Sri Lanka 422/4 at stumps on Day 2
Friday, July 25th, 2008 at 2:40 am
COLOMBO, AFP: Mahela Jayawardene equalled former Australian legend Don Bradman’s record of nine centuries at one venue to put Sri Lanka in a commanding position in the opening Test against India here on Thursday.
Skipper Jayawardene cracked a stylish 136 to help his side post 422-4 in the first innings at stumps on the second day.
The Sri Lankan captain’s ton at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground equalled Bradman’s nine at one venue - the Australian great’s coming at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
But Jayawardene was not the lone batsman to feast on the Indian bowling on a placid track as opener Malinda Warnapura (115) and Thilan Samaraweera (111 not out) also contributed handsomely to their team’s total.
Tillakaratne Dilshan was unbeaten on 20 after earning a reprieve under a new experimental rule allowing players to seek a second opinion on umpiring decisions.
He was on one when given out caught behind off left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan by umpire Mark Benson of England, but asked the official to review the decision.
Benson consulted TV umpire Rudi Koertzen of South Africa before changing his decision as the ball had not made contact with the bat.
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Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, on 23,24,25,26,27 July 2008 (5-day match) |
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Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MG Vandort | c  Karthik b Sharma |
3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
| BSM Warnapura | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 115 | 268 | 202 | 14 | 0 | 56.93 | ||
| KC Sangakkara | c Dravid b Khan | 12 | 47 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
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DPMD Jayawardene | c Karthik b Sharma |
136 | 375 | 259 | 10 | 1 | 52.50 | |
| TT Samaraweera | not out | 111 | 187 | 16 | 0 | 59.35 | |||
| TM Dilshan | not out | 20 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, nb 16) | 25 | |||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 120 overs) | 422 | (3.51 runs per over) | ||||||
| To bat HAPW Jayawardene, WPUJC Vaas, KMDN Kulasekara, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan |
| Fall of wickets1-7 (Vandort, 3.6 ov), 2-57 (Sangakkara, 12.6 ov), 3-212 (Warnapura, 60.5 ov), 4-360 (DPMD Jayawardene, 102.2 ov) |
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| Z Khan | 27 |
2 | 112 | 1 | 4.14 | (10nb) | |
| I Sharma | 25 |
3 | 97 | 2 | 3.88 | ||
| SC Ganguly | 8 |
1 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 29 |
2 | 88 | 1 | 3.03 | ||
| A Kumble | 27 |
3 | 75 | 0 | 2.77 | (6nb) | |
| V Sehwag | 4 |
0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 |
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India team | ||||
| V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly, KD Karthik, A Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, I Sharma |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first Test debut BAW Mendis (Sri Lanka) Player of the match tba Umpires MR Benson (England) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire RE Koertzen (South Africa) Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire PG Liyanage Close of play day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 85/2 (BSM Warnapura 50*, DPMD Jayawardene 16*, 22 ov) day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 422/4 (TT Samaraweera 111*, TM Dilshan 20*, 120 ov) |
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