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Lord's factor offers beleaguered Sri Lanka a boost

ESPNcricinfo previews the third Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's

08-Jun-2016•The Preview by Andrew Miller

Sri Lanka recall Maharoof for England, Ireland ODIs

Allrounder Farveez Maharoof, who last played an international game in March 2012, has been recalled to the Sri Lanka side for the upcoming ODI matches against Ireland and England

08-Jun-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lord's return a 'great opportunity' - Kusal

Kusal Perera was banned from cricket six months ago but two days out from the Lord's Test he was seen getting special attention in the Nursery Ground nets

07-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ramprakash backs Compton to soak up the pressure

Nick Compton faces a Test appearance on his home ground that will go a long way towards deciding his international future

07-Jun-2016•Andrew McGlashan at Lord's

'You don't win games with 70s and 80s' - Root

Joe Root has admitted he should already have up to double his nine Test centuries and can't quite work out why he does not convert into three figures more consistently

07-Jun-2016•Andrew McGlashan

Warm-up opposition not good enough - Karunaratne

The bowling Sri Lanka faced in practice games ahead of the Test series was of modest quality, opener Dimuth Karunaratne has said

06-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'No ill feeling towards Amir' - Broad

Stuart Broad has said he does not harbour any ill will towards Mohammad Amir, who is set to make a Test return on Pakistan's tour of England after a five-year ICC ban for spot-fixing

06-Jun-2016•Alan Gardner

Ford concerned about Sri Lanka's fast-bowling depth

Sri Lanka lack depth in their fast-bowling battery, coach Graham Ford said, after two frontline quicks left the tour of England with injury, and a third was reported for a suspect action.

05-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mendis aiming to make bowlers tired of him

While other Sri Lanka batsmen have spoken of embracing positivity at the crease against a strong England attack, Kusal Mendis has instead begun to focus on batting time

04-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will bat wherever team requires me to - Chandimal

Dinesh Chandimal has said that his batting position doesn't bother him, and that he will bat where his team leadership deems fit

02-Jun-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Bandara called in for Chameera for third Test

Chaminda Bandara has been called in as a replacement for the injured Dushmantha Chameera in Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test against England at Lord's

02-Jun-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Positive mindset made the difference - Silva

Kaushal Silva said a determined effort to put the pressure back on England's bowlers was the key to Sri Lanka's batting turnaround in the second Test

31-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dilshan to miss England tour due to personal reasons

Tillakaratne Dilshan has informed Sri Lanka Cricket that he will be unavailable for the limited-overs series in England and Ireland, owing to personal issues

31-May-2016•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Bayliss wants more wicket-taking threat

They may have won the Investec Test series with a game to spare, but head coach Trevor Bayliss believes England still have "a long way to go" before they can compete with the best teams in the world

31-May-2016•George Dobell

Anderson becomes No. 1 Test bowler

James Anderson has leapfrogged his England new-ball partner Stuart Broad to become the No. 1 Test bowler in the ICC rankings

31-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Shaminda Eranga reported for suspect action

Sri Lanka fast bowler Shaminda Eranga has been reported for a suspect action following the second Test against England in Chester-le-Street

31-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook crosses 10,000 Test runs mark

Alastair Cook has become the first England batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs, after reaching the milestone on the fourth afternoon of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street

30-May-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Landmark Cook secures win after Chandimal's defiant century

Alastair Cook finally reached the 10,000-run landmark, the 12th man to do so in Test history, as England secured a nine-wicket victory to take the series although not without some significant toil

30-May-2016•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

Sri Lanka's batsmen find their fight

Barring extraordinary events, Sri Lanka are still going to lose the second Test - and potentially by an innings - but they were not, to borrow one of Angelo Mathews' words, humiliated on the third day as they made England work hard for their successes in

29-May-2016•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

Sri Lanka fold again after Moeen's unbeaten century

A batting promotion worked wonders for Moeen Ali as he scored his second Test century, and the fourth-highest score by an England No. 7, to build an imposing total of 498 for 9 before Alastair Cook declared before tea

28-May-2016•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

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