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Samaraweera shines after top order stumbles

Thilan Samaraweera hit an unbeaten 82 to steady Sri Lanka after they'd slipped to 38 for 4 in their second innings against British Universities. Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Zoysa earlier took three wickets apiece

25-Apr-2006•Cricinfo staff

Zoysa recalled for England tour

Nuwan Zoysa and Prasanna Jayawardene have been recalled to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the tour of England in April

10-Apr-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayasuriya recalled for New Zealand tour

Sri Lanka's selectors have named Sanath Jayasuriya, the centre of a selection controversy in recent weeks, in a 16-man squad for Sri Lanka's forthcoming four-match ODI series in New Zealand

22-Dec-2005•Charlie Austin

Zoysa named in Sri Lanka squad

Nuwan Zoysa is the only new face in Sri Lanka's 15-man one-day squad to tour India later this month after the selectors kept faith with the side that recently routed Bangladesh 3-0

14-Oct-2005•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka shake off injury concerns

Sri Lanka have a full-strength side for their final group match of the Indian Oil Cup against West Indies

05-Aug-2005•Charlie Austin

Jayasuriya's shoulder injury not serious

Sanath Jayasuriya's MRI scans showed no serious tendon damage from his shoulder dislocation

01-Aug-2005•Charlie Austin

Zoysa sidelined with back injury

Nuwan Zoysa has suffered a back injury and will not be able for selection for their opening game against India

29-Jul-2005•Cricinfo staff

Sri Lanka struggle with spate of injuries

Nuwan Zoysa will miss Sri Lanka's postponed tour to New Zealand because of a lingering knee injury that now requires surgery, and Muttiah Muralitharan is also virtually certain to miss the entire tour, which starts on March 26 and includes two Tests

07-Mar-2005•Charlie Austin

Western Province slump to 43 all out

Western Province slumped to 43 all out against Central on the first day of the Inter-Provincial Tournament

05-Feb-2005•Cricinfo staff

Players reveal how their families were affected

The extent to which Sri Lanka's cricketers suffered from the tsunami disaster was spelt out clearly by four of the players whose families and relatives were directly affected by it

03-Jan-2005•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Malinga called up as cover for Zoysa

Sri Lanka have called up Lasith Malinga as fast-bowling cover for Nuwan Zoysa, who is expected to miss at least the first two games of their five-match one-day series in New Zealand after dislocating his finger during a rain-hit practice match on

23-Dec-2004•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka's warm-up game rained off

The Sri Lankans were denied valuable practice in the warm-up game at New Plymouth after rain forced the game to be called off

21-Dec-2004•Lynn McConnell

Plucking autumnal leaves

Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu at the Rose Bowl

18-Sep-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu at Southampton

Sparkling Chigumbura cannot save Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka made hard work of their four-wicket defeat of unfancied Zimbabwe as they successfully, if not entirely convincingly, chased a handy total of 191

14-Sep-2004•The Bulletin by Jenny Thompson

Smith - 'We would be lucky to be called club cricketers'

South Africa are having a decidedly bad time of it in Sri Lanka

23-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

Smith - 'We would be lucky to be called club cricketers'

South Africa are having a decidedly bad time of it in Sri Lanka

23-Aug-2004•Charlie Austin

Zoysa inspires 37-run win

Nuwan Zoysa celebrated the last day of his bachelorhood - he gets married tomorrow before the team's departure to Dambulla - with a stump-flying career-best five-wicket burst that decimated South Africa at the Premadasa Stadium

22-Aug-2004•Bulletin by Charlie Austin in Colombo

Sri Lanka hold on for the win

Nuwan Zoysa made the early inroads, and Muttiah Muralitharan struck the decisive blow as Sri Lanka held on for a 12-run triumph over India in an engrossing Group B encounter at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

18-Jul-2004•Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Sangakkara seals Sri Lankan victory

Before the start of this first one-day international between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, it was widely expected that the inexperienced new Zimbabwean team would be humiliated

20-Apr-2004•John Ward

Murali: 'I'm aiming for 650'

Muttiah Muralitharan has set his sights on further glories, after becoming the third bowler in Test history to reach the 500-wicket mark, on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at Kandy

16-Mar-2004•Charlie Austin

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