Images from day two of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.
Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera struck centuries to lead Sri Lanka to 317 for four on the first day of the second Test on Sunday.
Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera wants to retire from all forms of cricket but bosses are trying to persuade him otherwise.
Sri Lanka were 449 for 7 against Bangladesh at close on the opening day of the second and final Test.
Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera expects the wicket to take spin from the third day as it was drier than expected and said his side would look to pile up runs on Wednesday to press for a win in the second cricket Test against India in Colombo.
Middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera said his omission from the Test squad for the series against Bangladesh forced him to retire from international cricket.
A patient century from Thilan Samaraweera helped Sri Lanka recover to 268 all out at the close of play on the third day of the second Test on Saturday, setting West Indies a victory target of 253. The tourists were reeling at 99 for six but a seventh-wicket stand of 138 between Samaraweera (125) and Chaminda Vaas (45) hauled Sri Lanka back into the game
Former Sri Lankan Test cricketer Dulip Samaraweera, who was working as Victoria's women's team coach, has been banned for 20 years by the country's board after being found guilty of breaching its code of conduct with "utterly reprehensible" behaviour during his stint with the side.
Thilan Samaraweera defied the discomfort of an injured hand and the threat of New Zealand's attack to ensure Sri Lanka retained a foothold in the second Test on Tuesday. Samaraweera, who had three stitches inserted into the webbing on his right hand on Monday after dropping a catch, scored an unbeaten 76 to help steer the home side very slowly to 225 for 6 by the close of play on the third day.
Thilan Samaraweera scored his second successive double hundred and Tillekaratne Dilshan stroked a fluent century as Sri Lanka amassed 606 on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan. Pakistan were 110 for one in reply at close on Monday. Samaraweera scored a majestic 214 and Dilshan 145, overshadowing career-best Test figures of six for 135 by Umar Gul.
Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera scored undefeated fifties to lift Sri Lanka to 262 for three against New Zealand at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Wednesday. The pair shared an unbroken 147 run fourth-wicket partnership to leave Sri Lanka with a solid first innings platform on a dry pitch.
New Zealand struggled to 159 for five on the second day of the second and final Test on Thursday, trailing Sri Lanka by 257 runs after Thilan Samaraweera's century had put the hosts in command.
Thilan Samaraweera scored a magnificent 159 to leave Sri Lanka in the driving seat in the first Test against New Zealand on Wednesday. Sri Lanka piled up 452 in 117.4 overs after being put into bat and New Zealand were 87 for two in reply when bad light stopped play early.
The 28-year-old's unbeaten 97 helped Sri Lanka reach 233 for seven on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan.
Chanaka Welegedara took five wickets and Thilan Samaraweera smashed an unbeaten century as Sri Lanka outclassed India by five wickets in the second One-Day International of the Tri-Nation tournament in Dhaka, on Tuesday. Samaraweera finished unbeaten on a splendid innings of 105 from 106 deliveries, inclusive of 11 boundaries to take Sri Lanka to 283 for five in 48 overs for their second victory in the tournament.
Thilan Samaraweera with his unbeaten 86 led Sri Lanka to fight back from a shaky start to reach 289-7 on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Durban, on Monday.
The team heard a loud crackle. Then the scream came from Dilshan at the front of the bus. 'Get down.' Jayawardene was hit first; his sock filled with blood. Outside, twelve gunmen blocked the exit. A revealing excerpt from Nicholas Brookes's An Island's Eleven: A History of Cricket in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka won the opening match of the tri-series, beating New Zealand by 97 runs. Chasing Sri Lanka's modest 216 for seven, New Zealand were never in the hunt and folded for 119 in 36.1 overs.
Stead, himself, urged the board in March to consider a separate limited overs head coach but on Tuesday said such a division was probably not suitable for New Zealand.
Sri Lanka batting coach Thilan Samaraweera said the bowlers let the team down in the second ODI against India where they conceded 50-60 runs too many.
'Our policy is pro-Sri Lanka.' 'Burma is not the only girl on the beach in South Asia.''
New Zealand bowling coach Shane Jurgensen will stay on with the team for the full tour of India later this year rather than returning to the country following the T20I series as initially planned.
'Muttiah Muralitharan and Ravichandran Ashwin can't be compared in a strait-jacketed manner.'
India on took up with Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe the 'humanitarian' issue of fishermen's rights
Images from the openong day of the third and final Test betweeen India and Sri Lanka at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene smashed his 24th Test century and shared two century stands with Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera to help Sri Lanka stretch their lead over Bangladesh to 406 in the opening Test on Sunday.
Statistical highlights of the second day's in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Thursday.
Maithripala Sirisena is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee besides holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Colombo on Friday on a two-day trip to set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Sri Lanka next week, the first bilateral visit to the country by an Indian premier in over 25 years.
Thilan Samaraweera and Mahela Jayawardene hit centuries as Sri Lanka posted 563 for 5, in reply to England's 265, at the close on day 3 in the third Test.
India has dismissed reports that the Colombo station chief of the Research and Analysis Wing had been expelled in the run up to this month's Sri Lankan presidential election and maintained that he has moved out after completion of his three-year tenure.
A country which produced champion players of spin bowling such as Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, it has been sharp downward slide for Dinesh Chandimal's men, who have consistently failed against Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
President Maithripala Sirisena's government in Colombo has clearly decided to restore some balance in its diplomatic outreach, which presents a great opportunity for India.
'It is hugely disappointing because of the amount of work ethics that goes in behind the scenes. It is embarrassing (defeat). Players should be embarrassed with their own performances. Net practice means nothing if you don't get out and put runs on the board'
A double strike by off-spinner Graeme Swann in the penultimate over of the fourth day put England within reach of victory in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.
England's pace bowlers excelled on a rain-disrupted first day to reduce Sri Lanka to 81 for four in the third and final Test on Thursday.
The crucial Group A match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Premadasa on Saturday was abandoned because of rain in Colombo on Saturday.
Kumar Sangakkara scored his first international century in England as Sri Lanka secured a draw when rain brought an early finish to the third and final Test on Monday.
All the five players who came out to bat in the Sri Lankan first innings in the second Test against India in Colombo scored at least a fifty.
Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first Test between India and Sri lanka in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
