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Pain-free Starc targets Angelo Mathews

Mitchell Starc has forecast a concerted Australian attack on Sri Lanka's captain Angelo Mathews in the three-Test series that begins in Pallekele on Tuesday

23-Jul-2016•Daniel Brettig in Pallekele

Onus for avoiding injuries on players - Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka's chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has placed the onus for avoiding injuries partially on the cricketers, upon the team's return from a difficult tour of the UK and Ireland

07-Jul-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Buttler ready to seize chance for Test return

Jos Buttler has said he is ready to shelve the reticence that undermined his last attempt at cracking Test cricket and believes he will be trusted by the team management to play his natural attacking game

06-Jul-2016•Andrew Miller

Dawson and Buttler drive England to thumping victory

The sun duly set on Sri Lanka's tour of England, but the literal setting on a sunkissed day in Hampshire proved infinitely more impressive than the figurative version

05-Jul-2016•The Report by Andrew Miller in Southampton

Rambukwella called into Sri Lanka's T20 squad

Offspinning allrounder Ramith Rambukwella has been called up to Sri Lanka's squad for the T20 against England on Tuesday, team management has confirmed

04-Jul-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rapid Mills adds intrigue to England's T20 return

England return to the format that provided heartbreak earlier this year when Carlos Brathwaite grabbed the World T20 from under their noses

04-Jul-2016•The Preview by Andrew McGlashan

'I won't run away from captaincy' - Mathews

Angelo Mathews has said he will not "run away" from the Sri Lanka captaincy and insists he wants to help haul the team out of their current trough

02-Jul-2016•Andrew McGlashan in Cardiff

Root and Buttler lay groundwork for 3-0 series win

Joe Root produced a seamless 93 from 106 balls and Jos Buttler made 70 from 45 balls as England wrapped up victory by 122 runs for a 3-0 series win

02-Jul-2016•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

England's batting power is 'frightening' - Root

Joe Root says it is "frightening" what England's batting order could be capable of and believes any of the top six have the potential to score a double-hundred

01-Jul-2016•Andrew McGlashan in Cardiff

Powerful England look for final flourish

Sri Lanka are searching for a consolation victory - one that would keep them above England in the one-day rankings - after the series was lost at The Oval

01-Jul-2016•The Preview by Andrew McGlashan

England's depth growing ahead of major tournaments - Farbrace

Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, believes there are now more than 20 players who could be selected at any time in the one-day side and still give England a winning combination

30-Jun-2016•Andrew McGlashan

Roy, Morgan believe England batting can soar higher

Jason Roy fell narrowly short of breaking Robin Smith's 23-year-old record for the highest ODI score by an England batsman but he is confident that one of the new generation will eclipse it before long

29-Jun-2016•Alan Gardner at The Oval

Roy's rampant 162 sets up stunning chase

Jason Roy lit up a gloomy evening in South London with a stunning matchwinning 162 - the second highest ODI score ever made by an England batsman

29-Jun-2016•The Report by Andrew Miller

Morgan seeks series win as nation licks its wounds

England still need to win one of the final two matches to secure the series - and they may come up against the weather again at The Oval, with a poor forecast for the afternoon

28-Jun-2016•Alan Gardner at The Oval

Tharanga happy to play the spare part

Upul Tharanga has been coming in at No. 7 against England after brief appearances at No. 8 and No. 9 in Ireland. It seems an odd job for a 31-year-old who has played as an opener in 156 of his 185 ODIs to date

28-Jun-2016•Alan Gardner at The Oval

Dominant England seek series knockout

After three matches of the series there has only been one outright result so Sri Lanka are clinging on but need an improved show

28-Jun-2016•The Preview by Andrew Miller

Lower-back strain cuts short Thirimanne's England tour

Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne has left Sri Lanka's ongoing tour of England after sustaining a lower-back strain, which restricted his movement

26-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

England restrict subdued SL before washout

Fifties to Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews were the sparks in a Sri Lanka score of 248 for 9, but gloom ultimately defined the day, after rain washed out play four overs into the reply

26-Jun-2016•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rashid feels he is winning the mental battle

Adil Rashid believes he is becoming a mentally stronger bowler after a year back in the England white-ball sides and continues to pick the brains of Shane Warne over the art of legspin

25-Jun-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

England aim to ram home advantage

While England are riding a wave of momentum after a thumping win, Sri Lanka's woes are compounded as they are left sweating over the fitness of Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal

25-Jun-2016•The Preview by Andrew McGlashan

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