India vs Sri Lanka: 1st Test Match 2008

First Test: ColomboFirst Test: Colombo

23-27 July 200823-27 July 2008

India vs Sri Lanka

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Sinhalese Sprots Club Ground,

Colombo

India vs Sri Lanka First Test: Colombo23-27 July 2008


MATCH OFFICIALSMATCH OFFICIALSMark Benson (Eng) : UmpireBilly Doctrove (WI): UmpireRudi Koertzen (SA): Third UmpireAlan Hurst (Aus): Match Referee



TOSSTOSS

Sri Lanka won the toss.

Elected to bat first



TEAMSTEAMS

India vs Sri Lanka

INDIAVirender SehwagGautam GambhirRahul DravidSachin TendulkarSaurav GangulyVVS LaxmanDinesh Karthik (wk)Anil Kumble ( C )Harbhajan SinghZaheer KhanIshant Sharma

First Test: Colombo23-27 July 2008

SRI LANKAMichael VandortMalinda WarnapuraKumar SangakkaraMahela Jayawardhane ( C )Thilan SamaraweeraTilakaratne DilshanPrasanna Jayawardhane (Wk)Chaminda VaasNuwan KulasekaraAjanta MendisMuttiah Muralidharan



Batsman Description Runs Balls Fours Sixes SRMichael Vandort c D Karthik b I Sharma 3 13 0 0 23.08Malinda Warnapura c R Dravid b H Singh 115 202 14 0 56.93Kumar Sangakkara c R Dravid b Z Khan 12 21 1 0 57.14Mahela Jayawardhane ( C ) c D Karthik b I Sharma 136 259 10 1 52.51Thilan Samaraweera c Laxman b Z Khan 127 224 18 0 56.7Tilakaratne Dilshan not out 125 170 12 1 73.53Prasanna Jayawardhane (Wk) c I Sharma b H Singh 30 70 1 0 42.86Chaminda Vaas not out 22 32 4 0 68.75Nuwan KulasekaraAjanta MendisMuttiah Muralidharan

30600 Run Rate 3.70TOTAL: (600 for 6 decl in 162 overs)

First Innings Sri Lanka Batting

EXTRAS: b-4, w-3, nb-18, lb-5


First Test: Colombo23-27 July 2008India vs Sri Lanka

Fall Of WicketsSri Lanka: First Innings

1/7 (Michael Vandort, 3.6 ov.), 2/57 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.6 ov.), 3/212 (Malinda Warnapura, 60.5 ov.), 4/360 (Mahela Jayawardene, 102.2 ov.), 5/454 (Thilan Samaraweera, 129.2 ov.), 6/545 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 151.5 ov.)



Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Nb Wd ERZaheer Khan 37 2 156 2 12 2 4.22 Ishant Sharma 33 4 124 2 0 1 3.76 Saurav Ganguly 8 1 24 0 0 0 3.00 Harbhajan Singh 43 2 149 2 0 0 3.47 Anil Kumble 37 4 121 0 6 0 3.27 Virender Sehwag 4 0 17 0 0 0 4.25

First Innings India Bowling


Sri LankaSri Lanka scored a huge scored a huge score of score of 600600 in their first in their first

inningsinnings

To avoid FOLLOW ON India needs to score at least 400 runs




Batsman Description Runs Balls Fours Sixes SRVirender Sehwag c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 39 55 5 0 70.91 Gautam Gambhir c Warnapura b Kulasekara 25 16 5 0 156.25 Rahul Dravid b Mendis 14 35 2 0 40.00 Sachin Tendulkar b Muralitharan 27 46 3 0 58.70 Saurav Ganguly c Kulasekara b Muralitharan 23 57 4 0 40.35 VVS Laxman b Mendis 56 118 6 0 47.46 Dinesh Karthik (wk) c & b Muralitharan 9 16 1 0 56.25 Anil Kumble ( C ) lbw b Mendis 1 15 0 0 6.67 Harbhajan Singh c Warnapura b Muralitharan 9 9 2 0 100.00 Zaheer Khan lbw b Mendis 5 16 0 0 31.25 Ishant Sharma not out 13 54 1 0 24.07

2223

First Innings India Batting

EXTRAS: b-0, w-0, nb-0, lb-2TOTAL: (223 for 10 in 72.5 overs) Run Rate 3.06



Fall Of WicketsIndia: First Innings

1/36 (Virender Sehwag, 5.1 ov.), 2/79 (Gautam Gambhir, 17.3 ov.), 3/79 (Rahul Dravid, 18.1 ov.), 4/123 (Sachin Tendulkar, 31.5 ov.), 5/138 (Saurav Ganguly, 37.6 ov.), 6/147 (Dinesh Karthik, 41.6 ov.), 7/170 (Anil Kumble, 48.5 ov.), 8/181 (Harbhajan Singh, 51.2 ov.), 9/188 (Zaheer Khan, 54.5 ov.), 10/223 (VVS Laxman, 72.5 ov.)



Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Nb Wd ERChaminda Vaas 5 0 23 0 0 0 4.60 Nuwan Kulasekara 11 2 42 1 0 0 3.82 Ajanta Mendis 27.5 5 72 4 0 0 2.62 Muttiah Muralidharan 29 4 84 5 0 0 2.90

First Innings Sri Lanka Bowling


SHAMESHAME

The Great Indian Batting Line up (at least on paper) couldn’t save

FOLLOW ON




Batsman Description Runs Balls Fours Sixes SRVirender Sehwag st P Jayawardhane b Muralitharan 43 90 0 47.78 Gautam Gambhir lbw b Muralithan 13 17 0 76.47 VVS Laxman lbw b Mendis 21 26 0 80.77 Sachin Tendulkar c Dilshan b Muralitharan 12 30 0 40.00 Rahul Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 10 30 0 33.33 Saurav Ganguly c Dilshan b Muralitharan 4 12 0 33.33 Dinesh Karthik (wk) c M Jayawardhane b Muralitharan 0 6 0 - Anil Kumble ( C ) b Muralitharan 12 24 0 50.00 Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 15 28 0 53.57 Zaheer Khan b Mendis 3 6 0 50.00 Ishant Sharma not out 5 1 0 500.00

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EXTRAS: b-0, w-0, nb-0, lb-0TOTAL: (138 for 10 in 45 overs) Run Rate 3.07

Second Innings India Batting



Fall Of WicketsIndia: Second Innings

1/25 (Virender Sehwag, 6.4 ov.), 2/53 (VVS Laxman, 14.2 ov.), 3/82 (Sachin Tendulkar, 23.4 ov.), 4/95 (Gautam Gambhir, 29.5 ov.), 5/103 (Saurav Ganguly, 33.5 ov.), 6/103 (Rahul Dravid, 34.2 ov.), 7/103 (Dinesh Karthik, 35.5 ov.), 8/120 (Anil Kumble, 41.3 ov.), 9/133 (Zaheer Khan, 44.3 ov.), 10/138 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.6 ov.)



Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Nb Wd ERChaminda Vaas 5 0 27 0 0 0 5.40 Nuwan Kulasekara 9 3 25 0 0 0 2.78 Ajanta Mendis 18 3 60 4 0 0 3.33 Muttiah Muralidharan 13 3 26 6 0 0 2.00

Second Innings Sri Lanka Bowling


SRI LANKA WON BY AN SRI LANKA WON BY AN INNINGS AND 239 RUNSINNINGS AND 239 RUNS

RESULT



And the credit goes to….And the credit goes to….

Muttia Muralitharan(Man of the Match)



Sri Lanka leading the Sri Lanka leading the series 1-0series 1-0

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