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Subs, smoke and short stuff

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the fifth day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

20-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Atapattu announces his retirement

Marvan Atapattu, one of Sri Lanka's finest batsmen, has finished his eventful tour of Australia by ending his international career

20-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Australia win despite Sangakkara's 192

Kumar Sangakkara's 192 was the big difference between the scripts in Brisbane and Hobart but Sri Lanka were denied a fairytale ending as Brett Lee grabbed four wickets and Australia secured a 2-0 series victory with their 14th consecutive Test win

19-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

First session will be key, says Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara, whose magnificent unbeaten century has ensured Sri Lanka are still in the hunt in the second Test, admitted that the contest was not over yet

19-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Hobart

'We're still right in the box seat' - Ponting

Ricky Ponting dismissed Stuart MacGill's waywardness as a bad day while Kumar Sangakkara termed the legspinner a "weak link" in the Australian attack

19-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Missing magic, and missing school

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the fourth day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

19-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Sangakkara digs in for big climb

Kumar Sangakkara's century gave Sri Lanka reason to cheer but they still faced a huge challenge to avoid defeat after Brett Lee grabbed two wickets in two balls to bring Australia's 14th consecutive win closer

18-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale

'I was very disappointed with our batting' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said that it was time his team showed some character and gave Australia some of its own medicine

18-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Hobart

Lee enjoys being pace spearhead

Brett Lee explains why Australia didn't enforce the follow-on and says he enjoys being the pace spearhead

18-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

A bat break, and some lucky breaks

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the third day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

18-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Australia's bowlers pile on the misery

Australia dominated for yet another day, knocking over Sri Lanka for 246 and then racing to a 407-run lead by stumps

17-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

A century of sixes

Adam Gilchrist became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket

17-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Adam Gilchrist wants his ball back

Adam Gilchrist savours hitting his 100th six

17-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Murali is enjoying the challenge, says Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said Muttiah Muralitharan was enjoying the challenge of bowling against Australia but the team haven't helped him get to the Shane Warne's world record

17-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Hobart

Injury and weather squash SL further

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the second day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

17-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Clarke, Gilchrist and Symonds pile on the pain

Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds picked up where Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke had left off, and then some, as Australia made 5 for 524 before declaring on another dominant day in Hobart

16-Nov-2007•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

Bayliss calls for more discipline from bowlers

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, called on his fast bowlers to be more disciplined after they took another hammering at the hands of Australia on the first day of the second Test at the Bellerive Oval

16-Nov-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Hobart

Hussey races to secure thrilling century

Phil Jaques set the base with a big century and Michael Hussey raced to his hundred as Australia ended on top once more

16-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Man of the Moment and a Vaas disappointment

Peter English presents the Plays of the day at the end of the first day's play of Australia's second Test against Sri Lanka

16-Nov-2007•Peter English in Hobart

Global news agencies end boycott of Australian cricket

Global news agencies have struck a deal with Cricket Australia (CA), ending a week-long media rights dispute which affected coverage of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

16-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

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