4th day
Bulletin - Weather and Cook delay Sri Lanka
Andrew Miller - Cook seeks redemption
Gallery
Found this on YouTube. It's very well produced and deserves to be highlighted. The Pietersen dismissal was crucial at that point in the match.
Hillarious! Check out these 3 Lankan boys in the ranks of the Barmy Army!
As the title proclaims it's 'anal-ist' not analyst!
Ha ha! A spoof up of Simon Hughes' Analyst in Sri Lanka series perhaps?
3rd day
Bulletin - Hopeless England routed for 81
Andrew Miller - England's goose is cooked
Plays of the day - Vaas the bat
Quotes - Vaas proud of allround display
Audio - David Lloyd: Sri Lanka were sensational
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1st day
Bulletin - Late Harmison burst gives England edge
Plays of the day - Harrying Harmy finds his mojo
Andrew Miller - "I've stopped beating myself up" - Harmison
Quotes - Bayliss surprised by pitch
Audio - David Lloyd: England wasted first session
Gallery
Preview package
Preview - England set for battle in refurbished Galle
Andrew Miller - Sumangela's field of dreams
News - England see the bigger picture
News - Sri Lanka aim for No. 2 spot in ICC rankings
Stats - Murali's favourite venue
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"Sri Lanka have been better than us and the heavens have been with us" - Micheal Vaughan.
'Their pre-series media interviews provided a subtle clue. There was a lot of talk about how "tough" it is to play in Sri Lanka and how "difficult" it would be to win.
It was almost as if they were booking early excuses for failure. It may have been subconscious, but I thought they were saying to themselves - and us - that it didn't matter if they lost.' - Writes Kumar Sangakkara for the Telegraph.
"The blasphemy of the selectors is that their second choices are substandard, yet they are very reluctant to admit the fact and bring in remedial measures. Even during the Test series against Bangladesh there were rumours about Sanath playing the last few Test matches and the selectors being ready to make the request from him? Then came the question about Chaminda Vaas’ ability to lead the Lankan seam attack, but he proved them wrong with a splendid spell in the final Test match.+/- Expand Post
It surfaced again till he shut them up even for the time being with his “my arm will provide you with the answers” attitude against England. What a difference it made to see T.M. Dilshan in that number six slot. When he walked on to the wicket with the Sri Lankan batting hanging on a tentative 138 for 4 with the English bowlers wagging with their tails up, Dilshan took the fight to them, made them err and then put the Lankan innings on course along with his skipper Mahela Jayawardena who came up with yet another gem of an effort. To cap his effort with the bat Dilshan then took the second English wicket when he tolled Bell run out with a direct throw. With his demise England once again proved the domino theory.
Coming back to the selectors now more than often they tend to put their foot in the mouth by making the wrong choices. What the country needs now is the inclusion of players who will perform there out in the middle on a regular basis and may be with a good track record, but not so-and-so’s relation coming from the same school that so-and-so went to." writes -
“The UDA gave the assurance that the unauthorised construction would be removed after the match,” he said. Adding to the controversy, Galle Mayor Kelum Seneviratne told The Sunday Times the municipal council had unanimously decided not to demolish the pavilion which was constructed on an plan approved by the UDA." writes Isuri Kaviratne and Gamini Mahadura for The Sunday Times.
