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India's comprehensive innings and 77 run loss to Sri Lanka at Colombo has consigned them to eighth place on the ICC Test Championship table

Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya speaking after a hard day's work in which his side took six Indian wickets in perfect batting conditions praised his bowlers for bowling tightly

This was not a day for the thrill seeking cricket supporter, but for the die hard Sri Lanka fan, as their spinners and fielders painstakingly winkled out the Indian top order to leave them on the verge of an innings victory and their first series win

With the selectorial axe hanging over his head Hashan Tillakaratne walked out to bat on Thursday evening knowing that this was likely to be his last chance to resurrect his Test career after two years in the wilderness

The Under 23 Youth Cricket Tournament conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) gets underway this weekend with 20 teams competing for honours in the Premier Division

Thilan Samaraweera became the third Sri Lankan cricketer to make a Test hundred on debut after Romesh Kaluwitharan in 1992/93 and Brendon Kuruppu in 1986/87

It was callous, cold-blooded, almost cruel cricket

Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga, never one to mince his words, believes that national coach Dav Whatmore has become too powerful a figure in Sri Lankan cricket

It was Pakistan's day right through

Muttiah Muralitharan's exploits on Wednesday were put firmly in perspective on Thursday as India's bowlers toiled fruitlessly while Sri Lanka's batsmen cruised past the tourist's first innings total

Marvan Atapattu's seventh Test 100 put Sri Lanka firmly in charge at the end of the second day of the decisive final Test in Colombo and the Sri Lanka vice-captain was delighted to finally get a big score after eight innings without a fifty

With a 1st innings lead of 85 and 8 wickets still in hand Pakistan reign supreme over Bangladesh in the 1st Test of the Asian Test Championship at Multan

Pre-match gossip had centered on India's growing confidence against Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan after their triumph in Kandy, but such idle talk looked foolish in the extreme after the beguiling off-spinner wreaked havoc on the first day of the

Sri Lanka's champion off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan spun his side into pole position in the decisive final Test with a virtuoso performance in Colombo on Wednesday

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a radical re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who are set to make three changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win,

Australia's final day demolition of England at The Oval to win by an innings and 25 runs and take the series 4-1 has confirmed their lead at the head of the ICC Test Championship table

India's surprise series leveling victory in Kandy has forced a re-think by the Sri Lankan selectors, who have made two changes for the crucial final Test in Colombo, as the home side looks to end a 16-month spell without a series win, whilst India

India's refusal to participate in the Asian Test Championship was not sensational news because most vigilant cricket observers had expected as much

The Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has cancelled the Under 23 Division Three cricket tournament that was introduced last year

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