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Ricky Ponting to miss second Test

Ricky Ponting's 100th Test win arrived in the nick of time to allow him to fly home for the birth of his second child

03-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Harris takes five in Australia's victory

The Michael Clarke era might not match the Ricky Ponting years for sheer victory numbers, but Clarke has at least started his tenure as Australia's full-time Test captain the same way as his predecessor - with a comfortable win over Sri Lanka in Galle

03-Sep-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Hostile Harris gets reward

Ryan Harris scooped 3 for 24 on day three as Australia closed in on a deserved victory, and rightly viewed his success as the reward for consistently hostile and accurate bursts

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Umpires ask ICC to look in to Hughes' dismissal

Simon Taufel has referred Phil Hughes' lbw dismissal in the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia to the ICC as a serious question mark against the accuracy of Hawk-Eye, the ball tracking technology

02-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia five wickets from victory

Ryan Harris bowled Australia to within sight of victory on the third day in Galle, but a fighting half-century from Mahela Jayawardene ensured the match would spill into the fourth day

02-Sep-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Dream debuts and unpaid bills

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Copeland, Lyon share debut as friends

Australia's two debutants, Nathan Lyon and Trent Copeland, are old friends and enjoyed each other's success on debut

01-Sep-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Debutant Lyon puts Australia in control

Sixteen wickets fell on the second day in Galle, where Australia finished in a powerful position to push for victory thanks to Nathan Lyon's five wickets on debut

01-Sep-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

'Driest first-day pitch I've played on' - Hussey

Michael Hussey believes Australia's 273 places them in a stronger position than would appear, on what he declared the "driest" first day pitch he had encountered

31-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Hussey resists on tough day for Australia's batsmen

On the first day of the series Rangana Herath and Suranga Lakmal put Sri Lanka on top, but by stumps the Australians had found a stabilising ingredient, Michael Hussey, whose 95 kept them in the game

31-Aug-2011•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Debuts for Copeland and Lyon; Khawaja to play

Seamer Trent Copeland and offspinner Nathan Lyon will make their Test debuts for Australia in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Can video unravel the mystery spinner?

Australia's batsmen have gorged themselves on video footage of Sri Lanka's attack in the lead-up to the first Test in Galle in a bid to help them combat the hosts' bowlers better

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Spinners' experience advantage for hosts - Dilshan

Sri Lanka's captain Tillakaratne Dilshan believes the experience of his slow bowlers will provide a useful advantage over Australia's rookie spinners in the first Test in Galle

30-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Australia face five-day spin challenge

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Australia in Galle

30-Aug-2011•The Preview by Brydon Coverdale

Ponting wanted to be a selector

Ricky Ponting believes the elevation of Australia's captain to a formal place at the selection table will eradicate communication problems between the players and the selectors

29-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Galle

Slow and steady Copeland winning the pace race

Michael Clarke believes Trent Copeland's lack of pace can aid the tourists in against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle from Wednesday

28-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig in Colombo

Beer builds his spin vocabulary

Quietly and unobtrusively Michael Beer has bolstered his knowledge of spin bowling on the subcontinent across his first three days of cricket in Sri Lanka

27-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

Thirimanne gets century in draw

Lahiru Thirimanne pushed for a berth in Sri Lanka's squad for the first Test with an unbeaten 100 for the Board XI against the Australians on the final day of the tour match at the P Sara Oval

27-Aug-2011•The Report by Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

Khawaja converts form into runs

Usman Khawaja's hundred vindicated his notion that he never felt out of form despite making only 52 runs from four innings on Australia A's recent tour of Zimbabwe

26-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

Khawaja ton gives Australians lead

Calm, judicious and still in defence, Usman Khawaja never hesitated to score when the opportunity arose, and a chanceless 101 retired was his fitting reward, as the Australians took the lead with five wickets in hand and a day to play

26-Aug-2011•Daniel Brettig at P Sara Oval

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