Mixing It With The Big Boys

Gotta love the spinner attitude!

Strong 'Till The End

Strong 'till the end - a fitting description of Kumar Sangakkara, be it a game or a career.

It's Never OK

The look on Mahela Jayawardene's face says it all about quality batsman. No matter how many runs you have scored in your career it is not OK to be out.

Bye Bye MS

They are a colourful and cheerful bunch, these Lankan Lads. Of course, watching MS Dhoni walk away is always going to put a smile on a fielding sides communal dial.

Take Three!!!

MS Dhoni provides a colourful end to a tight one day battle.

Batter Up

Ishant Sharma steps to the plate.

In Major League Baseball in the States they are calling it the Year of the Pitcher, in Colombo it was just the week of the pitch.

A New Star In The Cricket Constellation?

Tharanga Paranavitana.

A hell of a name and perhaps a hell of a player.

He sure has the measure of the Indian attack at present and it will be interesting to see how well he travels over the next year.

The 800 Club Of One

Muttiah Muralitharan strides into retirement and history with the ever present smile on his face.

The sound you heard in the distance was the collective sigh of a thousand batsman.

Gloomy Galle

Murali's smile lights the gloom at Galle. Maybe he is thinking about the chances of ending his career on a "sticky wicket" and the black bird is ominous omen for the Indians.

Nelson's? I Don't Think So!

Paranavitana embraces the number, and the flag, on his chest as he joins the maiden test century club.

At the end of the day he is only one run short of his test number and you get the feeling he may not be finished yet.

Murali's Last Stand