Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2014 News

Angelo Mathews: '2014 was the best year of my career and the England series was the icing on the cake'
The allrounder looks back at Sri Lanka's memorable Test series win in England ten years ago
And on the third day, Test cricket rose again
Sri Lanka have been so poor, they might have mistaken for harbingers of Test cricket's doom. But the maligned sport just keeps grinding along
Sri Lanka's triumph of attitude
They won in England by playing tough, bloody-minded cricket, refusing to take a backward step, on or off the pitch
Stats gems you couldn't unearth even if you made them up
We bring you super numbers from England and the Caribbean, and two that feature Alok Kapali
Why so passive, England?
England have become a reactive batting side, content to respond to given field settings than to manipulate them

First in class

Kaushal Silva is the first Sri Lanka opener to post a fifty in both innings at Lords

Lord's last dig

Number of times Kumar Sangakkara has now batted in the fourth innings at Lords, with a previous top score of 12. He has never batted last at any other English venue

Doubling up at Lord's

Number of overseas batsmen who have scored a century in both innings at Lord's - George Headley in 1939.

Fourth-innings tons

Number of centuries scored by SL batsmen in the 4th innings of away Tests - zero in wins. Sangakkara scored 192 while chasing 507 in Hobart

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Ballance channels his Trott

As Kevin Pietersen watched on, Gary Ballance produced a maiden century with many qualities of the man he has replaced, Jonathan Trott

Nuwan Pradeep crashes into his stumps after avoiding a short ball © Getty Images

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Sri Lanka's brothers in arms

The hug Sangakkara received from Jayawardene was just another chapter in a bromance

Anderson v Thirimanne

James Anderson has now dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne nine times in international cricket

Top of the pile

12401

Total runs scored in partnership by Mahela Jaywardene and Kumar Sangakkara when their stand reached 97 at Lord's, a new record in all international cricket