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Sangakkara leads Sri Lanka fightback
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November 25, 2010, Thursday
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A CENTURY by skipper Kumar Sangakkara helped Sri Lanka to reach 294 for five in its first innings after an early collapse on another rain-shortened day of the second test against the West Indies in Colombo yesterday.
The elegant left-hander was unbeaten on 135, stroking 16 fours and a six before heavy rain washed out play for the rest of the day 25 minutes before the scheduled tea break.
With Sangakkara going strong at one end, West Indies targeted batsmen at the other end and captured two in the afternoon session.
Thilan Samaraweera joined his captain with Sri Lanka struggling at 34-3 and they batted throughout the second morning.
Samaraweera outscored his captain beating him to his fifty, reaching it in 103 balls with six fours and one six.
Sangakkara greeted spinner Shane Shillingford, who came on to bowl the eighth over of the morning, with a boundary.
After putting on 170 for the fourth wicket, Samaraweera was dismissed for 80 when he pulled Dwayne Bravo down fine leg to Shane Shillingford. He faced 170 balls and struck eight fours and one six.
Shillingford's bowling action is under a cloud after he was reported to the International Cricket Council by the umpires after the Galle Test.
The three-match series is level at 0-0 after the first test was drawn.
In Abu Dhabi, an unbeaten 87-run fourth wicket partnership by captain Misbah-ul-Haq (58 not out) and Azhar Ali (28 not out) ensured Pakistan secured a second draw against South Africa in the two-test series.
Pakistan was 153-3, having been set a stiff target of 353, when South Africa captain Jacques Kallis agreed to end the game at the drinks break before the scheduled close.
Earlier, South Africa had added another 30 runs at the cost of one wicket to its overnight score of 173-4 before leaving the opposition with 82 overs to go for victory.
Needing to score at a little over four an over, Pakistan's openers were going strong but suffered some anxious moments in the second session when they lost three wickets at the lunch score of 66 including that of Younis Khan for a second ball duck.
Pakistan then recovered with Misbah and Azhar grinding out the next 189 minutes to close the door.
The elegant left-hander was unbeaten on 135, stroking 16 fours and a six before heavy rain washed out play for the rest of the day 25 minutes before the scheduled tea break.
With Sangakkara going strong at one end, West Indies targeted batsmen at the other end and captured two in the afternoon session.
Thilan Samaraweera joined his captain with Sri Lanka struggling at 34-3 and they batted throughout the second morning.
Samaraweera outscored his captain beating him to his fifty, reaching it in 103 balls with six fours and one six.
Sangakkara greeted spinner Shane Shillingford, who came on to bowl the eighth over of the morning, with a boundary.
After putting on 170 for the fourth wicket, Samaraweera was dismissed for 80 when he pulled Dwayne Bravo down fine leg to Shane Shillingford. He faced 170 balls and struck eight fours and one six.
Shillingford's bowling action is under a cloud after he was reported to the International Cricket Council by the umpires after the Galle Test.
The three-match series is level at 0-0 after the first test was drawn.
In Abu Dhabi, an unbeaten 87-run fourth wicket partnership by captain Misbah-ul-Haq (58 not out) and Azhar Ali (28 not out) ensured Pakistan secured a second draw against South Africa in the two-test series.
Pakistan was 153-3, having been set a stiff target of 353, when South Africa captain Jacques Kallis agreed to end the game at the drinks break before the scheduled close.
Earlier, South Africa had added another 30 runs at the cost of one wicket to its overnight score of 173-4 before leaving the opposition with 82 overs to go for victory.
Needing to score at a little over four an over, Pakistan's openers were going strong but suffered some anxious moments in the second session when they lost three wickets at the lunch score of 66 including that of Younis Khan for a second ball duck.
Pakistan then recovered with Misbah and Azhar grinding out the next 189 minutes to close the door.
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