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'World-class' Ajmal key for Pakistan

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, expects offspinner Saeed Ajmal and allrounder Shahid Afridi to be Pakistan's key players in the five-ODI series

06-Jun-2012•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Pallekele

Afridi made the difference - Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez said he was always confident his bowlers would be able to defend any target on a Hambantota pitch that tested the batsmen

04-Jun-2012•Kanishkaa Balachandran in Hambantota

Delhi open gap at top with big win

Delhi Daredevils showed they are the team to beat this season by thumping pre-tournament favourites Mumbai Indians

27-Apr-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mahela Jayawardene wants to find new captain

Mahela Jayawaradene has reiterated that his current role as Sri Lanka captain is a short-term job and he wants to find his successor as soon as possible

09-Apr-2012•Andrew McGlashan

Swann over was decisive - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene was left to rue missing the opportunity for Sri Lanka's first Test series victory since 2009 and believes if they had survived Graeme Swann's last over on the fourth evening they would have saved the match

07-Apr-2012•Andrew McGlashan in Colombo

Swann strikes raise England's hopes of victory

Sri Lanka retain hopes of wriggling out of the second Test, 101 behind at lunch on the fourth day with eight wickets remaining

06-Apr-2012•The Report by David Hopps

Captains experience conflicting fortunes

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Test between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo

02-Apr-2012•The Preview by David Hopps

We'll try and win - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene has insisted that Sri Lanka will shelve all notion of playing for a draw in the second Test against England at the P Sara Oval even though that is all they need to secure their first series victory since 2009.

02-Apr-2012•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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

We need to be more consistent - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said performing well in the five-day format on a more consistent basis was his team's main objective

25-Mar-2012•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'We have made many mistakes' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene's Sri Lankans have gone from tournament favourites to disappointment in less than two weeks

21-Mar-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Mirpur

Jayawardene blames top order for loss

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has blamed the failure of the top order for the defeat against Pakistan that has left them on the brink of elimination from the Asia Cup

15-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jayawardene unperturbed ahead of crunch game

Mahela Jayawardene wasn't perturbed that Sri Lanka will most likely have to win tomorrow against Pakistan

14-Mar-2012•Siddarth Ravindran in Mirpur

'Shouldn't have played the shot I played' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene doesn't think a lack of training sessions in Mirpur or a chance to assess the conditions earlier than the day of the game affected his team; they were in control but gave the match away because of a few critical mistakes, he says

14-Mar-2012•Siddarth Ravindran at the Shere Bangla National Stadium

'We weren't given a chance of getting anywhere' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said Sri Lanka had to battle against the odds to reach the CB series finals after having their captain and coach changed before the tournament

08-Mar-2012•Sidharth Monga at Adelaide Oval

Jayawardene fined for arguing with umpires

Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene has been fined 10% of his match fee for arguing with the umpires during the second final of the CB Series in Adelaide

06-Mar-2012•ESPNcricinfo staff

Emphatic Sri Lanka level finals

Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan took full toll of a wayward Australia as Sri Lanka forced a third triangular series final in Adelaide

06-Mar-2012•The Report by Daniel Brettig at Adelaide Oval

Sri Lanka hopeful of beating injury woes

Mahela Jayawardene is hopeful that Angelo Mathews and Farveez Maharoof will be fit for Sunday's first final against Australia

02-Mar-2012•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Good that we aren't depending on favours - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene is confident Sri Lanka can take plenty of positives from the tri-series even if they fail to beat Australia at the MCG and qualify for the finals

01-Mar-2012•Brydon Coverdale in Melbourne

Jayawardene hails 'special' Chandimal

Mahela Jayawardene believes Sri Lanka have found a special player in Dinesh Chandimal after his third half-century of the series helped set up a record chase at Bellerive Oval

24-Feb-2012•Brydon Coverdale at Bellerive Oval

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