In the build-up to this Test, playing in Sri Lanka has been described as one of the game's toughest challenges and England responded with an outstanding bowling performance on the opening day at Kandy. Matthew Hoggard took four wickets in 25 balls during the morning session as Sri Lanka hit the depths of 42 for 5, then Monty Panesar chipped in with three after a partial resurrection from Kumar Sangakkara and Prasanna Jayawardene who added 106 for the sixth wicket to lift them to 188. But England couldn't finish with their full card intact after facing 17 overs. Alastair Cook went third ball, planting his front foot across the line to Chaminda Vaas, using his 100 Tests worth of experience with the new ball as Hoggard did so successfully. Michael Vaughan could have gone, too, but Asad Rauf gave him the benefit of very little doubt against Lasith Malinga. There were three overs from Muttiah Muralitharan; that's a battle that will unfold on Sunday. (Description courtesy Cricinfo) www.hilalscricket.com
Jayasuriya bid farewell to Test cricket with a customary quickfire 78 Vs England. James Anderson went for 6 boundaries in one over resulting in 24 runs. Witness the man's legacy at http://www.hilalscricket.com/
Murali now becomes the highest wicket taker in Test Cricket history. Sri Lanka VS England 1st Test | Day3 Courtesy http://www.hilalscricket.com/
Upul Tharanga & Kumar Sangakarra pile on the runs as Sri Lanka bat england out of the game. Sri Lanka went on to bowl out england and win the Test match in under 5 days. Sri lanka tie the series 1-1
Africa XI v Asia XI | Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 20 August 2005 - day/night (50-over match) http://www.hilalscricket.com/
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Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara recorded a world record 624-run test cricket partnership on Saturday as Sri Lanka took an imposing ... all » 587-run first innings lead in the series-opening match against South Africa. Sri Lanka declared its innings at 756 for five wickets shortly after tea when captain Jayawardene missed out on his chase for the best individual score of 400 runs held by West Indies batsman Brian Lara. He was out for 374 runs bowled by seamer Andre Nel ending an innings that lasted for more than 12 hours.
Muttiah Muralitharan moved level with Shane Warne on 708 wickets as he bowled Sri Lanka back into the first Test at Kandy. He claimed the first four England batsmen to fall on the second day as they lost 5 for 78 and drew level with Warne when he removed Ravi Bopara. But he was forced to wait for his crowning moment as rain, which had threatened during the morning, moved across the ground and wiped out the final three hours of play.
Aravinda De Silva, considered to be the prince of sri lankan cricket shows his class to the english cricket fans on Sri Lanka's tour of england 1998. Sri Lanka upto that point was rarely invited to play test circket in england and were only given 1 test match. The sri lankan destroyed england with their batting and bowling.
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The most prolific pair in Test Cricket | Sangakkara - Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene celebrated their 50th stand together with a mammoth third-wicket partnership of 311, which is, quite amazingly, less than half their highest stand - an unforgettable 624 against South Africa at the SSC Stadium in Colombo last year. The 311 they added is also the second-highest partnership at Kandy, after the 335 that Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya added against Pakistan in 2000. Among all the pair who have played at least 50 times together, Sangakkara and Jayawardene have now become the most prolific in terms of averages, edging past the Australian pair of Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting (which means that the Australia-Sri Lanka series later this year will be a battle of, among other things, the two best batting pairs in the game). http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/301893.html
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