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Tharanga scores a ton but SL batting flops in
their opening tour game |
April 25, 2006
Sri Lankans did not have an auspicious start to
their England tour as their batting crumbled to
pieces during the first day's play of their
opening tour game against British Universities
at Cambridge. The Sri Lankan innings lasted just
over 74 overs after the homeside had put them in
and the only high point of the day for the
tourists was the attractive century scored by
its opener Upul Tharanga. The left hander made
exactly 100 with the help of 17 boundaries and
couldn't stay the distance as his was the 3rd
wicket to go down at 154. Sri Lankans collapsed
to 289 all out with only Thilan Samaraweera and
Nuwan Zoysa getting into the thirties. For the
homeside, medium pacers Ruel Brathwaite and son
of Sir Vivian Richards, Mali Richards took three
wickets each. In reply to Sri Lankans' 289,
British Universities were off to a poor start
losing 2 wickets in the 6 overs of play in their
innings. Zoysa and Vaas picked up a wicket each
and Mali Richards was one of the two batsmen
out.
Sri Lankans 1st Inngs
289 (Upul Tharanga 100 Thilan
Samaraweera 36 Nuwan Zoysa 32 Chaminda Vaas 24
Mahela Jayawardene 22, Ruel Brathwaite 3/61 Mali
Richards 3/62 David Balcombe 2/62) Vs
British Universities 1st
Inngs 13/2 (Chaminda Vaas 1/5 Nuwan
Zoysa 1/8)
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