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West Indies send Dillon home from Sri Lanka

Less than 24 hours before the start of the triangular one-day international series involving West Indies, Zimbabwe and host Sri Lanka, it has been confirmed that the West Indian fast bowler, Mervyn Dillon has been sent packing from Sri Lanka.

07-Dec-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Sri Lanka start LG Abans tri-series as firm favourites

Friday afternoon in Colombo was anything but normal, as a new government swept to power, a countrywide curfew was imposed and shop shelves were stripped bare after panic buying

07-Dec-2001•Charie Austin

West Indies tour of Pakistan on, says PCB Chairman

The West Indies cricket team will tour Pakistan in February, ending any need for using a neutral venue, said General Tauqir Zia, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board

06-Dec-2001•Bloomberg

The mighty Australians are beatable in their own backyard

It's a fair assumption umpire Robinson will not be invited to the Black Caps' Christmas party

06-Dec-2001•Mudassar Nazar

Sri Lankan selectors make three changes for LG Abans tri-series

Sri Lanka's selectors made three changes to the squad that lost in Sharjah last October when they picked a 15-man squad for the LG Abans Triangular ODI Series starting Saturday

05-Dec-2001•CricInfo

West Indies women cancel Sri Lankan tour

West Indies women's tour of Sri Lanka has been abandoned due to safety fears in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America

05-Dec-2001•CricInfo

Two more West Indies players to fly home early

Two more West Indies players are returning from Sri Lanka to the Caribbean because of ill health

05-Dec-2001•CricInfo

Brian Lara calls for fundamental re-think on the game in the Caribbean

West Indian batting genius Brian Lara has called for a fundamental re-think on the direction and development of the game in the Caribbean following his team's three-nil whitewash in Sri Lanka

05-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka complete historic series whitewash

As sure as night follows day the dismissal of Brian Lara singled the end for West Indies as they slipped towards their third consecutive defeat to give Sri Lanka their first ever series whitewash in their 19 year Test history at the Sinhalese Sports

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Carl Hooper hopes young side learn from Sri Lankan disaster

Captain Carl Hooper paid tribute to Sri Lanka after their three-nil drumming and hoped that his inexperienced side would learn from the humbling experience

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

DENIS ATKINSON: 1926 - 2001

Denis St Eval Atkinson the former West Indies cricket team captain died from cancer at the age of 75 on 9th November in southern Barbados

03-Dec-2001•Arshad Chughtai

Jayasuriya claims whitewash to be one of Sri Lanka's finest performances

Captain Sanath Jayasuriya acclaimed his side's three-nil series whitewash over West Indies as one of the finest ever performances by Sri Lanka

03-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne double-century sets up victory chance on final day

Prior to tea a military helicopter circled the Sinhalese Sports Club before a seven-man team of elite commandos sky-dived into the stadium during the interval

02-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne dominates third day at SSC

Veteran left-hander Hashan Tillakaratne scored his second century of the series and Russel Arnold partially broke off the shackles of poor form as Sri Lanka batted throughout the third day of this third and final Janashakthi National Test match

01-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

Dav Whatmore pays tribute to Chaminda Vaas after seven-wicket haul

Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore paid tribute to Chaminda Vaas at the end of the second day of the final Test in Colombo after the left-arm pace bowler had ripped through the West Indies batting with the second new ball

30-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Chaminda Vaas conjures up Houdini-like recovery

Despite the heroics of Brian Lara, who scored 221, his third double century and the highest ever Test score by a touring batsman in Sri Lanka, the home side finished the day with a bounce in their step thanks mainly to a career best seven-wicket haul

30-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Four Test Series in November 2001

November 1 to 15, 2001 was test crickets hectic fortnight

30-Nov-2001•Arshad Chughtai

Lara credits Sir Garfield Sobers for Sri Lankan run spree

Present West Indian batting icon Brian Lara credited former great Sir Garfield Sobers for a run making spree in Sri Lanka that sees him closing in fast on the all-time record Caribbean run getters

29-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies make enforced change to one-day squad

The West Indies selectors have made yet another change to the team for the triangular one-day international series, which begins next weekend.Jamaican opening batsman, Leon Garrick, who was previously dropped from the one-day squad, will now remain

29-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Brian Lara shines again at Sinhalese Sports Club

West Indian morale was given a much-needed boost at a sun splashed Sinhalese Sports Club on Thursday, as Brian Lara made full use of a flat pitch to score his second century of the series

29-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

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