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Sri Lanka focus on qualifying matches

Sri Lanka are hoping for a better performance in the Champions Trophy than the one in their visit to India last year

01-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

We are hungry to win matches - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene speaks about his team's preparations and hopes for the Champions Trophy

30-Sep-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Dravid, Jayawardene and Ponting lead awards

Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayawardene have been nominated in four categories for the annual ICC awards

06-Sep-2006•Cricinfo staff

Jayawardene retained as captain

Sri Lanka have named a virtually unchanged squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in India

25-Aug-2006•Cricinfo staff

In-form Sri Lanka start favourites

Sri Lanka, buoyed by their recent success against England and South Africa, start the Unitech cup as favourites but will face an Indian side packed with batting and a spirited South African team

13-Aug-2006•Preview by Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

Dravid hopes to end island jinx

Despite India's failure to win a final in Sri Lanka since 1998, Rahul Dravid was quietly confident that his team could manage a reversal of fortune in the three-nation Unitech Cup

12-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

'I've lost a few hairs on my head and a couple of nails'

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene heaved a sigh of relief after his team had beaten South Africa by one wicket in a nail-biting finish to win the second Test

08-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Mentally tough' Murali thrilled with record

Muttiah Muralitharan picked out his mental strength as a big factor in his record-breaking spree

08-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Mahela magic seals dramatic one-wicket win

An outstanding Test got the nail-biting finish it deserved, as a match which neither side deserved to lose finally went Sri Lanka's way by the narrowest of margins - one wicket

08-Aug-2006•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

'We are in for an interesting two days' - Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs and Mahela Jayawardene speak to the media at the end of the third day

06-Aug-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene warns against complacency

Mahela Jayawardene has said he expects South Africa to come back hard at them in the second cricket Test starting in Colombo on Friday

03-Aug-2006•Preview by Sa'adi Thawfeeq

'Credit should go to the bowlers' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene, Ashwell Prince and Mickey Arthur speak to the media at the end of the first Test in Colombo

31-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Chasing the big numbers

Fazeer Mohammed tracks the prolific batting periods in history

31-Jul-2006•Fazeer Mohammed

'I am happy with what I have achieved' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene speaks to the media about his landmark achievement while Tom Moody and Nicky Boje add their own observations

29-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Records tumble as Sri Lanka sit pretty

Sri Lanka hammered home the advantage and pushed South Africa into a corner as the third day of the first Test ended.

29-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Jayawardene determined to grind South Africa down

The Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara complimented each other on their superb performances after establishing a record third-wicket partnership of 471 in the first Test against South Africa at Colombo

28-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene and Sangakkara crush South Africa

Twin double-centuries from Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene left Sri Lanka in control of the first Test against South Africa as they ended the second day on 485 for 2, thanks to a massive unbeaten 471-run partnership for the third wicket

28-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Sangakkara builds SL advantage

Dilhara Fernando and Muttiah Muralitharan scalped four wickets each as Sri Lanka shot out South Africa for a meagre 169 and then drove home the advantage, reaching 128 for 2

27-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Sri Lanka head into first Test without Vaas

Sri Lanka will have to make do without their most experienced bowler, Chaminda Vaas, who misses tomorrow's first Test against South Africa at Colombo with a hamstring injury

26-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Murali poses the biggest threat: Prince

Ashwell Prince, South Africa's stand-in captain, has singled out Muttiah Muralitharan as the biggest threat to his team as they prepare for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka

21-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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