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Michael Tissera to head new four-man selection committee

Sri Lankan Sports Minister Johnston Fernando appointed former Ceylon captain Michael Tissera as chairman of a fresh four-man selection committee on Thursday

10-Jan-2002•CricInfo

Sri Lanka crush Zimbabwe but sterner tests lie ahead

Sri Lanka completed their third consecutive Test series win on Monday when they crushed a poor Zimbabwean side by an innings and 94 runs at Asgiriya International Stadium in Kandy

07-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lanka poised for series clinching win on fourth day

Zimbabwe were left with their backs firmly to the wall in Sri Lanka's hill country capital on Sunday night with the hosts poised for a series clinching win on the fourth day of this second Test

06-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

CricInfo talks to Murali after his narrow failure to take all ten

Hill-country spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan came agonisingly close to recording the best bowling figures ever in Test cricket at the Asgiriya International Stadium on Saturday morning only to be denied all ten when Chaminda Vaas inadvertently

05-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Day of anti-climax after Muralitharan misses out on all ten

A day that started with anti-climax, when hometown hero Muttiah Muralitharan narrowly failed to become the third man in history to take ten wickets in an innings, ended with Sri Lanka in a now familiar position of dominance in this one-sided Test

05-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Sri Lankan sports minister intervenes in selection debacle

Sports minister Johnston Fernando forced Sri Lanka's selectors into a U-turn late on Thursday night as members of the team seriously contemplated standing down from the second Janashakthi National Test in protest of the decision to rest Marvan

04-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Neil Johnson: updated biography

FULL NAME: Neil Clarkson Johnson BORN: 24 January 1970, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe; Eastern Province B (1989/90-1991/92), Natal (1992/93 1997/98), Leicestershire (1997), Matabeleland (1998/99), Western Province 2000/01 to date)

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

Bryan Strang: updated biography

FULL NAME: Bryan Colin Strang BORN: 9 June 1972, Bulawayo MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe (since 1994/95), Mashonaland Country Districts (1994/95-1995/96), Mashonaland (1996/97- )

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

Muralitharan grabs limelight with brilliant nine wicket burst

An extraordinary power struggle between the national selectors and the Sri Lankan team may have dominated the build-up to the second Janashakthi National Test against Zimbabwe at Kandy but local hero Muttiah Muralitharan soon grabbed the limelight

04-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Trevor Madondo: updated biography

FULL NAME: Trevor Nyasha Madondo BORN: 22 November 1976, Mount Darwin DIED: 11 June 2001, Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Matabeleland

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

ZCO editorial, volume 3 issue 15

A Happy New Year to all our readers and to all genuine cricket-lovers everywhere

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

Murray Goodwin: updated biography

FULL NAME: Murray William Goodwin BORN: 11 December 1972, in Harare MAJOR TEAMS: Zimbabwe; Western Australia (1994/95-1996/97); Mashonaland A (1997/98)

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

Campbell in Kenya: Alistair backs them for Test status

Alistair Campbell for the first time has been omitted from the Zimbabwean team, currently touring Sri Lanka - although he reveals that he had been invited at the last minute

04-Jan-2002•John Ward

Muralitharan's world record attempt - wicket by wicket

Muttiah Muralitharan finished the first day of the second Janashakthi National Test with nine wickets, agonisingly short of a world record, with Jim Laker's best ever Test bowling of 10/53 well within his sights

04-Jan-2002•CricInfo

For Zimbabwe, the only way is up after 2001

Another disappointing year for Zimbabwe cricket was punctuated by some fine performances

03-Jan-2002•Sean Beynon

Sri Lanka selectors rest Atapattu in Kandy

Kandy's reputation for the bizarre and unpredictable was enhanced further on the eve of the second Test against Zimbabwe when the Sri Lankan selectors made two unexpected changes, resting vice-captain Marvan Atapattu and promising fast bowler

03-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Brian Murphy abandons Sri Lankan tour after latest hand injury

Leg-spinner Brian Murphy has been forced out of Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka after a sustaining a new hand injury

03-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

CricInfo looks back on a roller coaster year for Sri Lankan cricket

Sri Lankan cricket enjoyed a roller coaster ride in 2001

02-Jan-2002•Charlie Austin

Lies or statistics? 2001 in review

Statistical review - 2001

31-Dec-2001•Dave Liverman

Sri Lanka make in six on the trot before the heavens open

It came slower than expected, as afternoon rain and some studied defense threatened to take the game into the final day, but Sri Lanka eventually triumphed to seal their six consecutive Test victory - a first for a sub-continental side - and take an

31-Dec-2001•Charlie Austin

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