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"I am happy about the way things went for us

Hashan Tillakaratne will make a comeback into the Sri Lankan national side in first Test against India in Galle on Tuesday after two frustrating years on the sidelines

The first Test between Sri Lanka and India commences in Galle on Tuesday with both sides anxious about the pitch and keen to reverse disconcerting trends: Sri Lanka have not won a Test series for 16 months and India have not won a Test series

The great Indian dream of a series win on foreign soil starts all over again as Sourav Ganguly and his men prepare to take on Sri Lanka in the first of the three Test match series at Galle on Tuesday

Rahul Dravid has become an indispensable member of the Indian team and increasingly looks certain to be the future Indian captain

India's match winning off spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that his side can bring to an end India's poor Test run abroad in the forthcoming three-Test series against Sri Lanka that starts on Tuesday in Galle

Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lanka captain, defies all conventions of batsmanship when he is at the crease and at times he has been more than a bowlers' nightmare

Dav Whatmore National Coach It's four months since Sri Lanka last played a Test match and we are looking forward to proving that this side can replicate its one-day success in the longer version of the game

The first Test of the three match series between Sri Lanka and India at the Galle International Stadium will be played on a pitch conducive to fast bowling according to ground manager Jayananda Warnaweera

The Selection Committee of the BCCSL, met on the 09th August 2001 at the Board Headquarters, and the following Sri Lankan Squad of 16 players and 03 Team Management Members were selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 1st Test Match to be played from

The Sri Lankan selectors left out veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva from the 16-man squad selected for the forthcoming Test series against India, which starts on next Tuesday at the Galle International Cricket Stadium

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the three-match Test series in Sri Lanka starting on August 14, after the second scan done on Thursday night revealed that the hairline fracture on his right toe had not healed properly

India's last chance of meaningful match practice before the first Test in Galle was scuppered today when the P

In terms of match practice, India could have done without the final day of the three day practice match against Sri Lanka Board XI being abandoned, but Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly was philosophical.

India made good use of their only chance to gain match practice before the first Test at Galle next week, when they batted throughout the second day of this three-day warm up game against a Sri Lankan Board XI at P Saravanamuttu Stadium today

Indian opener Sadagoppan Ramesh made a brilliant 63 in the practice match against a Sri Lanka Board XI leading up to the three Test matches, and at the end of the day's play declared that it was a crucial innings.

Sri Lanka's Test hopefuls may have flopped, but future prospect Michael Vandort impressed with a fine century, as a Sri Lanka Board XI middle order recovered from the loss of early wickets to score 326 against India at P.Saravanamuttu Stadium today

Sri Lanka's five-man selection committee will select the Test squad for the forthcoming three-match series against India on Thursday night and they look set to omit veteran batsmen Aravinda de Silva

Sri Lankan Board XI batsman Michael Vandort stole the limelight on the first day's play of a three-day practice match against India with a brilliant century and, by doing so in front of the national selectors, became a serious contender for a place

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is unlikely to participate in the three-Test series in Sri Lanka as the pain in his right toe still persists, according to Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) sources here today