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The first major debate was over the to a very low relay catch taken in the slips eventually by Kumar Sangakkara.

The TMS commentary box at the SSC is right next to the television commentators and whereas the likes of Sir Ian Botham and Nick Knight were absolutely convinced that the ball hit the ground I can honestly say I don't think any of our team were certain.

It was one of those incidents where one replay suggests the ball has been fairly caught whilst the other looks very dodgy. I think it is the case that the camera sometimes lies and it led to more debate about the use of TV replays to help umpires.

The new ECB chairman Giles Clarke caused quite a stir when he during an interview on Wednesday.

Jonathan Agnew put it to him that crowds may not be impressed when the announcement was made before the toss that the part of Michael Vaughan and Steve Harmison would be played by stand-ins, especially if you'd forked out a small fortune in advance to watch your favourite players.

The Australian chief executive James Sutherland came on TMS to talk about his .

It didn't impress Simon Hughes when the idea was discussed on air. "What do you make of the suggestion?" The Analyst was asked.

"Not much" was his reply.

Again the idea led to plenty of sparky debate on the air. I think the moods of our commentators may not have been helped by the sweltering heat in our commentary box, with temperatures reaching over 90C most days.

I did manage to secure a couple of large fans to try and cool things a little although I don't think Simon Hughes was that impressed with the age of the machines I found. "They look like the sort of things that used to power a Douglas DC7 aeroplane," he complained.

And so to Galle for what promises to be both a fascinating and very emotional third and final Test.

This is the first Test played at the famous international stadium since the .

During this Test we will be telling the story of how the ground was rebuilt and we'll also try and give you a flavour of some of the amazing projects that have been taking place in the area.

We'll be hearing about the MCC's centre of excellence featuring a new purpose-built cricket ground and training facility in Hikkaduwa, one of those towns close to Galle which was devastated by the tsunami.

The MCC raised over £650,000 and the hope now is for this new facility to try and unearth the next Muttiah Muralitharan or Lasith Malinga.

Talking of Murali, we will be reporting from his special project , which is helping disadvantaged rural children in 25 villages affected by the disaster.

You may have heard from Murali's manager Kushil Gunasekara during the Colombo Test that the record-breaking spinner narrowly avoided being involved in the tsunami himself.

To help raise money Murali has auctioned the chance for someone to face an over of his bowling during an event called the Seenigama International Sixes on 16 December.

We will also hear from the England players involved in promoting the work of the - they will be holding a special training session for local schoolchildren affected by the events of 2004.

And we'll be hearing the who were preparing for a game at the stadium in Galle when the tsunami struck and had to cling onto the roof of the pavilion to survive.

The school have themselves been involved in a major fundraising effort raising over half a million pounds to help schools in the area.

This may be an important Test match being played here in the south of Sri Lanka but the game is going to be about much more than just cricket.

As the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena told us, when the game begins he will be thinking about those who should have been in the crowd watching the match, but who lost their lives on that fateful day.