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Opening failures worry Jayawardene

Sri Lanka lost 3-2 to England at home in October and then failed to make it to the CB Series final last month

09-Mar-2008•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene puts faith in young charges

Sri Lanka has the rare honour of going into a Test match with the world's best batsman and best bowler in their ranks, as they prepare to take on England in the second Test at the SSC on Sunday

08-Dec-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Colombo

Vaughan confident England can level series

Regardless of the positives that England claim to have carried with them from the first Test at Kandy, they remain 1-0 down in the series and in serious danger of losing their exalted status as the second-best side in the world

08-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Colombo

Tharanga replaces retired Jayasuriya

Upul Tharanga will replace the retired Sanath Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka's side for the second Test against England, at the SSC in Colombo, which starts on Sunday

07-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Tharanga named in Sri Lanka squad

Upul Tharanga has been rewarded for his 112 in the Board President's XI match against England this week with a place in Sri Lanka's 14-man squad for the first Test at Kandy starting on December 1

23-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Dilshan to lead SLCP XI against England

Tillakaratne Dilshan, who led Sri Lanka 'A' to a 3-0 victory in the one-day series against Zimbabwe Select XI in Zimbabwe last month, will lead the Sri Lankan Cricket President's XI sides in the two warm-up matches against England

18-Nov-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka aim for whitewash

Sri Lanka will go for a 3-0 whitewash of the Test series against Bangladesh in the third and final Test starting on July 11 at Kandy's Asgiriya International Stadium

10-Jul-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Tharanga on the road to recovery

Upul Tharanga is recovering fast from his foot injury but he may not be rushed into the second Test

27-Jun-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Upul Tharanga suffers foot injury

Tharanga, the left handed opener, is now the second player to drop out of the original 15-man squad for the three-Test after Marvan Atapattu, the former skipper, dropped out citing personal commitments.

21-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka seal a spot in the final

Mahela Jayawardene produced an innings of pure class as Sri Lanka claimed their rightful place in the final of the 2007 World Cup

24-Apr-2007•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Fernando holds his nerve to seal a thriller

Sri Lanka's slick professionalism in the field, and Dilhara Fernando's composure in the final over, earned them a nail biting win over England in Antigua

04-Apr-2007•The Bulletin by Will Luke

Murali spins Sri Lanka to 69-run win

Inspired by a genius who raised his game when the occasion demanded, Sri Lanka overpowered India in their final league match at Port-of-Spain and stormed into the Super Eights

23-Mar-2007•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Tharanga hundred can't stop defeat

Upul Tharanga's century was in vain as Sri Lanka slipped to an 18-run defeat against New Zealand in their final World Cup warm-up

09-Mar-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka too strong for Scotland

Sri Lanka's veteran batsmen proved too strong for Scotland's bowlers in their warm-up match at the 3Ws Oval in Barbados, as Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya rattled up an imposing total of 294 for 7

05-Mar-2007•Cricinfo staff

In-form players will make the difference: Moody

Tom Moody, Sri Lanka's coach, has singled out Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva and Lasith Malinga as key members of Sri Lanka's World Cup campaign

04-Mar-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Vaas and Murali return for World Cup

Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan returned to the fray as Sri Lanka retained the bulk of their 15-man squad currently touring India, for the World Cup

12-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Tharanga ton puts Sri Lankans in command

Boosted by a sound performance by their seamers, Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya put the Sri Lankans in a strong position against Otago at the University Oval in Dunedin

02-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

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

Tharanga ton seals Sri Lanka's win

Led by a fluent century by Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka started their Champions Trophy campaign in fine style beating Bangladesh by 37 runs in the first qualifying match at Mohali

07-Oct-2006•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

Malinga and Tharanga return to their roots

Lasith Malinga and Upul Tharanga did an invaluable favour to their respective schools by providing them with cricket gear.

10-Sep-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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