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Sri Lanka Under 19 training squad named

Junior National Selectors, headed by former Sri Lankan left arm spinner, Roger Wijesuriya have selected a pool of 24 players ahead of the forthcoming under 19 tour of Pakistan in November

03-Sep-2001•CricInfo

Lanka win but no great shakes

Yet another series, yet another loss

03-Sep-2001•Rajesh Kumar

Masterful Muralitharan too hot to handle

The captivating confectioners son is back in business

03-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Pakistan's defeats in test cricket

Pakistan's defeat in the Lord's Test was their 68th in test cricket

03-Sep-2001•Arshad Chughtai

Zoysa to be fit for Sharjah

Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa, who is nursing a stress fracture in his ankle, is expected to be available for selection for the forthcoming Sharjah tri nation one-day tournament in October

03-Sep-2001•Rex Clementine

Sri Lanka seal silent victory in Colombo

India were unable to reverse a slide that had started last evening with the run out of Rahul Dravid and they lost their remaining four wickets within the first session to be bowled out for 299, still 77 runs short of making the home team bat again

02-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Jayasuriya hopes Test triumph is just the start

Sri Lanka recorded their first series victory in two years at home when they beat India in the decisive final Test Match in Colombo on Sunday and Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya hoped that it would be a springboard to future Test success

02-Sep-2001•Rex Clementine

India slump to eighth in latest ICCTC standings

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

02-Sep-2001•Duane Pettet

Jayasuriya: We bowled tightly and put them under pressure

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

01-Sep-2001•Rex Clementine

Sri Lanka on verge of victory despite Indian resistance

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

01-Sep-2001•Charlie Austin

Tillakaratne: I had to prove that I could perform at the highest level

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

31-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

New look Under 23 tournament gets underway

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

31-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

I have worked hard on my game: Thilan Samaraweera

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

31-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Centuries galore in Colombo as India suffer

It was callous, cold-blooded, almost cruel cricket

31-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Ranatunga critical of Whatmore and selectors

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

30-Aug-2001•CricInfo

With 5 centuries in an innings Pakistan maul Bangladesh

It was Pakistan's day right through

30-Aug-2001•Rafi Nasim

Sri Lanka's batsmen construct winning platform

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

30-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

Atapattu: There is still plenty of cricket left in this match

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

30-Aug-2001•Rex Clementine

Pakistan reigns supreme over Bangladesh

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

29-Aug-2001•Rafi Nasim

Mysterious Muralitharan puts India in a spin

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

29-Aug-2001•Charlie Austin

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