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Muralitharan spins Sri Lanka to first Test win against West Indies

Muttiah Muralitharan spun Sri Lanka to their first Test victory against the West Indies on Saturday in front of a joyous Galle crowd as the inexperienced tourists batting betrayed their lack of confidence against top class spin

17-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan captain provides perfect response to critics

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya provided the perfect answer to critics who 24 hours earlier had lambasted the team for their go-slow tactics on the fourth day

17-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies captain promises fightback in second Test

West Indian captain Carl Hooper admitted that his side had been beaten fair and square by Sri Lanka in Galle but promised that the team will come out fighting in the second Test starting on Wednesday

17-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka grind on remoselessly in Galle

In what appeared to be an attempt to break the spirit of the foot-sore West Indians, Sri Lanka's batsmen ground on remorselessly on the fourth day of the Galle Test, to set-up an opportunity for their spinners to press for victory on the final day

16-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Scholarly centurion has Sri Lankan victory in his sights

Sri Lanka's scholarly centurion, wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored his second Test century at Galle on Thursday, believes that his side can now make a serious push for victory

15-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Those all-conquering all-rounders

Why, even take some of the most successful Indian teams and it can beseen that the all-rounder has played an important role in victories.The Indian team of 1971, which completed a double triumph in WestIndies and England, had Abid Ali, while Eknath

15-Nov-2001•Partab Ramchand

Scholarly century from Sangakkara puts pressure on tourists

Both teams retain realistic chances of victory in the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Galle, but the pendulum swung towards the home team after their batsmen carried on the fight-back started by Muttiah Muralitharan on Wednesday

15-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan squad for 1st Test versus West Indies

The Selection Committee of the BCCSL has chosen the following squad for the first Test versus the West Indies in Galle from the 13th to the 17th of November

14-Nov-2001•BCCSL

Muralitharan warns West Indies that he is only warming up

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan inspired a dramatic West Indian collapse on the second day of the opening Test in Galle and then warned the tourists that they are yet to see him at his best

14-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Muralitharan leads Sri Lankan fightback on day two

A dramatic West Indies batting collapse inspired by spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan pulled Sri Lanka back into the first Test in Galle on Wednesday, to leave the match evenly poised after the second day

14-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka looking for move up ICC Test table

Sri Lanka commence their three-Test series against West Indies on Tuesday knowing that a series win will guarantee will see them climb up the ICC Test Championship table

13-Nov-2001•CricInfo

Lara says younger talent is bringing out the best in him

Brian Lara, temporarily at least, silenced his vocal band of critics on Tuesday with a superb century on his return to Test cricket in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle

13-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Lara marks Test return with dazzling ton

West Indian preparations may well have been bedeviled by poor weather and injuries, but that did not hinder the performance of star batsmen Brian Lara, who announced his return to Test cricket with a brilliant hundred on the opening day of this

13-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Dav Whatmore wants players to focus on performance not history

Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore has warned his players not to take their recent Test record in Galle for granted as they prepare to take on West Indies in the first ever three-Test series against the two sides on Tuesday

12-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies hit by fresh injury concerns on eve of first test

West Indian preparations for the first Test in Galle, which have already been hampered by security fears, poor weather and the production of a spinner friendly surface, have been hit by fresh injury problems on the eve of the series opener

12-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

NZ gains tournament by popular acclaim

New Zealand gained one of the plums of world cricket, the staging of the 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup event, more or less by popular acclaim

12-Nov-2001•Don Cameron

West Indies hopes of TV coverage revived

West Indies fans may yet get to see and hear live cricket coverage of their team's campaign in Sri Lanka starting later this week

12-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

West Indies hit by drainage problems in Matara

The West Indies preparations for the first Test against Sri Lanka next week were disrupted once again on the last day of their final practice match at Matara on Saturday

10-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies fans face TV blackout

West Indies fans in the Caribbean who were hoping to either see or listen to live cricket coverage of the West Indies' Test series with Sri Lanka can forget about it - at least for now

10-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Gayle impressive before rain intervenes

Left-hand opener Chris Gayle powered his way towards a century, but rain intervened again on the second day of the West Indies last practice game at Matara on Friday

09-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

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