Magical Herath spins Sri Lanka to innings win

Rangana Herath picked up his fifth 10-wicket match haul in Tests as Sri Lanka wrapped up victory by an innings and six runs inside the second session of day four

Holder rues fielding lapses in innings defeat

West Indies captain Jason Holder was complimentary of his attack's disciplined but held the sloppy fielding most responsible for his team's innings defeat in Galle

Herath draws level with Qadir, Harbhajan

Stats highlights from the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle where the hosts completed an innings win

'Rangana can play few more years' - Mathews

Tharindu Kaushal's indifferent outing at Galle raised concerns over whether he could become Rangana Herath's spin-bowling successor, but Herath himself could still play for some time yet

Herath masterclass leaves West Indies reeling

Rangana Herath bowled Sri Lanka into a formidable position in the Galle Test, picking up a six-wicket haul to force West Indies to follow on before striking late in the final session to dismiss Kraigg Brathwaite

Herath's Galle record and West Indies' lower-order recovery

Stats highlights from the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle where Rangana Herath got another five-for

Kaushal shakes and rattles while Herath rocks and rolls

Tharindu Kaushal and Rangana Herath are both spin bowlers but, with one wiry and energetic and the other ambling in contentedly, they might have come from different galaxies

Herath spins Sri Lanka into the ascendancy

Herath restores Sri Lanka dominance

Rangana Herath bowled Sri Lanka back into the dominant position achieved by their top order and squandered somewhat by a collapse that cost them their last seven wickets for 59 runs

Sri Lanka's highest stand against West Indies

Stats highlight from the second day's play from the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies, in Galle

Herath builds on Chandimal, Karunaratne advantage

West Indies caught in Galle's sweaty embrace

West Indies succumbed to Galle's humidity as chances went down and Sri Lanka's score mounted inexorably on the second day of the first Test

Karunaratne ton steers Sri Lanka on dominant day

An unbeaten century from Dimuth Karunaratne ensured Sri Lanka negotiated the opening day of the series with a sense of calm and lost only two wickets on a slow Galle pitch

SL batsmen dominate on opening day

Chandimal extends purple patch

Statistical highlights from the first day's play of the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle

Sri Lanka roll out the old Galle welcome

Sri Lanka used to show tourists the delights of the Galle Coast and then impose big, bruising wins upon them. They have lost that knack, although a hundred from Dimuth Karunaratne was a reminder of old times

What West Indies can learn from South Africa of 63 years ago

Jack Cheetham's side won admiration by drawing a Test series in Australia that everyone expected them to fail miserably in

Blackwood resists but WI slump to innings defeat

Samuels reported for suspect action again

Marlon Samuels, the West Indies allrounder, has been reported for a suspect bowling action during the first Test against Sri Lanka

Ambrose wants short, intense spells from WI quicks

West Indies' seamers bring more wickets and experience to this series than their counterparts, but will still have to deliver brief, intense spells to be successful in Sri Lanka, bowling coach Curtly Ambrose has said

Mathews backs Thirimanne to deliver at No. 3

A move to No. 3 may help end Lahiru Thirimanne's lean trot, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has said ahead of the first Test against West Indies in Galle