- BATSMENRMB4s6sSR69.2 jaffa from Ishant and he's sent Paranavitana back. Lovely ball after the previous one, this one angled away just a touch from back of a length. Paranavitana poked at it uncertainly off the backfoot and got a healthy edge, with Dhoni having to dive across to take the catch. After one and a half days of waiting, Paranavitana will be disappointed he could only add one run to his score. 259/310.1 Mithun has struck! Dilshan is gone! Very well-directed bouncer, angling in from off to leg, Dilshan is hurried into the pull and can only get some glove through to Dhoni. Lots of effort put into the ball, and as it happens so often, a wicket immediately after drinks. First Test wicket for Mithun and he deserved it. He's bowled exceptionally well to Dilshan all morning. 55/161.1 Sehwag's golden arm sends back Sangakkara with a shocker of a delivery! Short and asking to be deposited well beyond midwicket, Sanga picked out Sachin Tendulkar some 15 yards in front of the boundary and he made no mistake. 236/287.5 this time Harper has sent him on his way! Ishant pegs Mahela back again with one of those in-duckers, it rears nastily from off and middle towards leg stump. Mahela misses the attempted flick and is hit in front of middle and leg, a tad high. He was well back, and hawkeye says it would have his the top of leg. Ishant has his reward, this is a wonderful spell ladies and gentlemen. 322/570.4 he's nailed him this time! No need for a fielder if you can do it yourself eh Mithun! It's again that ball of his, which slants in late from outside off. He had Dilshan in trouble with it on day one, and now he's got Samaraweera. It may have hit him marginally outside off, and Hawkeye says it would have clipped the skin off the top of middle stump. 260/491.6 Ishant nips out one more! Mathews is gone, after exhibiting great restraint in the last couple of overs, this time he hangs his bat at one outside off. It flies off the outside edge to the right of VVS Laxman at second slip, who tumbled to his right and takes a smart catch. Ishant! What a spell! Respect! 344/697.6 Mithun strikes, that's the end of Prasanna, he was looking to play it to the leg side after moving across the stumps, he misses and his pad gets in the way of a ball that was going on to hit middle 393/7120.6 Finally India make the breakthrough, Mithun's short ball does the job, Malinga falls away as he swipes at that one, gets an edge that swirls to fine leg where Harbhajan pouches the catch 508/8Extras16 (b 2, lb 9, nb 5)TOTAL520/8d (124 Overs, RR: 4.19, 537 minutes)Did not bat: UWMBCA WelegedaraFall of wickets: 1-55 (TM Dilshan, 10.1 ov), 2-236 (KC Sangakkara, 61.1 ov), 3-259 (NT Paranavitana, 69.2 ov), 4-260 (TT Samaraweera, 70.4 ov), 5-322 (DPMD Jayawardene, 87.5 ov), 6-344 (AD Mathews, 91.6 ov), 7-393 (HAPW Jayawardene, 97.6 ov), 8-508 (SL Malinga, 120.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB I Sharma 28 5 145 3 5.17 0 5 A Mithun 28 3 105 4 3.75 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 30 4 98 0 3.26 0 0 PP Ojha 28 1 115 0 4.10 0 0 V Sehwag 10 0 46 1 4.60 0 0
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- BATSMENRMB4s6sSR0.2 Gambhir has succumbed! Similar ball from Malinga, a hint of inward movement from off stump towards middle and leg, Gambhir seemed to fall over as he tried to flick. He misses and is caught plumb in front of the stumps, but has himself to blame here, trying to play across the line before getting his eye in. Sri Lanka have struck a huge blow here and Malinga's wonderful comeback to Test cricket continues! 2/136.2 Sehwag will not want to see this replay! Welegedara can't believe his luck, the ball is banged short and angled wide across the right-hander, the ball moved away far more than Sehwag imagined and he reached out rooted to the crease and tried to carve it over point, tame edge to first slip who's wide 169/412.2 Dravid has got himself out here trying to run a totally needless second! Sehwag drove to mid off and they took off for a quick single. Malinga misfielded and Dravid belatedly decided to take a second one, but was caught well short at the non-striker's end. Huge and unnecessary loss for India here! Fatal error in judgement and Dravid is distraught. He should be. He was late on the decision to run two, and could have done away with it altogether. 