England's Test warm-up match duly petered out into a soggy draw, as Colombo's notorious weather closed in on the dot of half past three, as it has been doing with atomic precision all tour

Graham Thorpe and Mark Butcher eased themselves back into form after their three-week break during the one-day series, but Nasser Hussain missed out, as England moved into a comfortable position on the second morning of their warm-up match in Colombo

Mark Butcher completed his first first-class century of the winter, as England's batsmen reacquainted themselves with the middle of a cricket ground, after a frustrating week of washouts and waiting

James Kirtley grabs three wickets in five overs to push his claims for a Test place

James Kirtley bowled himself into contention for a place in next week's first Test at Galle, and Ashley Giles showed a welcome and timely return to form, as England took control on the shortened first day of their warm-up match against a Board

Nasser Hussain returns to Sri Lanka, the scene of his greatest achievement as captain, and warns that things will be even tougher this time

If you're watching the rugby World Cup final you can't do so from a much more neutral spot than Colombo ..

A soggy Andrew Miller samples the delights of the Premadasa Stadium

England go into the second ODI without the injured James Anderson and up against a condifent Sri Lanka team, and the uncertain weather

In every sense, except the one that matters most, Colombo's weather has been regular as clockwork

Dambulla, where the one-day series kicked off, is an anciemt centre of Sri Lankan civilisation

For one reason or another, the English have long been accused of being bad losers

After their successful time in Bangladesh the going threatens to get tougher now for England, as the one-day series against Sri Lanka starts at Dambulla on Nov 18

A typically aggressive innings from Ian Blackwell and another impressive display from Andrew Strauss helped England to recover from 192 for 5 to make 237 for 8 against a Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI

In February and March next year, Bangladesh plays host to the ICC Under-19 World Cup

As England's tour of Bangladesh came to a predictable close, the president and chief executive of ICC did an impromptu meet-and-greet session with the Dhaka crowd

It wasn't quite a contest, and neither was it a write-off - but it was still a seven-wicket defeat, and for the third match running

Andrew Miller samples to delights of the day-night match in Dhaka, and finds out that it's not just at Lord's the gatemen are jobsworths

Another day, another defeat for Bangladesh, whose performances have completely run out of steam after the comparative heroics of the Test series

Chittagong has got that Friday feeling once again - it's just a shame that the players have not been informed