Sangakkara ton lifts Sri Lanka
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November 4, 2011, Friday
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KUMAR Sangakkara's 27th test century helped Sri Lanka reach 245 for two and into a strong position at stumps on the first day of its must-win third and final test against Pakistan in neutral Sharjah yesterday.
Sangakkara (112 not out) is 11th on the all-time list of test century scorers and alongside the similarly prolific Mahela Jayawardene (32 not out), who is closing on 10,000 test runs, he helped the team recover from an early setback.
Opener Tharanga Paranavitana was caught at slip by Younis Khan off Umar Gul for four on the fifth delivery of the day, a ball after being dropped at short leg by Azhar Ali.
Sangakkara then came to the crease with captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (92) and the pair's 173-run second-wicket partnership helped Sri Lanka build a solid platform as it seeks to draw the series it trails 0-1.
Dilshan has struggled in the series with a top score of 19 but looked a different player during his innings, cut agonisingly short of a century by a Saeed Ajmal spinner that caught the edge and was poached by Younis at first slip.
Sri Lanka has scored over 300 only once in its four innings in the series.
Sangakkara (112 not out) is 11th on the all-time list of test century scorers and alongside the similarly prolific Mahela Jayawardene (32 not out), who is closing on 10,000 test runs, he helped the team recover from an early setback.
Opener Tharanga Paranavitana was caught at slip by Younis Khan off Umar Gul for four on the fifth delivery of the day, a ball after being dropped at short leg by Azhar Ali.
Sangakkara then came to the crease with captain Tillakaratne Dilshan (92) and the pair's 173-run second-wicket partnership helped Sri Lanka build a solid platform as it seeks to draw the series it trails 0-1.
Dilshan has struggled in the series with a top score of 19 but looked a different player during his innings, cut agonisingly short of a century by a Saeed Ajmal spinner that caught the edge and was poached by Younis at first slip.
Sri Lanka has scored over 300 only once in its four innings in the series.
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