68/220.4 Murali moves to 793 and what a wicket to pick! Full on middle, Sachin went for the sweep and missed it, there was not much turn and it would have hit the top of middle and leg. Sachin is gone and India are in come strife here. 101/339.3 another bad shot and Laxman plays right on to Sri Lanka's hands! The ball is short on the off stump and Laxman fetches it and pulls rather half heartedly, no real conviction in the shot, top edge lands safely down Dilshan's throat at deep square leg, the trap was set and he fell right in to it 178/556.6 795! Comes round the wicket and draws Yuvraj forward to defend, just a hint of turn and takes the outside edge, easy catch for Mahela at first slip 259/754.5 794! And watta ball! Sharp turn from the rough outside off, Dhoni gets his foot across but half heartedly hangs his bat out, bowled through the gate, wasn't expecting so much turn 252/657.2 India push the self destruct button! Harbhajan tries to launch that out of Galle but is completely beaten in flight, very easy stumping for Jayawardene, no need for a replay 259/862.3 Murali inches ahead, the countdown continues! That is number 796 and one of the easier ones too.. Another sharp offspinner to Ojha who is clearly concerned about the doosra so he stays back and hangs the bat in the hope that the ball will somehow hit the middle of his blade. No such luck this time and the edge flies to first slip. 266/964.6 no need to appeal this time! Murali raises his arms in joy he has yet another five-wicket haul, his 67th! It was another fastish offspinner that curved in and then took off from outside off, Mithun was late on the cut and no shame in that, this ball has bamboozled far better batsmen. Leg stump is breached, leg bail is down, India are all out. Murali has 797 Test wickets. What a champ! 276/10Extras14 (b 1, lb 1, nb 10, w 2)TOTAL276 all out (65 Overs, RR: 4.24, 296 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (G Gambhir, 0.2 ov), 2-68 (R Dravid, 12.2 ov), 3-101 (SR Tendulkar, 20.4 ov), 4-169 (V Sehwag, 36.2 ov), 5-178 (VVS Laxman, 39.3 ov), 6-252 (MS Dhoni, 54.5 ov), 7-259 (Yuvraj Singh, 56.6 ov), 8-259 (Harbhajan Singh, 57.2 ov), 9-266 (PP Ojha, 62.3 ov), 10-276 (A Mithun, 64.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SL Malinga 13 0 55 2 4.23 0 4 UWMBCA Welegedara 11 1 69 1 6.27 1 5 HMRKB Herath 18 1 62 1 3.44 0 1 AD Mathews 5 0 19 0 3.80 1 0 M Muralitharan 17 1 63 5 3.70 0 0 TM Dilshan 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSR0.3 Malinga owns Gambhir as far as this Test is concerned! There shall be no epic rearguard from Gauti this time! This one was bowled with a slight angle from over the wickets, it lands on off and goes straight on without deviation. Gambhir pokes his bat at it unnecessarily and without any conviction and the outside edge flies into Prasanna's gloves. India are in more trouble. 0/110.3 Chanaka Welegedera has taken out Sehwag. What a wonderful catch from Mahela Jayawardene. It was short in length and angled across Sehwag. He reached out to punch it on the up, ended up playing away from the body as the ball tailed away and it flew to left of backward point. Mahela lunged to his left, reached out over his head and grabbed a very good catch. And boy is he delighted or what? And why wouldn't he be? Huge wicket this. 42/252.4 Malinga has removed Dravid against the run of play! It is Dravid's old failing, failing to keep the flick down as he works it off his pads. Malinga got some reverse again and it ended outside leg and was asking to be flicked. Dravid obliged but it went quickly in the air, straight to Sanga at leg gully who took a sharp catch. BIG blow. 161/354.3 Malinga has turned this Test firmly Sri Lanka's way with another fast yorker! Sachin was probably expecting it to reverse down the leg, but this 139 kph thunderbolt was headed straight for the base of leg stump. Sachin was looking to flick and missed the ball, it struck him flush on the back boot and the umpire makes the right decision. Malinga you beauty! 172/4100.2 And now we have a run-out! lunges forward and steers it towards short third man, they risk the single and Mathews fires a flat throw that hits the base of the stumps! Laxman's bat is on the line as the bail leaves the groove, Prasanna Jayawardene appeals and the third umpire takes a look, the affable Murali smiles, he has one last shot at 800. Will he, won't he? 314/959.3 798! Murali gets Yuvraj in almost the same fashion as he did in the first innings. Sharp offspinner turning from middle towards first slip. Yuvraj obliged by edging it along its way into Mahela's hands. It kept a little low but went cleanly in. Umpire Harper confirms the decision. 