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Atapattu proves a point  

Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya made full use of the lean Cricket Australia Chairman's XI attack to sneak out of his bad patch with a typically blistering knock of 154 runs at the Adelaide Oval here today. Sri Lanka made 335 for 4 in 86.1 overs before rain halted play.

 
In a country Murali bashing is a sport

It is a well known fact that it is only the hard at heart who can go to Australia for a cricket series and survive to fight another day. The slightest hint of a team/player or both posing a threat to their supremacy will set off a rankling which will have many repercussions on and off the field – some times even the authorities find it hard to douse.

 
Taking up the Aussie challenge in style
The glamour, expectancy and triumphs of the World Cup are behind us. The big hitting and close encounters of T20 are also behind us. Now it is the real thing – Test Cricket. Test cricket is the ultimate “test” of all the skills of this game. There is no hiding, being a “bits and pieces” entertainer for a short period.
 
Vaasi:The silent servant
He may not have broken records like Sanath Jayasuriya or Muttiah Muralitharan. However over the last thirteen years or so his achievements in tests and one dayers and his contribution towards Sri Lanka Cricket as a whole has been phenomenal, only to be over shadowed by the Jayasuriyas and Muralitharans.
 

‘Cool it’ orders CA to gallant Gillespie
 
 
 
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