Paul Wood - ARTICLES

England fought their way to 351 all out in Colombo and Sri Lanka recovered from the loss of two early wickets to finish on 105-2.

Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya have recently ended their Test careers. In their prime they were a tough partnership to remove.

Sri Lanka reached 442-8 before declaring and had already removed Alistair Cook as England finished on 9-1 chasing 350 runs to win.

Matthew Hoggard took 4-29 as England bowled out Sri Lanka for 188. In reply the visitors are 49-1, Alistair Cook falling early.

South Africa left it very late to finally chase down New Zealand’s modest total of 129-7 in Twenty20 game.

Upul Tharanga has been recalled to the Sri Lankan Test squad ahead of the first Test against England in Kandy on December 1.

At a time when quality quick bowling happens only too infrequently, Brett Lee and Dale Steyn offer reminders of what can be achieved

A second successive partnership of over 200 between Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla ensure New Zealand remain firmly on the back foot.

With the second Test due to get underway soon, Jayawardene and co. must get the team selection right in search of a famous victory.

In the last week we were lucky to have witnessed two outstanding partnerships involving Amla and Kallis, and Clarke and Hussey.