181/560.5 oh boy! Malinga has blown away Dhoni with a ball very similar to the one that got Tendulkar! That came in from that uncomfortable angle, homing in on legstump line and then straightening a tad as it crunched past Dhoni's toes into the base of leg and middle. Captain cool had no clue about that one and India have lost a big wicket. 186/663.6 see you later. Murali picks up 799! Doosra angling into middle and off from wide of the crease and Harbhajan tries the paddle sweep again. Terrible shot selection. He misses, the ball straightens and hits him in front of off. It would have taken out off. Harper agrees. 197/781.3 Mithun has lasted exactly one ball of Malinga mayhem! That was as plumb as they come. Scorching reverse swinging yorker pins him in front of off stump. Harper took a moment thinking about it, but it was plumb the moment it left Malinga's hand. Screamer of a delivery! 246/8115.4 800 it is! The wait and the tension is finally over! Tossed up outside off and the four men around the bat wait in anticipation! Ojha lunges forward, edges it and Mahela falls to his left and takes the catch at first slip! No need to look anywhere for confirmation, straightforward and Murali is ecstatic. Wife, mother and mother in law can't contain their excitement in the stands, couldn't spot his dad there though 338/10Extras24 (b 5, lb 9, nb 8, w 2)TOTAL338 all out (f/o) (115.4 Overs, RR: 2.92, 457 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (G Gambhir, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (V Sehwag, 10.3 ov), 3-161 (R Dravid, 52.4 ov), 4-172 (SR Tendulkar, 54.3 ov), 5-181 (Yuvraj Singh, 59.3 ov), 6-186 (MS Dhoni, 60.5 ov), 7-197 (Harbhajan Singh, 63.6 ov), 8-246 (A Mithun, 81.3 ov), 9-314 (VVS Laxman, 100.2 ov), 10-338 (PP Ojha, 115.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SL Malinga 17 2 50 5 2.94 0 2 UWMBCA Welegedara 10 2 43 1 4.30 1 3 HMRKB Herath 27 3 60 0 2.22 0 2 AD Mathews 7 3 13 0 1.85 1 0 M Muralitharan 44.4 7 128 3 2.86 0 1 TM Dilshan 10 1 30 0 3.00 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSRExtras5 (nb 4, w 1)TOTAL96/0 (14.1 Overs, RR: 6.77, 70 minutes)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB A Mithun 5 0 33 0 6.60 1 0 I Sharma 4 0 28 0 7.00 0 4 PP Ojha 3 0 11 0 3.66 0 0 Harbhajan Singh 2.1 0 24 0 11.07 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
18,19,20,21,22 July 2010 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sun, 18 Jul - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 256/2 (NT Paranavitana 110*, DPMD Jayawardene 8*, 68 ov)
- Mon, 19 Jul - day 2 - no play
- Tue, 20 Jul - day 3 - India 1st innings 140/3 (V Sehwag 85*, VVS Laxman 18*, 29.4 ov)
- Wed, 21 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 181/5 (VVS Laxman 9*, 59.3 ov)
- Thu, 22 Jul - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 96/0 (14.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- India: 200 runs in 66.4 overs (405 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: India - 240/7 in 77.0 overs (VVS Laxman 30, A Mithun 25)
- India: 250 runs in 83.4 overs (508 balls), Extras 11
- New Ball Taken: India 253/8 after 85.1 overs (VVS Laxman 39, I Sharma 2)
- VVS Laxman: 50 off 101 balls (3 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 292/8 in 95.0 overs (VVS Laxman 58, I Sharma 18)
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (VVS Laxman 25, I Sharma 18, Ex 8)
- India: 300 runs in 97.3 overs (591 balls), Extras 19
- Drinks: India - 333/9 in 114.0 overs (I Sharma 31, PP Ojha 8)
- Innings Break: India - 338/10 in 115.4 overs (I Sharma 31)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (49 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (NT Paranavitana 13, TM Dilshan 32, Ex 5)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 63/0 in 9.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 21, TM Dilshan 37)
- TM Dilshan: 50 off 37 balls (5 x 4)
- India: 150 runs in 31.6 overs (200 balls), Extras 9
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (V Sehwag 28, VVS Laxman 19, Ex 3)
- V Sehwag: 100 off 108 balls (18 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 190/5 in 42.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 11, MS Dhoni 7)
- India: 200 runs in 43.4 overs (274 balls), Extras 13
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (Yuvraj Singh 25, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 0)
- India: 250 runs in 54.2 overs (338 balls), Extras 13
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 58 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: India - 260/8 in 58.0 overs (I Sharma 0, PP Ojha 1)
- Innings Break: India - 276/10 in 65.0 overs (I Sharma 5)
- India 2nd innings
