Sri Lanka 'A' Team Tour of South Africa Sept/Oct 2003
The National Selectors, at a meeting held on 20th August 2003, decided to select a Squad of 15 Players for the Sri Lanka `A' team tour to South Africa in September/ October 2003
View ArticleArnold reveals a new spring in his step
Russel Arnold will be playing for his international future when he leads Sri Lanka A during their tough tour of South Africa and Kenya starting on Monday
View ArticleSri Lanka A start with a loss
Sri Lanka A began their tour of South Africa on a sour note, losing to Pretoria University, the Club Championship winners, by five wickets at Willowmoore Park in Benoni
View ArticleFernando: 'We are not professional enough'
Ranjith Fernando, Sri Lanka A team manager in South Africa and Kenya, hascriticised his young players for lacking professionalism
View ArticleSri Lanka announce unchanged squad
Sri Lanka have announced an unchanged 15-man squad for the final two Testsagainst England, at Kandy (Dec 10-14) and the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo (Dec 18-22).
View ArticleVandort helps put President's XI on top
The South Africans may have made a bright start to their tour of Sri Lanka with the ball, but their batting didn't quite go to plan today
View ArticleSmith guides South Africans to the draw
Graeme Smith played a captain's innings of 85 not out as the South Africans secured a draw in their tour match against the Sri Lanka Board President's XI in Colombo
View ArticleWajahatullah powers Pakistan A to victory
Wajahatullah Wasti smashed an impressive century to power Pakistan A to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka A in the opening game of the triangular tournament in Colombo
View ArticleTense final day in prospect
Sri Lanka A recovered from two early setbacks to play themselves into a winning position at the end of the third day against West Indies A at Dambulla
View ArticleJayasuriya out of VB Series
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka's veteran allrounder, will miss the VB Series in Australia as he recovers from a shoulder injury
View ArticleSri Lanka canter to victory
Sri Lanka wasted no time in wrapping up a comprehensive victory over Bangladesh in Chittagong
View ArticleJayawardene enjoying captaincy challenge
Mahela Jayawardene speaks to Cricinfo about the tour of Bangladesh, his first as captain of Sri Lanka
View ArticleVandort guides Sri Lanka home
Michael Vandort guided the Sri Lankans to a moral-boosting six-wicket win over Derbyshire as the batting finally began to find its feet in the English spring
View ArticleVandort carries Sri Lanka but Hoggard strikes
Michael Vandort and Tillakaratne Dilshan formed a resolute fifth-wicket stand of 125 as Sri Lanka moved into the lead on a truncated third day at Edgbaston
View ArticleEngland amble to six-wicket victory
Led by a powerful new-ball bursts from Liam Plunkett and Andrew Flintoff, England crushed Sri Lanka's resistance on the fourth day at Edgbaston, completing a six-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the...
View ArticleJayawardene conscious of brittle batting dilemma
Ahead of the third and final Test against England, the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has called for an improved batting performance if they are to avoid a 2-0 series defeat
View Article'When you get a chance, you need to cash in'
Michael Vandort's hundred in the second Test against England has not only given him immense satisfaction, it has also silenced the critics who had questioned his ability to score runs against opponents...
View ArticleVandort century gives Sri Lanka A the upper hand
Michael Vandort struck a century to put Sri Lanka A in a strong position on the opening day of the second four-day match against Bangladesh A
View ArticleVandort to open in first Test
Michael Vandort, the Sri Lankan opener, will replace the injured Upul Tharanga for the first Test against Bangladesh which begins on June 25
View ArticleHard work paid off, says Vandort
Michael Vandort played his last Test over a year ago and it could have stayed that way had Upul Tharanga not broken a bone in his foot in the build-up to the first Test
View ArticleTon-heavy Sri Lanka eye crushing win
Sri Lanka ground down the visitors in humid conditions, with 125 runs coming in the first session, 107 in the second and 118 in the third as the lead swelled to 488
View ArticleKaif leads strong India A team
A strong India A side full of international experience take on Kenya for two three-day games, the first of which gets underway on August 5, and will be joined on the tour by Sri Lanka A for a...
View ArticleBose and Powar share honours as Indians dominate
A couple of understudies took centre-stage on the opening day of the tour match at Grace Road, allowing the Indians to gain the upper hand against Sri Lanka A
View ArticleJaffer and Gambhir help Indians to a draw
Warding off a scare before the final Test at The Oval, the Indian batsmen made 187 for 6 and managed a hard-fought draw on the final day of their tour game at Grace Road
View ArticleVandort, rain and bad light frustrate Australia
Michael Vandort gave Australia's new-look attack its first real examination, forcing the players to work a full five-day week with his resilient 82 before he became Stuart MacGill's 200th Test wicket
View ArticleSri 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
View ArticleJayawardene puts faith in young charges
Sri Lanka has the rare honour of going into a Test match with the world's best batsman and best bowler in their ranks, as they prepare to take on England in the second Test at the SSC on Sunday
View ArticleJayawardene masterclass puts Sri Lanka on top
Mahela Jayawardene made England toil with a magnificent 167, his 20th in Tests, remaining unbeaten at stumps on the third day as Sri Lanka grafted their way into a dominant position at Colombo
View ArticleJayawardene's records set up Sri Lanka
The third day at the SSC couldn't have gone much better for Mahela Jayawardene. His unbeaten 167 led Sri Lanka to a 28-run lead over England with six wickets remaining and in the process he became his...
View ArticleSri Lanka name two newcomers for Pakistan Tests
Tharanga Paranavitana and Suranga Lakmal force their way into the side, with Michael Vandort and Dammika Prasad being cut from the squad
View ArticleWayamba and Basnahira North qualify for final
A round-up of the fifth round of matches of the 2008-09 Inter-Provincial tournament
View ArticleVictoria lose but qualify to next stage
Victoria qualified to the next stage despite losing to Wayamba, who are eliminated, in a low-scoring scrap on a slow-and-low pitch
View ArticleBasnahira North qualify for final
A round-up of the fourth set of matches in the SLC Inter-Provincial Tournament 2009-10
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