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Gunawardene and Jayantha in Champions Trophy probables

Avishka Gunawardene and Saman Jayantha have been named along with Marvan Atapattu in Sri Lanka's initial 30-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy

07-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Atapattu back for ODI tri-series

Marvan Atapattu was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the tri-nation one-day tournament against India and South Africa

05-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Health and family take priority over cricket for Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu, the injured Sri Lankan captain, has put his health and family ahead of his career in order to live a pain-free life after years of cricket

27-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Rangana Herath included in Sri Lankan squad

Rangana Herath and Marvan Atapattu have been named in Sri Lanka's 20-member squad for the Test series against South Africa and the one-day series involving India and South Africa in August

17-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Atapattu misses South Africa series

Marvan Atapattu will miss the Test series against South Africa, as well as the triangular series involving India, as he continues to recover from the back injury which ruled him out of the recent tour of England

16-Jul-2006•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu will miss Test series in England

Marvan Atapattu, the Sri Lankan captain, has been ruled out of the tour of England beginning in April because of a recurring back injury

17-Apr-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq and Cricinfo staff

Vaas declared fit to tour England

Chaminda Vaas has been declared fit to tour England later this month

07-Apr-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Heavy downpour forces abandonment of play

The first day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the SSC ground in Colombo has been called off

26-Mar-2006•The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin

Atapattu ruled out of entire series

Sri Lanka suffered a major setback when Marvan Atapattu was ruled out of the ongoing one-dayers as well as the upcoming Tests against Pakistan

18-Mar-2006•AFP

Sri Lanka's hopes dented by missing trio

Sri Lanka find themselves in a must-win situation as they prepare to take on Pakistan in a three-match one-day international series at the R Premadasa Stadium on Friday

16-Mar-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Ponting confident of fightback

Confident of bouncing back in the best-of-three VB Series finals, Ricky Ponting says that Australia will push the equation into a third match

11-Feb-2006•Cricinfo staff

Bandara spins Sri Lanka into the finals

Malinga Bandara proved he really was a supersub with a stunning performance against South Africa that spun Sri Lanka into the VB Series finals with a 76-run victory

06-Feb-2006•Peter English

Sri Lanka likely to rest key players

Sri Lanka are poised to appoint a new captain and a rest key senior players for their forthcoming tour of Bangladesh

04-Feb-2006•Cricinfo staff

New Zealand and Sri Lanka eye ICC rankings

As New Zealand and Sri Lanka square off in a four-match one-day series beginning at Queenstown tomorrow, the captains of both teams know that they are competing for more than just a win

30-Dec-2005•Cricinfo staff

Atapattu urges team to focus on cricket

Sri Lankan cricketers returned to New Zealand with Marvan Atapattu, their captain, urging his players to focus on the one-day series starting Saturday

28-Dec-2005•AFP

Kumble's strikes put India on top

The highlight of Sri Lanka's innings was a fifth-wicket partnership of 105 between Mahela Jayawardene and Tillekeratne Dilshan

21-Dec-2005•The Bulletin by Amit Varma

'We won't make the same mistakes', says Moody

Tom Moody and Mahela Jayawardene addressed the media after a net session

17-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Ahmedabad

'I think it's about putting the pressure on' - Murali

Muttiah Muralitharan was a satisfied man when he talked to the media after day two of the Delhi Test

11-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Delhi

'Consistency is what we're looking for' - Atapattu

The Sri Lankans were clearly happier at the end of a Test match that produced just over four sessions of play

06-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

India start as favourites

Barring a truly sub-par performance from India, Sri Lanka face another depressing episode of Big Brother, with even the inimitable Murali unable to change the script

30-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Chennai

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