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Prasanna Jayawardene, if deemed fit, along with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara are all available as wicketkeeping options

Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the second Test against Pakistan as he recovers from a minor knee injury

The Sri Lankan captain has said despite the win in the first Test, there is a lot of work to be done, especially in the batting department

Rangana Herath said that the one over he bowled at the end of the third day confirmed that Sri Lanka would have an outside chance of winning

During a collapse of Pakistani proportions, the incredible Galle Test took a complete U-turn and decisively went Sri Lanka's way

South Australia have signed Sri Lanka's mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis for the domestic Twenty20 tournament next summer

Shane Bond is set to play his first international matches in nearly two years after being named to tour Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss blamed his batsmen's lack of footwork against the moving ball for his team's precarious position

Aaamer and Younis kept the target down to 168, and Pakistan had brought it inside 100 with eight wickets in hand

Maintaining a superb line and length Kulasekara ensured Pakistan did not get away to a big lead by returning Test career-best figures of 4 for 71 off 24 overs

Mohammad Yousuf marked his return to official cricket with his first century in Sri Lanka, a serene innings that lifted Pakistan from a precarious 80 for 4

Sri Lanka's top scorer Tharanga Paranavitana, who spent three hours on his 72, said the conditions were not ideal for batting

Chaminda Vaas has denied claims that he told Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka's chief selector, that he had decided to retire from Tests

Good bowling by Pakistan debutants and sloppy fielding made sure no team held advantage at the end of the first day

Cricinfo previews the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle

Younis said his batsmen's familiarisation with Mendis is because Pakistanis are used to playing spin at home

The first real challenge for Sangakkara is to lead one of Sri Lanka's least experienced attacks in Murali's absence

Muttiah Muralitharan has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan in Galle starting on Saturday due to a minor knee injury

For all the lack of hype to this series, there is a world of intrigue and sub-plots beneath the surface of the contest between Sri Lanka and Pakistan

The Sri Lankan allrounder has said his intentions of shaping into a genuine allrounder motivated him to focus more on his bowling