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Kaneria throttles Sri Lanka
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July 22, 2009, Wednesday
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PAKISTAN leg spinner Danish Kaneria took five for 62 to help bowl Sri Lanka out for 233 on an action-packed second day of the third test in Colombo yesterday.
Kaneria, playing his first game of the series, bowled superbly to give Pakistan a 66-run first-innings lead.
The tourists lost opener Khurram Manzoor in the final over before stumps, bowled by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, and finished on 16 for one, a lead of 82 runs. Fawad Alam was on 14 and Younis Khan on nought.
Former captain Mahela Jayawardene top-scored for the hosts with a skilful 79 from 153 deliveries, including 10 boundaries.
Tillakaratne Dilshan also scored a gutsy 44 batting with a fractured right index finger and Kumar Sangakkara made a fluent 45.
"I am disappointed that we didn't bat to our potential and get much more runs on a good wicket," Jayawardene said. "We have to give credit to the Pakistani bowlers as well. (Saeed) Ajmal bowled really well and Kaneria coming back for his first test (in the series) bowled very good areas and created pressure."
Sri Lanka, 2-0 up in the series, needed just 3.4 overs in the morning to end the Pakistan innings after the visitors had resumed on 289-7.
Left-arm paceman Thilan Thushara grabbed two of the last three wickets to fall, claiming career-best figures of five for 83.
Thushara wrapped up the innings as Pakistan's batting collapsed for the fourth time in the series, the last six wickets tumbling for 14 runs after the second new ball was taken.
The Pakistan bowlers led the fightback after Umar Gul bowled Malinda Warnapura with the first ball of the innings and Khan bowled opener Tharanga Paranavitana for five to reduce Sri Lanka to 23-2.
Sri Lanka would have been in deeper trouble had Manzoor not dropped Sangakkara on 16 at gully after the skipper played Mohammad Aamer away from his body.
Sangakkara stroked seven boundaries before he was adjudged leg before wicket to spinner Ajmal to the last ball before lunch.
Ajmal struck another big blow after the interval with a sharp off break to bowl Thilan Samaraweera for six.
Jayawardene rallied the innings with Angelo Mathews, playing skillfully against quality spin bowling from Ajmal and Kaneria.
Kaneria made the breakthrough just before tea when he induced Mathews to edge a catch to slip.
Kaneria also dismissed Jayawardene with a quicker ball and trapped Chaminda Vaas lbw.
Dilshan launched a late assault, hitting two sixes and two fours in his 44 before being last man out.
Kaneria, playing his first game of the series, bowled superbly to give Pakistan a 66-run first-innings lead.
The tourists lost opener Khurram Manzoor in the final over before stumps, bowled by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, and finished on 16 for one, a lead of 82 runs. Fawad Alam was on 14 and Younis Khan on nought.
Former captain Mahela Jayawardene top-scored for the hosts with a skilful 79 from 153 deliveries, including 10 boundaries.
Tillakaratne Dilshan also scored a gutsy 44 batting with a fractured right index finger and Kumar Sangakkara made a fluent 45.
"I am disappointed that we didn't bat to our potential and get much more runs on a good wicket," Jayawardene said. "We have to give credit to the Pakistani bowlers as well. (Saeed) Ajmal bowled really well and Kaneria coming back for his first test (in the series) bowled very good areas and created pressure."
Sri Lanka, 2-0 up in the series, needed just 3.4 overs in the morning to end the Pakistan innings after the visitors had resumed on 289-7.
Left-arm paceman Thilan Thushara grabbed two of the last three wickets to fall, claiming career-best figures of five for 83.
Thushara wrapped up the innings as Pakistan's batting collapsed for the fourth time in the series, the last six wickets tumbling for 14 runs after the second new ball was taken.
The Pakistan bowlers led the fightback after Umar Gul bowled Malinda Warnapura with the first ball of the innings and Khan bowled opener Tharanga Paranavitana for five to reduce Sri Lanka to 23-2.
Sri Lanka would have been in deeper trouble had Manzoor not dropped Sangakkara on 16 at gully after the skipper played Mohammad Aamer away from his body.
Sangakkara stroked seven boundaries before he was adjudged leg before wicket to spinner Ajmal to the last ball before lunch.
Ajmal struck another big blow after the interval with a sharp off break to bowl Thilan Samaraweera for six.
Jayawardene rallied the innings with Angelo Mathews, playing skillfully against quality spin bowling from Ajmal and Kaneria.
Kaneria made the breakthrough just before tea when he induced Mathews to edge a catch to slip.
Kaneria also dismissed Jayawardene with a quicker ball and trapped Chaminda Vaas lbw.
Dilshan launched a late assault, hitting two sixes and two fours in his 44 before being last man out.
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