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Slots open for World T20 squad - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said there are four-five open spots in the squad for the World Twenty20

06-Aug-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Pallekele

Chandimal is long-term No. 4 - Jayawardene

Dinesh Chandimal has been allotted the No. 4 position keeping in mind the 2015 World Cup, says Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene

23-Jul-2012•Abhishek Purohit in Hambantota

Sri Lanka take series after aborted chase

Sri Lanka's focus turned to securing their 1-0 lead and they changed their approach to a chase of 270 after tea to settle for a draw

12-Jul-2012•The Report by Siddhartha Talya

Sri Lanka in finals after nine-run win

Sri Lanka secured a place in the tri-series finals with a tense victory over Australia

02-Mar-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Jayawardene hails 'special' Chandimal

Mahela Jayawardene believes Sri Lanka have found a special player in Dinesh Chandimal after his third half-century of the series helped set up a record chase at Bellerive Oval

24-Feb-2012•Brydon Coverdale at Bellerive Oval

Sri Lanka take top spot with record chase

On a day when Peter Forrest announced himself as Australia's new No.3 with his maiden one-day century, Mahela Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal helped Sri Lanka complete a record ODI chase in Hobart

24-Feb-2012•The Report by Brydon Coverdale at Bellerive Oval

Calm Dhoni delivers nerve-shredding tie

The best death-overs bowler in the game went face-to-face against the best finisher in the business with four to defend off the last ball. It was only fair that neither Lasith Malinga nor MS Dhoni ended up on the losing side of that contest

14-Feb-2012•The Report by Nitin Sundar

All-round Ashwin stars in hard-fought win

India's feted openers exited too early, and the inexperienced middle order succumbed to old failings, but their bowling allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin showed admirable poise to steer a wobbly chase home

08-Feb-2012•The Report by Nitin Sundar

Dilshan wants strong finish to lost series

Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka captain, is targetting a strong finish to the ODI series after his team won the fourth match by five wickets in Kimberley

21-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Kimberley

Duminy, Amla take SA to five-wicket win

Sri Lanka's batting turned up on a slow East London pitch after the no-show in Paarl, but a scratchy performance was not enough to push South Africa

14-Jan-2012•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Philander expects victory to come soon

South Africa need just two more wickets to be assured of a series win against Sri Lanka, according to Vernon Philander

05-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda at Newlands

Chandimal hurts elbow, but expected to play

Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman, is expected to be fit for the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town

01-Jan-2012•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Sangakkara ton keeps Sri Lanka in charge

Kumar Sangakkara made his first important contribution of the series to steer Sri Lanka's lead towards match-winning proportions

28-Dec-2011•The Report by Siddarth Ravindran

A breakthrough for Sri Lanka - Marsh

Geoff Marsh, the Sri Lanka coach, has said his batsmen worked hard on their technique after the defeat at Centurion and their efforts reaped rewards

26-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda at Kingsmead

Sri Lanka batsmen put up improved show

Marchant de Lange joined the flood of exciting bowling talent coming into Tests this year, but he couldn't prevent Sri Lanka from having their best day of the series

26-Dec-2011•The Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Dilshan hints at Test debut for Chandimal

This Test will be the final opportunity for Sri Lanka to win a Test this year, after series losses to England, Australia and Pakistan and their only chance to save the series

23-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda

Chandimal fined for dissent, Hafeez reprimanded

Dinesh Chandimal has been fined 10% of his match fee, while Mohammad Hafeez has been reprimanded, both for showing dissent at the umpire's decision

27-Nov-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chandimal has the composure for Tests

Even during his consecutive half-centuries for Ruhuna in the Champions League Twenty20, he has shown that he prefers playing orthodox shots better suited to the longer format

21-Sep-2011•Abhishek Purohit in Hyderabad

Ruhuna win dramatically, left with outside chance

Leicestershire and Ruhuna jostled, pulled, tugged, stepped on each other's toes to try to make it to the train first, but both might have just missed it

21-Sep-2011•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Samaraweera dropped for Pakistan Tests

Thilan Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan middle-order batsman, has been left out of the 16-man squad for the three-Test series against Pakistan in the UAE in October and November

21-Sep-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

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