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Ranatunga slams India's 'Twenty20' approach

Ranatunga slams India's 'Twenty20' approach

Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan captain, has criticised India's batsmen for playing in Twenty20 mode and said they lacked focus

27-Jul-2008•Cricinfo staff

Surprised how India folded - Jayawardene

Surprised how India folded - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka won the first Test in a little over three days and Mahela Jayawardene said he was surprised by the way India folded up. Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shared 19 wickets between them as India slumped to an innings and 239-run defeat

26-Jul-2008•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Plenty to ponder for Kumble

Plenty to ponder for Kumble

After India's innings and 239-run loss to Sri Lanka, the main agenda on their captain Anil Kumble's mind was how they would sort out Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis, who shared 19 of the 20 wickets to fall

26-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

An odd couple, and Murali's guile

An odd couple, and Murali's guile

Jamie Alter recaps the Plays of the day from the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC

26-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Review system under the scanner

Review system under the scanner

Just before lunch on the fourth day, the umpiring review system had its first tryst with serious controversy when Virender Sehwag was given out lbw after umpire Mark Benson had initially ruled him not out

26-Jul-2008•Sidharth Monga

Murali and Mendis maul India

Murali and Mendis maul India

In a match dominated by not one but two smiling assassins, Sri Lanka completely destroyed the Indian batting line-up twice over to script their best win at home

26-Jul-2008•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

New approach works for Dilshan

New approach works for Dilshan

An under-pressure Tillakaratne Dilshan took advantage of a tired and insipid bowling line-up to rack up quick runs, and his fifth Test century

25-Jul-2008•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo

Cat got your tongue, boys?

Cat got your tongue, boys?

Dileep Premachandran recaps the Plays of the day from the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC

25-Jul-2008•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Muralitharan leaves India in tatters

Muralitharan leaves India in tatters

Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shook the SCC pitch out of its slumber after the Sri Lankan batsmen given them a mountain of runs as a cushion, and the new-ball bowlers had done their bit in taking the shine off the ball

25-Jul-2008•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Mahela's MCG and bad reviews

Mahela's MCG and bad reviews

Dileep Premachandran rewinds the Plays of the day from the second day at the SSC

24-Jul-2008•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Three centurions make it Sri Lanka's day

Three centurions make it Sri Lanka's day

On a slow, benign SSC track, the Sri Lankan batsmen accumulated ruthlessly, and looked set for an imposing total that could rule out a defeat, helped along the way by the Indian fielders who did not accept some of the half-chances that came their way

24-Jul-2008•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Bowlers impress on slow pitch

Bowlers impress on slow pitch

When external factors limit the opening day of a Test series to 22 overs, the time squeezed in assumes greater significance

23-Jul-2008•Jamie Alter in Colombo

Warnapura takes the honours on rain-hit day

Warnapura takes the honours on rain-hit day

Malinda Warnapura's brisk unbeaten 50 off 74 balls proved to be the difference between an emphatic session and a merely satisfactory one for India on a rain-hit opening day of the Test series

23-Jul-2008•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Sri Lankan fortress awaits India

Sri Lankan fortress awaits India

Cricinfo previews the first Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo

22-Jul-2008•The Preview by S Rajesh

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