Brass necks, and the anatomy of a scoreboard

By rights, the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy ought to be the most tranquil setting for a cricket match anywhere in the world

It's fair to say I hadn't a clue where I was when I awoke on Friday morning

He's better known now for his dulcet early-morning tones on Test Match Special, but there was a time, a couple of decades ago, when Jonathan Agnew was a firebrand fast bowler with international aspirations

After all the hassles and hardships that went into the staging of the Galle Test match, the end result has been a triumph