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Pollock returns to boost South Africa

The return of Shaun Pollock will boost South Africa as they look to bounce back after defeat in the opening Test.

02-Aug-2006•Cricinfo staff

India prepared if West Indies drop out of tri-series

The Indian board has asked New Zealand and Sri Lanka to be on standby to replace West Indies should the West Indies Cricket Board not reach agreement with its players over participation in the scheduled tri-series in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in Septembe

01-Aug-2006•Cricinfo staff

'Credit should go to the bowlers' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene, Ashwell Prince and Mickey Arthur speak to the media at the end of the first Test in Colombo

31-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sri Lanka to celebrate 25 years of ICC full membership

Sri Lanka will celebrate 25 years of their admittance as a full member to the International Cricket Council (ICC) by honouring the cricketers who played in the inaugural Test match against England in February 1982

31-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Murali wraps it up for Sri Lanka

In the end there was an air of inevitability about the result, but Sri Lanka were made to work for their win.

31-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

'We have a good chance of saving the game' - Rudolph

Andrew Hall, Jacques Rudolph and Tom Moody speak to the media at the end of the fourth day

30-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Prince leads South Africa's fightback

Sri Lanka's bowlers looked to Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for inspiration and played the waiting game, patiently going about the job at hand, and picked up four of the ten wickets they needed to secure victory in the first Test

30-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

'I am happy with what I have achieved' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene speaks to the media about his landmark achievement while Tom Moody and Nicky Boje add their own observations

29-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Records tumble as Sri Lanka sit pretty

Sri Lanka hammered home the advantage and pushed South Africa into a corner as the third day of the first Test ended.

29-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Jayawardene determined to grind South Africa down

The Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara complimented each other on their superb performances after establishing a record third-wicket partnership of 471 in the first Test against South Africa at Colombo

28-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene and Sangakkara crush South Africa

Twin double-centuries from Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene left Sri Lanka in control of the first Test against South Africa as they ended the second day on 485 for 2, thanks to a massive unbeaten 471-run partnership for the third wicket

28-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Moody hails Murali and Fernando

An expectedly upbeat Tom Moody, the Sri Lankan coach, hailed his bowlers for cleaning up South Africa for a paltry 169, adding that the pitch was likely to get slower as the match went on

27-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Health and family take priority over cricket for Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu, the injured Sri Lankan captain, has put his health and family ahead of his career in order to live a pain-free life after years of cricket

27-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sangakkara builds SL advantage

Dilhara Fernando and Muttiah Muralitharan scalped four wickets each as Sri Lanka shot out South Africa for a meagre 169 and then drove home the advantage, reaching 128 for 2

27-Jul-2006•The Bulletin by Anand Vasu

Sri Lanka head into first Test without Vaas

Sri Lanka will have to make do without their most experienced bowler, Chaminda Vaas, who misses tomorrow's first Test against South Africa at Colombo with a hamstring injury

26-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayasuriya tipped for openers slot

Sanath Jayasuriya has been named in a 14-man squad for the first Test against South Africa starting in Colombo on Thursday

25-Jul-2006•Cricinfo staff

de Villiers and Rudolph prosper in drawn match

If the Sri Lanka selectors were hoping to use this three-day practice game as a guideline before they pick the squad for the first Test, which starts a week on Thursday, they got nowhere

24-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Nel's fire blows Sri Lanka away

If the Sri Lanka selectors were hoping to use this three-day practice game as a guideline before they pick the squad for the first Test, which starts a week on Thursday, they got nowhere

23-Jul-2006•Cricinfo staff

Rudolph and Amla strike centuries

Jacques Rudolph and Hashim Amla struck fine centuries as the South Africans made an impressive start to their tour of Sri Lanka

22-Jul-2006•Cricinfo staff

Samaraweera under pressure to perform

Seven of the Sri Lanka side to tour England last month have been included in a 14-man squad to represent a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI for the three-day warm-up match against the touring South Africans on Saturday

21-Jul-2006•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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