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Warne 'a deeply intelligent bowler'

Shane Warne troubled batsmen all over the world. Here, four champions tell Cricinfo what it was like facing the greatest legspinner

05-Jan-2007•Cricinfo staff

New Zealand clinch a last-ball thriller

James Franklin's calmness under pressure and Michael Mason's last-ball four clinched a nail-biting one-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Queenstown

30-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka strike after Sangakkara ton

Kumar Sangakkara dominated the first day at the Basin Reserve with an unbeaten century before Lasith Malinga's high-class spell of genuinely quick bowling burst left New Zealand struggling on 66 for 4

14-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Charlie Austin

Jayawardene and three other cricketers to be honoured

Sri Lanka cricketers Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga are to be honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

15-Nov-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Dravid named captain of Test Team of the Year

Rahul Dravid has been named captain of the World Team of the Year, an award to recognise the best international players of the last 12 months, at the annual ICC Awards ceremony in Mumbai

03-Nov-2006•Cricinfo staff

'The Asian psyche is more resilient'

Three senior Sri Lankan players reflect on the damage done by the South African pull out

20-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

'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

Sri Lanka's triumph

Andrew McGlashan rates out of ten Sri Lanka's performances against England in the five-match one-day series

02-Jul-2006•Andrew McGlashan

Jayawardene seals series glory

Mahela Jayawardene added another chapter to a memorable tour with a series-sealing century as Sri Lanka overpowered England by eight wickets at Chester-le-Street

24-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Jayasuriya leads Sri Lanka's romp

Kevin Pietersen has kept England's hopes of levelling the one-day series alive with a gem of an innings which displayed his full range of strokeplay

20-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Wood and Willoughby down Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have fallen to a 51-run defeat against Somerset after Matthew Wood hit 116 and Charl Willoughby grabbed six wickets

11-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka build impressive lead

Steady as she goes was the Sri Lankan method on the third day at Trent Bridge and it proved mighty effective as they took a firm grip on the deciding Test

04-Jun-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Sri Lanka's golden opportunity

Andrew Miller talks about the third day of the Trent Bridge Test

04-Jun-2006

Sangakkara prays for a great escape

Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka's vice-captain and top-scorer, admitted that his side were still braced for a hefty defeat in the first Test at Lord's

13-May-2006•Andrew Miller at Lord's

Panesar stunts Sri Lanka's fightback

Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara struck battling half-centuries but Monty Panesar took two wickets to leave Sri Lanka staring at a heavy defeat

13-May-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

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