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کولمبوٹیسٹ:آسٹریلیا316، سری لنکاکے دو وکٹ پر166رنز  

کولمبوٹیسٹ کے دوسرے دن کھیل ختم ہونے پر آسٹریلیا کےتین سوسولہ رنز کے جواب میں سری لنکا نے دو وکٹوں کے نقصان پر ایک سوچھیاسٹھ رنز بنالئے۔ کولمبو ٹیسٹ کی دوسری صبح آسٹریلیا نے نامکمل اننگز پانچ وکٹ پر دوسو پینتیس رنز سے شروع کی اور پوری ٹیم تین سو سولہ رنز بناکر آئوٹ ہوگئی۔ مائیک ہسی نے پندرہویں سنچری اورکیریئر میں پانچ ہزار رنز مکمل کرلئے۔ ہسی ایک سو اٹھارہ رنز بناکر آئوٹ ہوئے۔ سری لنکا کے شمندا ارنگا نے چار اور ویل گدیرا نے تین کھلاڑیوں کو آئوٹ کیا۔ جوابی اننگز میں سری لنکا کے تھرمانے اٹھائیس اور پرانا وتانا چوالیس رنز بناکر آئوٹ ہوئے۔سوواں ٹیسٹ کھیلنے والے سنگاکارا اکسٹھ اور مہیلا جے وردنے اکتیس رنز پر ناٹ آئوٹ ہیں۔ آسٹریلیا کی پہلی اننگز کی برتری ختم کرنے کیلئے سری لنکا کو مزید ایک سو پچاس کی ضرورت ہے اور انکی آٹھ وکٹیں باقی ہیں۔

Australia 316

Sri Lanka 166/2 (65.0 ov)

