India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Chennai, , Dec 02 2005 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Test, Chennai, December 02 - 06, 2005, Sri Lanka tour of India

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India

167

Sri Lanka

168/4

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Chaminda Vaas

, SL

4/20

Jayawardene and Vaas star in draw

A probing spell of left-arm seam from Chaminda Vaas engineered an Indian collapse before Sri Lanka's top order, led by the classy Mahela Jayawardene, managed some useful batting practice on the final day of the rain-curtailed first Test at Chennai

06-Dec-2005•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

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Scorecard summary

India • 167/10(73.2 overs)

1st INNINGS

36 (28)

4/20 (21)

32 (105)

2/60 (25)

Sri Lanka • 168/4(43 overs)

1st INNINGS

71 (80)

3/41 (15)

35* (93)

1/43 (7)

end of over 431 run

SL: 168/4CRR: 3.90

Thilan Samaraweera35 (93b 6x4)

Tillakaratne Dilshan8 (14b 1x4)

Anil Kumble 15-3-39-3

Harbhajan Singh 9-2-34-0

42.6

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

42.5

Kumble to Dilshan, 1 run

42.4

•

Kumble to Dilshan, no run

42.3

•

Kumble to Dilshan, no run

42.2

•

Kumble to Dilshan, no run

42.1

•

Kumble to Dilshan, no run

end of over 423 runs

SL: 167/4CRR: 3.97

Thilan Samaraweera35 (92b 6x4)

Tillakaratne Dilshan7 (9b 1x4)

Harbhajan Singh 9-2-34-0

Anil Kumble 14-3-38-3

41.6

•

Harbhajan to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

41.5

•

Harbhajan to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

41.4

•

Harbhajan to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

41.3

Harbhajan to Dilshan, 1 run

41.2

Harbhajan to Dilshan, 2 runs

41.1

•

Harbhajan to Dilshan, no run

end of over 411 run

SL: 164/4CRR: 4.00

Thilan Samaraweera35 (89b 6x4)

Tillakaratne Dilshan4 (6b 1x4)

Anil Kumble 14-3-38-3

Harbhajan Singh 8-2-31-0

40.6

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

40.5

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

40.4

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, 1 run

40.4

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

40.3

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

40.2

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

40.1

•

Kumble to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

end of over 405 runs

SL: 163/4CRR: 4.07

Tillakaratne Dilshan4 (6b 1x4)

Thilan Samaraweera35 (82b 6x4)

Harbhajan Singh 8-2-31-0

Anil Kumble 13-3-38-3

39.6

•

Harbhajan to Dilshan, no run

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Match details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of India
Season	2005/06
Player Of The Match	Chaminda Vaas
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1775
Match days	2,3,4,5,6 December 2005 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	MS Dhoni
Umpires	Daryl Harper Mark Benson
TV Umpire	Krishna Hariharan
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
DA Gunawardene	caught	4	6
KC Sangakkara	lbw	30	52
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	71	80
TT Samaraweera	not out	35	93
MS Atapattu	bowled	7	20
TM Dilshan	not out	8	14
Extras	(nb 7, w 1, pen 5)
Total	168(4 wkts; 43 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
IK Pathan	7	0	43	1	6.14
AB Agarkar	10	3	29	0	2.9
SC Ganguly	2	0	16	0	8 (2 nb)
Harbhajan Singh	9	2	34	0	3.77
A Kumble	15	3	41	3	2.73 (5 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	5	Avishka Gunawardene	Kumar Sangakkara
2nd	57	Mahela Jayawardene	Kumar Sangakkara
3rd	57	Mahela Jayawardene	Thilan Samaraweera
4th	34	Marvan Atapattu	Thilan Samaraweera
5th	10	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Thilan Samaraweera

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