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de Mel's comments spurred the team - Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu has admitted that the critical comments made by Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka¹s selection chief, spurred his team on during their Paktel Cup final victory against Pakistan

18-Oct-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

de Mel's criticism entirely misplaced

At the moment, Sri Lanka are a side on the rise

18-Oct-2004•Charlie Austin

Gilchrist: 'It was shaping up to be a classic'

Adam Gilchrist confessed to being disappointed that rain had prevented a potential classic being played to its logical conclusion at the MA Chidambaram Stadium

18-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

de Mel's comments spurred the team - Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu has admitted that the critical comments made by Ashantha de Mel, Sri Lanka¹s selection chief, spurred his team on during their Paktel Cup final victory against Pakistan

18-Oct-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Morton's century in vain as Jamaica win

Jamaica and Guyana won their respective games in the domestic one-day tournament

18-Oct-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Outcomes of the ICC meeting

The Review of the Structure of Cricket, the location of the ICC Offices, the issue of media accreditation for banned players, amendments to Code of Conduct to specifically include selectors and a review into the structure of the Champions Trophy were

18-Oct-2004•Brendan McClements

de Mel's criticism entirely misplaced

At the moment, Sri Lanka are a side on the rise

18-Oct-2004•Charlie Austin

The beautiful Test

This Chennai Test was not one for the mind - it was marred by dropped catches, missed stumpings, nervous errors, and a rained-out day - but it was one that will be remembered fondly for years

18-Oct-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Amit Varma

Fast bowlers to rule, says De Mel

Asantha de Mel, the former Sri Lanka fast bowler who has the distinction of bowling the first ball for his country in Test cricket 22 years ago, feels that the dearth of quality spinners to take over from the redoubtable Muttiah Muralitharan would

18-Oct-2004•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Sizzling Martyn sets up a thriller

Damien Martyn hung on and stroked a dazzling 104 to rescue his side from a difficult position with a resolute Jason Gillespie (26) for company

17-Oct-2004•Bulletin by Anand Vasu

'Hoo ha, hoo ha'

It has got hotter and hotter in Chennai as this Test has progressed, but the crowd does not seem to be feeling it

17-Oct-2004•Roving Reporter by Amit Varma at Chennai

`It would have been nice to set them 250-plus'

Damien Martyn played an innings of great composure and beauty to bring Australia back into the Chennai Test

17-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

Win in Sri Lanka was a huge boost - Martyn

Damien Martyn is often called an artist with the bat, but, as he showed once again with a memorable hundred at Chennai, he is also superb at soaking pressure, playing according to the needs of the team, and adapting to different conditions

17-Oct-2004

'200 is a gettable score'

Anil Kumble completed 13 wickets in the Test with 6 for 133 in the second innings, preventing the Australian defiance from taking the match away in the second innings

17-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

Jayasuriya spins a fatal web

Under lights at the Gaddafi in Lahore, Sri Lanka held aloft the Paktel Cup

16-Oct-2004•Rahul Bhatia

'We compounded the errors of the first day'

John Buchanan was subdued when he addressed the media at the end of the third day

16-Oct-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

India edge ahead in tense scrap

An intriguing day's play where punch was met by counter-punch and strategy was defied by grit set the second Test up perfectly going into the fourth day

16-Oct-2004•Bulletin by Anand Vasu

'We'll be looking to chase less than 100'

Mohammad Kaif announced his return to the Indian side with a composed and gritty 64, suffering in the final stages with cramp that forced him off just after lunch

16-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

The day 'Hollywood' was crowned

Shane Warne's coronation is now complete

15-Oct-2004•Peter English

Sehwag happy with his return to form

Virender Sehwag overcame a streak of bad form in the international arena with a stirring century against Australia in the second Test that gave India the upper hand

15-Oct-2004

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