Sri Lankan duo batters India
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July 19, 2010, Monday
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THARANGA Paranavitana scored his maiden test hundred and shared a 181-run stand with another centurymaker, Kumar Sangakkara, as Sri Lanka dominated day one of the first test against India in Galle yesterday.
The hosts finished at 256-2 with play called off for the day shortly after tea because of rain. Paranavitana was undefeated on 110 off 229 balls with 12 boundaries and Mahela Jayawardene was not out on 8 at Galle International Stadium.
Paranavitana said he was delighted at finally scoring a century after four previous test 50s.
"I concentrated a lot on scoring big hundreds in domestic cricket and I am happy that I was able to achieve it at home and against India," Paranavitana said.
Sangakkara was out for 103 - his 22nd test century - caught by Sachin Tendulkar in the deep off spin bowler Virender Sehwag. He faced 145 balls and hit 12 fours.
The second-wicket pair of Sangakkara and Paranavitana came together with the total on 55 when Sri Lanka lost opener Tillakartne Dilshan (25), caught by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off debut seam bowler Abhimanyu Mithun.
Both batsmen were let off the hook by India's fielders - Sangakkara was dropped on 65 by Dhoni when the Indian captain failed to hold onto an edge.
Full advantage
The Sri Lanka captain took full advantage of the let-off and reached his century shortly before the tea break.
Paranavitana, his patient partner, survived a chance when Gautam Gambhir failed to hold onto a reflex catch on 35.
India went into the match without key injured bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Mithun finished with 1-41 in 13 overs while Sehwag took 1-23.
India coach Gary Kirsten said Khan's absence was the reason for the team's poor performance.
"As we know he plays a massive role," Kirsten said. "It just shows what experience does at test-match level. We obviously miss him."
Kirsten said he expected his team to recover today.
"We'd like to come out tomorrow and try and have a good session where we can get some wickets and restrict the scoring rate," he said.
This is the last test for Sri Lanka offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan in a career spanning 18 years and 133 matches, including this one.
Muralitharan, who holds the world record for the number of test wickets, needs eight more to become the first bowler to reach 800.
The match started one hour late because of a wet pitch due to overnight rain.
The hosts finished at 256-2 with play called off for the day shortly after tea because of rain. Paranavitana was undefeated on 110 off 229 balls with 12 boundaries and Mahela Jayawardene was not out on 8 at Galle International Stadium.
Paranavitana said he was delighted at finally scoring a century after four previous test 50s.
"I concentrated a lot on scoring big hundreds in domestic cricket and I am happy that I was able to achieve it at home and against India," Paranavitana said.
Sangakkara was out for 103 - his 22nd test century - caught by Sachin Tendulkar in the deep off spin bowler Virender Sehwag. He faced 145 balls and hit 12 fours.
The second-wicket pair of Sangakkara and Paranavitana came together with the total on 55 when Sri Lanka lost opener Tillakartne Dilshan (25), caught by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off debut seam bowler Abhimanyu Mithun.
Both batsmen were let off the hook by India's fielders - Sangakkara was dropped on 65 by Dhoni when the Indian captain failed to hold onto an edge.
Full advantage
The Sri Lanka captain took full advantage of the let-off and reached his century shortly before the tea break.
Paranavitana, his patient partner, survived a chance when Gautam Gambhir failed to hold onto a reflex catch on 35.
India went into the match without key injured bowlers Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Mithun finished with 1-41 in 13 overs while Sehwag took 1-23.
India coach Gary Kirsten said Khan's absence was the reason for the team's poor performance.
"As we know he plays a massive role," Kirsten said. "It just shows what experience does at test-match level. We obviously miss him."
Kirsten said he expected his team to recover today.
"We'd like to come out tomorrow and try and have a good session where we can get some wickets and restrict the scoring rate," he said.
This is the last test for Sri Lanka offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan in a career spanning 18 years and 133 matches, including this one.
Muralitharan, who holds the world record for the number of test wickets, needs eight more to become the first bowler to reach 800.
The match started one hour late because of a wet pitch due to overnight rain.
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