Dinesh Chandimal

This is the highest total in a Test innings without a single century

"I'm not sure there was a single driven four off the seamers," he says

Inexperienced Afghanistan were persistent through parts of the day, picking up six wickets

Players from Dambulla and Kandy dominate the 2023 honour roll

Defending champions Jaffna fork out US$ 92,000 for the left-arm quick as the top-eight expensive signings were all domestic

The top order had the experience to bail out their inexperienced attack, but they instead went down in abject fashion

Mendis, Karunaratne, Mathews, Chandimal and de Silva refused to buckle, and that's not happened often

Two innings by Jonny B, plus Elgar, Pant, Babar and Warner

Rajapaksa and Thushara included in T20I squad, while Vandersay and Nuwanidu will take part in just the ODI leg of the tour

Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been selected but ankle injury is a concern

The Indian batter has a great chance of toppling the Pakistan captain, who won't play his next T20I until the end of August

The pair nominate for the BBL overseas draft alongside Theekshana, the Overton brothers and some familiar names in Lamichhane, Nabi and Mujeeb

Abdullah Shafique is now only behind Gavaskar and Bradman for rating points accumulated after six Test appearances

For Pakistan, Nawaz picked up two wickets while Yasir, Nauman, Naseem returned one apiece

Fidel Fernando talks Chandimal's purple patch showcasing his boyish exuberance and newfound doggedness

Nawaz and Yasir picked up eight wickets between them, but the hosts now have the runs - and the history - to feel confident

Sri Lanka fought back well, adding 89 runs for the last two wickets and then removing the Pakistan openers cheaply

Bhuvneshwar's Player-of-the-Series performance in the England T20Is has taken him back into the top ten for bowlers

A 2-1 result across five Tests in Asia is certainly not a failure, but things went pear shaped over the last few days