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Patience pays off for Sri Lanka's bowlers

On a day of old-school Test cricket, Sri Lanka's bowlers plugged away, focusing on the basics and earned rich rewards

17-Nov-2012•Andrew Fernando in Galle

Herath five-for gives Sri Lanka control

Under sunny skies on a track good for batting, New Zealand failed to take advantage after winning the toss, allowing a disciplined Sri Lankan attack to first make inroads through pace before capitulating to Herath's left-arm spin

17-Nov-2012•The Report by Siddhartha Talya

Jayawardene inspires Sri Lanka to second WT20 final

On a crumbling, turning, brute of a pitch by Twenty20 standards, Mahela Jayawardene responded with a T20-size classic

04-Oct-2012•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Sangakkara sweeps top SLC awards

Kumar Sangakkara was rewarded for a prolific year in both Tests and ODIs at the Sri Lanka Cricket Awards, where he took home three of the evening's top prizes

06-Sep-2012•Andrew Fernando

Isuru Udana in Sri Lanka squad for India ODIs

Isuru Udana, the left-arm fast bowler, has been picked in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the five ODIs against India, which begins on July 21

16-Jul-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sri Lanka in control despite Ali ton

On a day that began with Pakistan needing to bat positively to set a competitive target, Sri Lanka surged ahead with a strong chance of winning the series 2-0

11-Jul-2012•The Report by Siddhartha Talya

Sri Lanka take big strides towards victory

Sri Lanka continued to maintain a vice-like grip on the Galle Test on the third day, but instead of pushing for the kill after bowling out Pakistan for 100, they inexplicably decided to bat again

24-Jun-2012•The Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Herath rested for ODI series; Weerakoon picked

Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been rested for the remaining three ODIs against Pakistan following a knee operation after the home series against England in March

12-Jun-2012•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo

Clarke, de Villiers go top of batsmen rankings

Michael Clarke and AB de Villiers have gone joint-top of the ICC Test batsmen rankings after Kumar Sangakkara slipped from the spot

30-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jayawardene cherishes victory over England

Mahela Jayawardene described Sri Lanka's victory in the first Test against England as "a big win"

29-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Herath, Welegedara rested for Asia Cup

Legspinner Seekkuge Prasanna and fast bowler Suranga Lakmal have been included in Sri Lanka's 14-man squad for the Asia Cup

02-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jayawardene, spinners shine in warm-up win

Sri Lanka's top order made the most of their practice game against Emerging Cape Cobras, before their spinners got a good work-out to seal a 78-run win at Brackenfell Sports Field

10-Jan-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Nuwan Kulasekara joins squad for ODIs

Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, will join the national squad for the ODI series in South Africa after four months on the sidelines

03-Jan-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Herath spins Sri Lanka to famous win

As predicted the Durban Test was a one-sided affair, except that it was the no-hopers from Sri Lanka who were doing the dominating

29-Dec-2011•The Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Herath the man to watch, says Elgar

Rangana Herath is the bowler South Africa's batsmen will have to look out for during their upcoming three-Test series, South Africa batsman Dean Elgar has said

12-Dec-2011•Firdose Moonda in Benoni

Hughes hundred hurts Sri Lanka's hopes

Phillip Hughes scored his first Test century in two-and-a -half years to give Australia every chance of playing out a series-winning draw at the SSC

19-Sep-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Debutant Lyon puts Australia in control

Sixteen wickets fell on the second day in Galle, where Australia finished in a powerful position to push for victory thanks to Nathan Lyon's five wickets on debut

01-Sep-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

'Driest first-day pitch I've played on' - Hussey

Michael Hussey believes Australia's 273 places them in a stronger position than would appear, on what he declared the "driest" first day pitch he had encountered

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Can video unravel the mystery spinner?

Australia's batsmen have gorged themselves on video footage of Sri Lanka's attack in the lead-up to the first Test in Galle in a bid to help them combat the hosts' bowlers better

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Chandimal and Herath dropped

Sri Lanka have dropped promising batsman Dinesh Chandimal, allrounder Thisara Perera and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath from the squad for the final two one-dayers against Australia

17-Aug-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

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