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Aravinda de Silva blasts Lankan bowling

Veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva, on the verge of retirement after his recent omission from the national squad, blamed Sri Lanka's bowlers and fielders for their seven-wicket defeat by India in the second Test Kandy

27-Aug-2001•CricInfo

Dav Whatmore: The turning point was the second innings

Dav Whatmore National Coach For the third home series in succession it's 1-1 after the first two Tests, when it could so easily have been 2-0 to Sri Lanka

27-Aug-2001•Dav Whatmore

A tale of two southpaws

On the face of it they have nothing in common

27-Aug-2001•Anand Vasu

Sri Lankan selectors drop Kaluwitharana from Test squad

Wicketkeeper-batsmen Romesh Kaluwitharana was dropped from the Sri Lankan Test squad for the Third Test against India on Monday night after the selectors slimmed down the squad to 15 players

27-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Ganguly concerned over India's inability to dismiss tailenders

Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly today praised his fast bowlers for the discipline they showed in the second Test but said something needed to be done about their seeming inability to polish off the tail

26-Aug-2001

Indian Board turn down request for Agarkar

The Indian cricket board has turned down a request from the team management in Sri Lanka to send fast bowler Ajit Agarkar as cover for the third Test

26-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Indian team request Agarkar as back-up

Fast bowler Ajit Agarkar is being sent to Sri Lanka as a back-up bowler for the third and final Test.

26-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

2nd Test, India v Sri Lanka, Statistical Highlights

It was 1558th Test in cricket history

26-Aug-2001•Rajneesh Gupta

Sri Lankan timidity undermines quest for Test success

Sri Lanka's third successive failure in Kandy leaves supporters and pundits searching for rational explanations

26-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

India square series after Ganguly heroics

In front of a capacity local crowd who had come to cheer Sri Lanka's first series victory for 16 months and with his captaincy attracting increasing criticism, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly finally cast off the shackles of poor form to guide his side

25-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Ganguly: this is one of my best Test knocks

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly believes his match winning unbeaten 98 is one of his best ever Test innings

25-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Jayasuriya blames his batsmen for defeat

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya blamed his batsmen after India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets to win the second Test at Kandy and square the series

25-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

High farce in Kandy leaves Test on a knife edge

Can the hill country folk of Kandy have ever been so richly entertained

24-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Murali: This is my best innings by far

Sri Lankan off-spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, was the star of the show at the end of day three of the second Test at the Asgiriya International Stadium, Kandy, after his batting put his side in a strong position in the Test

24-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Vaas: My batting has improved tremendously

Chaminda Vaas's 50th Test has been a wonderful one so far

23-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Fast bowlers tighten Sri Lanka's grip on Kandy Test

Sri Lanka's grip on this three-Test series tightened after an industrious performance by their fast bowlers and poor umpiring secured them a useful first innings lead at Asgiriya International Stadium today

23-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Jayawardene: It was one of my best knocks

Sri Lankan middle order batsman Mahela Jayawardene rated his hundred against India today very highly, "It was one of my best hundreds

22-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

India show fight but Jayawardene saves Sri Lanka

Most sensible commentators interpreted Sourav Ganguly's pre-match claims that "morale was good" and that "there was no reason to be down" as a valiant but forlorn attempt to save an injury ravaged team from total combustion

22-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka coach throws support behind reported bowler

Sri Lankan coach Dav Whatmore threw his support behind fast bowling allrounder Suresh Perera, who was reported for having a suspect action in the Galle Test, after Sri Lanka's final practice before the second Test in Kandy

21-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Srinath likely to be fit for South African tour

Despite being ruled out of India's two remaining Test matches against Sri Lanka, fast bowler Javagal Srinath is almost certain to be fit to tour South Africa in October

21-Aug-2001•CricInfo

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