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Sri Lanka's captain and vice-captain, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, paid tribute to their team-mate and former leader, Sanath Jayasuriya

05-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

'We need to press this advantage' - Jayawardene

Patience, Mahela Jayawardene said, was the key to Sri Lanka winning the first Test against England at Kandy and going 1-up in the three-Test series

05-Dec-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Kandy

England undone by straight-faced Murali

England did astonishingly well to repel Murali for as long as they did. For 32 overs he toiled without reward. But then the wickets flooded in

05-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

When the sheets hit the fans

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the fifth and final day between Sri Lanka and England at Kandy

05-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Sri Lanka beat the light to secure victory

Sri Lanka claimed the first Test by 88 runs at Kandy, but England came with about 20 minutes of salvaging a draw

05-Dec-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Spectators hurt as stand roof blows off

At least four England supporters suffered minor injuries on the final day of the first Test at Kandy, when the corrugated-iron roof of their stand blew off in high winds and landed on the seats below

05-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Sangakkara senses greatness in his grasp

Andrew Miller on Kumar Sangakkara's batting soliloquy at Kandy

04-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Hoggard 'looking doubtful' for second Test

England's captain, Michael Vaughan, has conceded that Matthew Hoggard's prospects of playing in Sunday's second Test at Colombo are slim

04-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Drop-kicking Bell over the monastery

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the fourth day between Sri Lanka and England at Kandy

04-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Sangakkara century sets up victory chance

After Muttiah Muralitharan enjoyed his record-breaking moment yesterday it was the turn of Kumar Sangakkara to do the rewriting as Sri Lanka finally exerted their home advantage on the fourth day at Kandy

04-Dec-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Pietersen will bat despite finger break

Kevin Pietersen will be available to bat in England's second innings in Kandy despite breaking a bone in his finger

04-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Murali breaks Warne's record

Full coverage of Muttiah Muralitharan breaking Shane Warne's record for most wickets in Tests

04-Dec-2007

Jayasuriya's bash and Cook's klutzy misfield

Andrew Miller looks back at the plays of the day on the third day of the first Test in Kandy

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Sri Lanka build lead on Murali's record day

Sri Lanka lead by 78 after the third day at Kandy following a half-century from Sanath Jayasuriya, which followed Muttiah Muralitharan's record-breaking wicket earlier in the day

03-Dec-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Murali sparks delirium in Kandy

He was made to wait, longer than he or any of his legions of admirers could ever have imagined, but in end, the inevitable could not be postponed indefinitely as Muttiah Muralitharan took his 709th Test wicket and the world record

03-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Murali breaks Warne's record

Muttiah Muralitharan has become the leading wicket-taker in Test cricket after breaking Shane Warne's record of 708 Test wickets. Murali dismissed Paul Collingwood during England's first innings in Kandy to take his 709th wicket

03-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Jayasuriya announces retirement from Tests

Sanath Jayasuriya, the Sri Lanka batsman, has announced that the Kandy Test against England will be his last

03-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

It's anyone's game - Bayliss

Trevor Bayliss has termed the first Test between Sri Lanka and England an evenly-poised affair and said that either of the teams can win the contest if they play well from now till the end of the match

02-Dec-2007•Sa'adi Thawfeeq in Kandy

Bell shines amid the gloom

No-one has doubted Muttiah Muralitharn's destiny in this match - least of all, it seems, England's batsmen

02-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

Kandy made to wait another day

Andrew Miller provides the plays of the second day between Sri Lanka and England at Kandy

02-Dec-2007•Andrew Miller in Kandy

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