- Drinks: India - 39/1 in 9.0 overs (V Sehwag 29, R Dravid 7)
- India: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (91 balls), Extras 3
- Tea: India - 68/2 in 21.0 overs (R Dravid 12, SR Tendulkar 21)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (R Dravid 11, SR Tendulkar 37, Ex 2)
- India: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (186 balls), Extras 5
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 82 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 133/2 in 42.0 overs (R Dravid 35, SR Tendulkar 60)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 212 balls (R Dravid 29, SR Tendulkar 68, Ex 4)
- India: 150 runs in 47.6 overs (293 balls), Extras 7
- End Of Day: India - 181/5 in 59.3 overs (VVS Laxman 9)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 298/4 in 81.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 35, AD Mathews 14)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 81.4 overs (494 balls), Extras 10
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 306/4 after 83.1 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 41, AD Mathews 16)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 31, AD Mathews 21, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 92.3 overs (560 balls), Extras 13
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 361/6 in 93.0 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 20, HMRKB Herath 0)
- Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 101.1 overs (612 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 433/7 in 109.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 51, SL Malinga 11)
- HMRKB Herath: 50 off 53 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (HMRKB Herath 28, SL Malinga 22, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 450 runs in 111.6 overs (677 balls), Extras 16
- SL Malinga: 50 off 67 balls (9 x 4)
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 128 balls (HMRKB Herath 44, SL Malinga 56, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 500 runs in 119.3 overs (722 balls), Extras 16
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 520/8 in 124.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 80, M Muralitharan 5)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 520/8 in 124.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 80, M Muralitharan 5)
- India 1st innings
- India: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (56 balls), Extras 5
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (V Sehwag 29, R Dravid 17, Ex 5)
- Drinks: India - 62/1 in 11.0 overs (V Sehwag 37, R Dravid 18)
- V Sehwag: 50 off 63 balls (10 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 20.3 overs (129 balls), Extras 6
- Bad Light: India - 140/3 in 29.4 overs (V Sehwag 85, VVS Laxman 18)
- End Of Day: India - 140/3 in 29.4 overs (V Sehwag 85, VVS Laxman 18)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 0/0
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (56 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (NT Paranavitana 20, TM Dilshan 25, Ex 6)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 55/0 in 10.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 24, TM Dilshan 25)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 91/1 in 20.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 35, KC Sangakkara 25)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (150 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (NT Paranavitana 12, KC Sangakkara 37, Ex 1)
- NT Paranavitana: 50 off 100 balls (7 x 4)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 79 balls (6 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (226 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 152/1 in 39.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 55, KC Sangakkara 65)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 185 balls (NT Paranavitana 36, KC Sangakkara 65, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 50.3 overs (306 balls), Extras 7
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 251 balls (NT Paranavitana 58, KC Sangakkara 91, Ex 1)
- KC Sangakkara: 100 off 136 balls (12 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 228/1 in 58.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 95, KC Sangakkara 100)
- NT Paranavitana: 100 off 201 balls (11 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 65.5 overs (399 balls), Extras 8
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 256/2 in 68.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 110, DPMD Jayawardene 8)
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