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Hussain admits: We underestimated Sri Lanka

England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that everyone had underestimated Sri Lanka and that there was a lot of hard work ahead of his team for the rest of the Test series

22-May-2002•Saadi Thawfeeq

Hussain calls for improvement after Lord's Test

Looking back at the first Test at Lord's, England captain Nasser Hussain was realistic enough to know that the rearguard action his team had carried off with such effect to save the match did not hide the inadequacies of the first three days

22-May-2002•Ralph Dellor

Murali has 60 percent chance to play in second Test says Kountouri

Sri Lanka's world class spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's chances of playing against England in the second cricket Test commencing at Edgbaston 11 days from today was put down as 60 percent by team physio Alex Kountouri, who will begin a period of

20-May-2002•Saadi Thawfeeq

England complete remarkable recovery

As an event, Napoleon getting off Elba may have held rather more significance, but England's escape from the jam in which they found themselves here at Lord's on Saturday evening is an achievement in which they can take a fair measure of pride

20-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Sri Lanka held up by brave England fightback

Michael Vaughan made Sri Lanka pay for two missed catches as he made his second Test hundred, giving England a possible escape route in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's

19-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Muralitharan joins Sri Lankan team at Lord's

Muttiah Muralitharan watched the fourth day's play of the first Teat at Lord's from the visitors' dressing room balcony

19-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Sri Lanka in control as England follow on

England face a Herculean task if they are to stave off defeat by Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series

18-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Sri Lanka reach highest-ever Test total at Lord's

Sri Lanka cantered towards yet another daunting first-innings total as England were condemned to a second day chasing leather at Lord's in the first Test

17-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

England tamed by Atapattu and Jayawardene

Sri Lanka confounded their detractors by establishing a commanding position at Lord's on the opening day of their three-match Test series against England

16-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Jayawardene thrilled with Test century

When England coach Duncan Fletcher and one of Sri Lanka's star batsmen, Mahela Jayawardene, faced the press at the end of the first day of the Lord's Test, it was not too difficult to discern who had enjoyed their day more

16-May-2002•Ralph Dellor

Sri Lankans need to overcome all the odds to win at Lord's.

In the 14 months since the Colombo defeat which cost them their home series against England last year, Sri Lanka have carried virtually all before them

15-May-2002•Stephen Lamb & Ralph Dellor

England opt for all-seam attack

England have released left-arm spinner Ashley Giles from their 13-man squad, allowing him to travel to Edgbaston to play for Warwickshire in their Frizzell County Championship match against Hampshire.

15-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Gough to miss entire Test series after further knee surgery

England's hopes of having Darren Gough available for the second Test against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston starting on May 30th were dashed when it was announced that he has suffered a recurrence of an injury to his right knee and has been ruled out of the

14-May-2002•Ralph Dellor

Crawley recovering from back problem

A back injury has cast doubt on whether John Crawley will be able to make a comeback to international cricket after an absence of three years

13-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

Sri Lankan warm-up washed out

Sri Lanka's final day's cricket before Thursday's first Test against England at Lord's was washed out by rain at Shenley

13-May-2002•CricInfo

Muralitharan to join Sri Lanka team in England

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who is in Australia recovering from a shoulder injury, is scheduled to join the Sri Lanka team in England later this week

13-May-2002•BCCSL

Whatmore admits to being worried by form of batsmen

Coach Dav Whatmore has admitted that the form of Sri Lanka's batsmen so far in England has been a cause of concern with the First Test at Lords starting Thursday now fast approaching

12-May-2002•CricInfo

Sri Lankans fight back in tour match

An innings of quality from Mahela Jayawardene has put the Sri Lankans into a commanding position against Middlesex at Shenley

12-May-2002•Ralph Dellor

England recall Stewart, Crawley, Cork and Tudor

As was widely expected, Alec Stewart has been recalled to the England squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka which starts at Lord's on Thursday

11-May-2002•Stephen Lamb

England Squad for first npower Test v Sri Lanka

England today named a 13-man squad for next week's 1st npower Test Match v Sri Lanka at Lord's from May 16th-20th

11-May-2002•ECB Media Release

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