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Emotional Mahela remembers the good times

"It's been an emotional day but I promise I won't cry," were Mahela Jayawardene's first words when he took the podium following his final Test

18-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

'Got a move on again in Tests' - Mathews

Angelo Mathews credited Sri Lanka's performance in all forms of cricket, after they climbed to fourth in the Test rankings after a 2-0 win over Pakistan

18-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Pakistan outplayed by Herath - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq said that Pakistan were mainly outplayed by the brilliance of Rangana Herath

18-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq in Colombo

Herath scripts perfect farewell for Jayawardene

It took Sri Lanka just under an hour on the fifth morning to wrap up the Pakistan innings and kick off the celebrations at the SSC

18-Aug-2014•The Report by Devashish Fuloria

Win would be 'fitting farewell' for Jayawardene - Sangakkara

The Sri Lanka team had spoken about keeping emotions in check in Mahela Jayawardene's final match, but they will relish the chance to bid him farewell with a 2-0 series win, Kumar Sangakkara said

17-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SSC

Pakistan tumble towards big defeat

Rangana Herath drove away any thoughts of a Sharjah-like chase by breaking the back of Pakistan batting - Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan - within his first six overs

17-Aug-2014•The Report by Devashish Fuloria

Junaid to miss rest of the second Test

Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan has been advised rest and will not play the remaining days of the second Test at the SSC after he was hit by a bouncer, while batting on the third day of the Test.

17-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq

'World-class' Herath made difference - Grant Flower

Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower said that the in-form spinner Rangana Herath was the main difference between the teams

16-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq at the SSC

Sangakkara, Jayawardene prosper after Herath nine

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene added an unbeaten 98 runs to drive Sri Lanka into a strong position after Rangana Herath had taken a career-best nine wickets

16-Aug-2014•The Report by Devashish Fuloria

Sarfraz Ahmed to the rescue

Sarfraz Ahmed again scored crucial runs after Pakistan's middle order wobbled

15-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq at the SSC

'Younis wicket turning point' - Herath

Rangana Herath marked out Kaushal Silva's sharp work to dismiss Younis Khan as a key moment on Friday

15-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Herath's five put Sri Lanka ahead

Rangana Herath tripped up Pakistan's middle order and picked up his 20th five-wicket haul to put Sri Lanka on top

15-Aug-2014•The Report by Devashish Fuloria

Junaid and Wahab defy flat track

The SSC is usually a batting paradise, but Pakistan's fast bowlers flourished despite the challenging conditions

14-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq at the SSC

Seamers make it Pakistan's day

The Pakistan bowlers gatecrashed Mahela Jayawardene's farewell party with a disciplined display on an unresponsive pitch at the SSC

14-Aug-2014•The Report by Devashish Fuloria

'Have to be on our toes every session' - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq has said Pakistan are ready to square off against Sri Lanka and insisted that his team is capable of bouncing back hard

13-Aug-2014•Umar Farooq

Pakistan hope to spoil Jayawardene's farewell

Pakistan will slip from third to sixth in the ICC Test rankings if they lose the series, and squaring it will be a difficult ask against a Sri Lanka side determined to give Mahela Jayawardene a winning farewell

13-Aug-2014•The Preview by Karthik Krishnaswamy

'Mahela an unbelievable team man' - Mathews

Angelo Mathews hailed Mahela Jayawardene's influence on Sri Lanka's dressing room on the eve of his farewell Test

13-Aug-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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