Michael Vandort

Victoria qualified to the next stage despite losing to Wayamba, who are eliminated, in a low-scoring scrap on a slow-and-low pitch

A round-up of the fifth round of matches of the 2008-09 Inter-Provincial tournament

Tharanga Paranavitana and Suranga Lakmal force their way into the side, with Michael Vandort and Dammika Prasad being cut from the squad

Cricinfo runs the rule over Sri Lanka's contributors to the 2-1 success

Sri Lanka's opening batsmen failed to provide starts in three innings and their new-ball bowlers could not prevent Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir from rapidly building a platform

Andrew Miller's report card on Sri Lanka's individual performances in the three-Test series

The third day at the SSC couldn't have gone much better for Mahela Jayawardene. His unbeaten 167 led Sri Lanka to a 28-run lead over England with six wickets remaining and in the process he became his country's leading run scorer

Mahela Jayawardene made England toil with a magnificent 167, his 20th in Tests, remaining unbeaten at stumps on the third day as Sri Lanka grafted their way into a dominant position at Colombo

Sri Lanka has the rare honour of going into a Test match with the world's best batsman and best bowler in their ranks, as they prepare to take on England in the second Test at the SSC on Sunday

Sri Lanka lead by 78 after the third day at Kandy following a half-century from Sanath Jayasuriya, which followed Muttiah Muralitharan's record-breaking wicket earlier in the day

Sri Lanka started the fourth day searching for ways to deter Australia for six sessions and the Vandort method of crease occupation was perfect

Michael Vandort gave Australia's new-look attack its first real examination, forcing the players to work a full five-day week with his resilient 82 before he became Stuart MacGill's 200th Test wicket

Warding off a scare before the final Test at The Oval, the Indian batsmen made 187 for 6 and managed a hard-fought draw on the final day of their tour game at Grace Road

A couple of understudies took centre-stage on the opening day of the tour match at Grace Road, allowing the Indians to gain the upper hand against Sri Lanka A

A strong India A side full of international experience take on Kenya for two three-day games, the first of which gets underway on August 5, and will be joined on the tour by Sri Lanka A for a triangular one-day series later in the month

Sri Lanka ground down the visitors in humid conditions, with 125 runs coming in the first session, 107 in the second and 118 in the third as the lead swelled to 488

Michael Vandort played his last Test over a year ago and it could have stayed that way had Upul Tharanga not broken a bone in his foot in the build-up to the first Test

It was the naked hunger and opportunism of Vandort that was the most compelling story of the day

Michael Vandort, the Sri Lankan opener, will replace the injured Upul Tharanga for the first Test against Bangladesh which begins on June 25