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White shines on slow third day

The third day of England's last practice game before the First Test Match in Galle was a weary affair

17-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Rain interrupts England's smooth progress

England were deprived of valuable batting practice by a violent thunderstorm in Matara shortly before tea today

16-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Rain interrupts England's smooth progress

England were deprived of valuable batting practice by a violent thunderstorm in Matara shortly before tea today

16-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Hoggard grasps opportunity to impress

Sri Lanka Board President's XI recovered to 153 for six after at one stage being 24 for four on the opening day of England's final warm-up match before the First Test

15-Feb-2001•CricInfo

Giles injury overshadows mixed day for England

Deep into Sri Lanka's hinterland, in a town famous for its red rice and feted for its fiery fish curries, England enjoyed a day of mixed fortunes in their final practice game before the First Test Match in Galle

15-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

England secure early tour victory

In front of a sprinkling of English spectators being cooled by circular fans in the pavilion and five contented ponies chewing on a grass bank, England completed their first victory of the tour at P

11-Feb-2001•Charile Austin

A win in the nick of time for desperate Kiwis

New Zealand has spent much of the summer trying to get the formula right in its one-day game and offered a hint in beating Sri Lanka by 13 runs in Christchurch today that when everything falls into place it is not far away from being a much more

11-Feb-2001•Lynn McConnell

Hick states his credentials with timely innings

Graeme Hick stated his credentials for a Test place with an authoritative innings against the Sri Lankan board President's spinners at P.Saravanmuttu Stadium today

10-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Return to Saravanamuttu bears fruit for England

England's return to the historic P

09-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Nasser Hussain turns the corner

No matter what the outcome of England's four-day game against a Sri Lanka Board President's XI, which started at P

08-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Hussain content after first tour outing

England may not have covered themselves in glory, but for a first outing, this two-day practice game against a Sri Lanka Board Colts XI was surely a satisfactory start

06-Feb-2001•Charlie Austin

Exhilarating Adams smashes weary Sri Lankans in tour opener

The delights of cricket at Pukekura Park are many and varied - there is no ground in the world which so simply unites beauty and utility - but Andre Adams added another with an innings which contributed substantially to the North Island's 28-run over

28-Jan-2001•Steve McMorran

Pollock gives series a ginger tint

Man of the match, man of the series, winning captain - about the only accolade Shaun Pollock was missing at the conclusion of the third Castle Lager/MTN Test match was man of the century, and it's a fair bet that if a vote was taken now for the

22-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Flu-stricken South Africans make Sri Lanka look sickly

Despite a dressing room riddled with flu and a brave, if unexpected, third wicket partnership between Russel Arnold and Kumar Sangakkara, South Africa seemed to be heading for a second successive victory inside three days at stumps on the second day

21-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Magnificent maiden century for Pollock rips game away from Sri Lanka

Neil McKenzie had the best view of all of Shaun Pollock's majestic maiden Test century on the opening day of the third and final Castle Lager/MTN Test match against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park

20-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Sri Lanka end South Africa's winning streak with last ball victory

If Shaun Pollock couldn't quite work out how South Africa contrived to lose the sixth and final Standard Bank one-day international at the Wanderers on Wednesday, then neither could Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya fathom how the side batting

17-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Gibbs comes good as SA stretch winning run to 10

Whether Herschelle Gibbs was more relieved than pleased with himself was difficult to tell, but who could blame the 26-year-old for either emotion after his 79 had ensured South Africa's five-wicket victory in the fifth Standard Bank one-day

14-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Ruthless South Africans clinch one-day series

Shaun Pollock had some sympathy (but not all that much, mind) for Sanath Jayasuriya after South Africa had wrapped up the Standard Bank one-day international series against Sri Lanka with a crushing 99-run victory in the fourth match at Newlands on

11-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Slick South Africans take 3-0 lead in ODI series

With Jacques Kallis pacing his innings to perfection and Jonty Rhodes scampering hither and thither, South Africa made tracking down Sri Lanka's best score of the series seem pretty much routine as they won the third Standard Bank one-day

09-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

Wheel turns full circle as SA crush Sri Lanka

Six months ago, in Shaun Pollock's first Test match as captain, a ragged South African side lost by an innings and 15 runs to Sri Lanka in Galle

04-Jan-2001•Peter Robinson

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