis

Ninety percent of the questions Pakistan's coach Intikhab Alam was asked were on Mendis, as a short preparation camp got underway at Karachi's National Stadium a day before Sri Lanka's arrival for a three-match ODI series. The other pretty handy spinner t

17-Jan-2009•Osman Samiuddin

Dilshan's all-round display seals series for Sri Lanka

This was a match Tillakaratne Dilshan made his own. He set up Sri Lanka with 162 and 143 and completed the job by wiping out the Bangladesh lower-order and finishing with figures of 4 for 10 to wrap up the series 2-0 and script the fifth-biggest margin of

06-Jan-2009•The Bulletin by Kanishkaa Balachandran

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