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Dav Whatmore pays tribute to Chaminda Vaas after seven-wicket haul

Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore paid tribute to Chaminda Vaas at the end of the second day of the final Test in Colombo after the left-arm pace bowler had ripped through the West Indies batting with the second new ball

30-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Chaminda Vaas conjures up Houdini-like recovery

Despite the heroics of Brian Lara, who scored 221, his third double century and the highest ever Test score by a touring batsman in Sri Lanka, the home side finished the day with a bounce in their step thanks mainly to a career best seven-wicket haul

30-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Lara credits Sir Garfield Sobers for Sri Lankan run spree

Present West Indian batting icon Brian Lara credited former great Sir Garfield Sobers for a run making spree in Sri Lanka that sees him closing in fast on the all-time record Caribbean run getters

29-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies make enforced change to one-day squad

The West Indies selectors have made yet another change to the team for the triangular one-day international series, which begins next weekend.Jamaican opening batsman, Leon Garrick, who was previously dropped from the one-day squad, will now remain

29-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Brian Lara shines again at Sinhalese Sports Club

West Indian morale was given a much-needed boost at a sun splashed Sinhalese Sports Club on Thursday, as Brian Lara made full use of a flat pitch to score his second century of the series

29-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Hinds and Collymore for Triangular Series

The West Indies selectors yesterday named two changes to the current team for the upcoming triangular One Day Series, which starts on December, 8

28-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

Star bat Lara proves he's still a prince

Brian Lara has immediately begun answering some of the questions increasingly placed against his name prior to the current tour of Sri Lanka

28-Nov-2001•Tony Cozier

West Indies seek to avert Sri Lankan whitewash in Colombo

Two Tests down and the series lost, West Indian captain Carl Hooper is looking for his top-order to finally gel in the third Test in Colombo starting Thursday, as the tourists try to avert the ignominy of a series whitewash in Sri Lanka

28-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Two changes to West Indies squad for one-day series

The West Indies selectors yesterday named two changes to the current team for the upcoming triangular one-day series, which starts on December 8

28-Nov-2001•Derrick Nicholas

West Indies call-up for Hinds

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28-Nov-2001•Haydn Gill

Hooper hails Muralitharan as off-spinner breaks more records

West Indian captain Carl Hooper hailed Muttiah Muralitharan as the world's best spinner after the 29-year-old had equalled Richard Hadlee's world record for the highest number of ten-wicket hauls in the second Janashakthi National Test at Kandy.

27-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Vandort left out as Sri Lankan selectors back Arnold

Middle-order batsman Michael Vandort has been left out of Sri Lanka's 14-man squad for the third and final Test against West Indies as Sri Lankan selectors back Russel Arnold to return to form.

27-Nov-2001•Saadi Thawfeeq

Tickets on sale for SSC Test Match

Tickets for the 3rd Test match of the West Indies Tour of Sri Lanka will go on sale at the BCCSL Headquarters at 35, Maitland Place, Colombo 7, from Tuesday, the 27th of November

26-Nov-2001•BCCSL

West Indies rue umpiring blunder in Kandy Test

West Indies were left fuming on Sunday night following the controversial dismissal of batting superstar Brian Lara which paved the way for Sri Lanka' s series winning victory in Kandy

25-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Jayasuriya admits to moment of doubt in tense final hour

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya admitted that he felt Sri Lanka's victory chance had slipped away during a nail-biting final hour in Kandy

25-Nov-2001•CricInfo SL

Sri Lanka seal series after nail-biting finale

Sri Lanka finally ended Kandy jinx on the final tension-strewn day of the second Janashakthi National Test when they defeated West Indies by 131 runs in the descending gloom to win this three-Test series

25-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indians face fight for survival after latest capitulation

The sun finally shone in Kandy, but that did not brighten the mood of the West Indian players, who suffered yet another batting collapse; a capitulation that squashed any faint hopes of squaring this Janashkathi National Test series and leaves them

24-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

Rain set to break Kandy jinx

Sri Lanka's Kandy jinx looks set to be broken after a second day marred by bad weather which is likely to led to a draw in the second match of this three-Test series

23-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

First no bowlers and now no play

West Indian hopes of leveling this three-match Test series were dealt another blow on Thursday when persistent rain washed out two full sessions at the Asgirya International Stadium in Kandy

22-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

West Indies captain praises depleted bowling attack

West Indies captain Carl Hooper paid tribute to his depleted bowling attack after a dramatic first hour on the opening day of the second Test in Kandy which saw fast bowler Mervyn Dillon break down with a chest injury and Colin Stuart banned from

21-Nov-2001•Charlie Austin

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