A Lankan in Lahore: remembering that life-changing night in 1996

Sri Lanka are not playing in this Champions Trophy, but it's hard to feel sad at a venue with such hallowed memories of Aravinda and Co

Aravinda takes it up a notch

On the biggest stage of them all, after Sri Lanka lost their openers early, de Silva stood head and shoulders above the competition and his team-mates

Out of hand

The messenger who couldn't deliver a message

Ravindra Pushpakumara, the 12th man in the 1996 final, was asked to pass on tons of advice to the batters in the middle. But he didn't

De Silva delivers the trophy for Sri Lanka

Aravinda de Silva's all-round showing in the 1996 final, against Australia, helped Sri Lanka seal their maiden global title

'I had the confidence that I could clear any ground'

He may not have played T20, but Asanka Gurusinha would have fit right in if he had

Ranatunga and the new Sri Lanka

They always had the talent but he brought them winning ways