Who could have believed it? When Sri Lanka last played a one-day series against England they thrashed them. Since then, Sri Lanka have gone on to play in the final of the Cricket World Cup while England were, frankly, embarrassing. So England go out to Sri Lanka on tour, and everyone anticipates another thrashing. Not so. Colly and the boys have wrapped up a series win by going 3-1 up with one game to play. Sri Lanka will doubtless bemoan the absence of Murali, but then England are missing Flintoff, so no excuses there. Just goes to show what you can do with a bunch of enthusiastic youngsters who haven’t just been handed a thorough whipping by Australia.