Champions Trophy final anticlimactically washed out India were only two overs into their chase of a target of 245 when the skies opened with a vengeance and washed away all hopes of the Champions Trophy final being completed on Sunday. Weather permitting, the match will now be played from scratch on Monday, which the orgainisers had wisely earmarked as the reserve day. In the afternoon, Sri Lanka made a confident start after opting to bat. Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya (74) and Marvan Atapattu (34) added 65 runs of 77 balls before Atapattu was dismissed. Kumar Sangakkara (54), who strode in next, also made an encouraging beginning as Sri Lanka put themselves on course for a match-winning total. But then came the turnaround as Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag exploited a helpful pitch and put the brakes on the scoring, restricting the Sri Lankans to 244-5 in their 50 overs. When India replied, Chaminda Vaas began proceedings by bowling a maiden to Dinesh Mongia. But along with the rain came three boundaries from the cavalier bat of Virender Sehwag as India wound up their innings at 14-0 in the second over.

Dravid: I never look at statistics as indicators of performance This year has in many ways been Rahul Dravid’s finest as a batsman and a cricketer. A high-scoring Test series in the West Indies was followed by a tour of England which saw him score 600-plus Test runs and made him the first batsman to score over a 1,000 runs in Tests in this calendar year. During the course of a freewheeling interview with CricInfo, Dravid spoke about his dream run in England, the country where he made his Test debut six years ago, and about his goals as a batsman. CI: England was particularly good for you, but is that the best of Rahul Dravid? RD: "People have told me that the best time to be a batsman in international cricket is when you're between the ages of 29 and 33 and I'm realizing that. You have a bit of experience under the belt, your game is better developed. You're also not trying to prove things to other people so much as prove things to yourself. I really wish there's more to come, though. England was good and it'll be fantastic to have a few more tours like that." CI: Some batsmen set goals for themselves in terms of statistics and milestones. What gets you going? RD: "I will not be able to tell you my exact batting average or how many runs I've made in Test or one-day cricket. I know what range these things are in, the approximate numbers. I'm not really into the core statistical part of it. More than that I enjoy the characters and the attitudes. Why some things work and others fail and that sort of thing. I never look at statistics as indicators of performance."

Srinath to return to Test cricket Ace Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath, who had announced his retirement from Test cricket at the end of the tour of the West Indies, has agreed to make a Test comeback in the upcoming home series against the men from the Carribean. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly made this announcement in a press conference at Colombo on Saturday. "He is going to play (Tests) again. He has told (chief selector) Brijesh Patel, he has told us," Ganguly said. "I have always told him we need you to play Test matches. I think he has done fantastically well for Leicester (whom Srinath represented in the recently concluded county season),” the skipper continued, adding, “We badly needed him in England and were disappointed he backed out. But that's past and he has been a true performer for India. Now that he has changed his mind we are happy with that."

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