Sri Lanka trail by 150 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 2

• Warne-Muralitharan Trophy - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2008 | 2011 season
• Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
• 16,17,18,19,20 September 2011 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c Dilshan b Eranga	8	36	18	1	0	44.44
	8.1 Whoa! What a series for debutants! Eranga takes a wicket first ball now. Watson is gone. To be fair, though, it was not a very remarkable delivery. It was a loosener wide outside off, and Watson went after it like it was the last wide delivery he would get. Just couldn't keep it down, and backward point accepted the catch with glee. Eranga will take it 22/2
	PJ Hughes	b Lakmal	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
	1.2 Timber! Hughes must have been under some pressure to keep his place, and he has done himself no favours here. Short of a length outside off, holds its line, in that it doesn't go away with the angle. Hughes jabs at it away from the body, with an angled bat, and drags it on. Just the start Sri Lanka wanted 0/1
	SE Marsh	b Herath	81	276	207	7	0	39.13
	67.3 Bowled'im! His average falls to 111! A potential nelson has struck. Is this a break in concentration or a natural variation? It's a regulation offbreak from Herath, Marsh defends, but it doesn't turn in as much as he expects it to. The off stumps is left exposed, and pegged back 190/5
	RT Ponting	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Lakmal	48	119	91	6	0	52.74
	35.5 No patience from Ponting! Poor poor shot from him. Lakmal has been bowling wide outswingers all over, and Ponting has been leaving them alone. Off the seventh delivery of the over, Ponting loses patience, and goes for the big drive, away from his body. The swing takes the edge, a real bonus of a wicket, as was Watson's. Walking back, he is a frustrated man 101/3
	MJ Clarke*	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Eranga	6	44	24	1	0	25.00
	44.2 What is with Australia and patience today? Third poor shot, although one has to confess Sri Lanka have strung together a cluster of good overs with each-way swing. Still there can't be many excuses for this. This is well wide of off, and Clarke goes for a push - mind you, not a flashy drive, which could have resulted in a thick edge that could have eluded fielder. The ball holds its line, and takes the edge of the bat through to PJ. He had to stretch remarkably to even reach it 120/4
	MEK Hussey	b Eranga	118	253	178	12	2	66.29
	104.3 bowled him! Eranga caps a fine performance on debut with a slower ball, Hussey comes forward to push at it but gets an inside edge on to the stumps. Hussey goes after a terrific century - his 15th in Tests - and steering Australia past 300 316/10
	BJ Haddin†	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Eranga	35	85	57	6	0	61.40
	86.5 loud appeal for caught behind and Haddin's been given, he isn't happy with the decision and asks for a review. The ball pitched on a good length outside off and seamed away a touch, Haddin did not come forward and pushed at it. There was a noise as it passed the bat and there's no conclusive evidence to suggest there was no edge. Haddin has to go. An odd one. You'd assume no batsman would review if he had nicked it, so either he didn't or he didn't know he did. 265/6
	MG Johnson	c Herath b Welegedara	8	42	29	1	0	27.58
	96.2 caught at point! The ball from Welegedara is short of a length and rather wide outside off, Johnson could have hit that hard through cover but he just opened the face and spooned it gently towards point instead, an easy catch for Herath 293/7
	PM Siddle	c Paranavitana b Welegedara	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	96.3 caught at first slip! Welegedara angles a good length ball across the right-hander, Siddle pokes tentatively at it and edges to first slip. Another easy catch. Siddle looks back at Hussey, who's at the other end on 99, before walking off. 293/8
	TA Copeland	c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara	1	9	8	0	0	12.50
	98.3 caught at second slip! Copeland has a flash at one that angles across him from over the wicket. He edges it hard but straight to Mahela Jayawardene at second slip and he's taken far harder catches than this. That was a low catch though, Jayawardene got his fingers under the ball just in time. Copeland seemed to take Jayawardene's word for it after he claimed the catch 295/9
	NM Lyon	not out	3	30	15	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1, nb 3)	8
	Total	(all out; 104.3 overs; 455 mins)	316	(3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Hughes, 1.2 ov), 2-22 (Watson, 8.1 ov), 3-101 (Ponting, 35.5 ov), 4-120 (Clarke, 44.2 ov), 5-190 (Marsh, 67.3 ov), 6-265 (Haddin, 86.5 ov), 7-293 (Johnson, 96.2 ov), 8-293 (Siddle, 96.3 ov), 9-295 (Copeland, 98.3 ov), 10-316 (Hussey, 104.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	UWMBCA Welegedara	21	6	75	3	3.57
	96.2 to Johnson, caught at point! The ball from Welegedara is short of a length and rather wide outside off, Johnson could have hit that hard through cover but he just opened the face and spooned it gently towards point instead, an easy catch for Herath 293/7 96.3 to Siddle, caught at first slip! Welegedara angles a good length ball across the right-hander, Siddle pokes tentatively at it and edges to first slip. Another easy catch. Siddle looks back at Hussey, who's at the other end on 99, before walking off. 293/8 98.3 to Copeland, caught at second slip! Copeland has a flash at one that angles across him from over the wicket. He edges it hard but straight to Mahela Jayawardene at second slip and he's taken far harder catches than this. That was a low catch though, Jayawardene got his fingers under the ball just in time. Copeland seemed to take Jayawardene's word for it after he claimed the catch 295/9
	RAS Lakmal	21	3	60	2	2.85	(3nb)
	1.2 to Hughes, Timber! Hughes must have been under some pressure to keep his place, and he has done himself no favours here. Short of a length outside off, holds its line, in that it doesn't go away with the angle. Hughes jabs at it away from the body, with an angled bat, and drags it on. Just the start Sri Lanka wanted 0/1 35.5 to Ponting, No patience from Ponting! Poor poor shot from him. Lakmal has been bowling wide outswingers all over, and Ponting has been leaving them alone. Off the seventh delivery of the over, Ponting loses patience, and goes for the big drive, away from his body. The swing takes the edge, a real bonus of a wicket, as was Watson's. Walking back, he is a frustrated man 101/3
	RMS Eranga	23.3	6	65	4	2.76	(1w)
	8.1 to Watson, Whoa! What a series for debutants! Eranga takes a wicket first ball now. Watson is gone. To be fair, though, it was not a very remarkable delivery. It was a loosener wide outside off, and Watson went after it like it was the last wide delivery he would get. Just couldn't keep it down, and backward point accepted the catch with glee. Eranga will take it 22/2 44.2 to Clarke, What is with Australia and patience today? Third poor shot, although one has to confess Sri Lanka have strung together a cluster of good overs with each-way swing. Still there can't be many excuses for this. This is well wide of off, and Clarke goes for a push - mind you, not a flashy drive, which could have resulted in a thick edge that could have eluded fielder. The ball holds its line, and takes the edge of the bat through to PJ. He had to stretch remarkably to even reach it 120/4 86.5 to Haddin, loud appeal for caught behind and Haddin's been given, he isn't happy with the decision and asks for a review. The ball pitched on a good length outside off and seamed away a touch, Haddin did not come forward and pushed at it. There was a noise as it passed the bat and there's no conclusive evidence to suggest there was no edge. Haddin has to go. An odd one. You'd assume no batsman would review if he had nicked it, so either he didn't or he didn't know he did. 265/6 104.3 to Hussey, bowled him! Eranga caps a fine performance on debut with a slower ball, Hussey comes forward to push at it but gets an inside edge on to the stumps. Hussey goes after a terrific century - his 15th in Tests - and steering Australia past 300 316/10
	HMRKB Herath	27	5	78	1	2.88
	67.3 to Marsh, Bowled'im! His average falls to 111! A potential nelson has struck. Is this a break in concentration or a natural variation? It's a regulation offbreak from Herath, Marsh defends, but it doesn't turn in as much as he expects it to. The off stumps is left exposed, and pegged back 190/5
	TM Dilshan	12	0	34	0	2.83

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Ponting b Johnson	46	146	102	5	0	45.09
	35.6 caught at short cover by Ponting, whose reflexes I covet. The ball was ordinary, full and outside off, there to be driven. Paranavitana went hard at it, and made proper contact, smashing the drive out of the middle. His only fault was that he hit it in the air just above Ponting's head. Up went those hands to catch a screamer at short cover. He was so well balanced as he took it. 97/2
	HDRL Thirimanne	b Siddle	28	106	80	2	0	35.00
	25.4 bowled him! Thirimanne's off stump has taken a beating. Siddle pitches the ball full just outside off stump and brings it back in just a little, enough to find the gap between the batsman's attempted drive and pad. There might have been a faint inside edge too 56/1
	KC Sangakkara	not out	61		125	9	0	48.80
	DPMD Jayawardene	not out	31		83	5	0	37.34
	Extras		0
	Total	(2 wickets; 65 overs)	166	(2.55 runs per over)

To bat TM Dilshan*, HAPW Jayawardene†, AD Mathews, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, RAS Lakmal, UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-56 (Thirimanne, 25.4 ov), 2-97 (Paranavitana, 35.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TA Copeland	15	5	34	0	2.26
	PM Siddle	11	3	25	1	2.27
	25.4 to Thirimanne, bowled him! Thirimanne's off stump has taken a beating. Siddle pitches the ball full just outside off stump and brings it back in just a little, enough to find the gap between the batsman's attempted drive and pad. There might have been a faint inside edge too 56/1
	MG Johnson	11	0	49	1	4.45
	35.6 to Paranavitana, caught at short cover by Ponting, whose reflexes I covet. The ball was ordinary, full and outside off, there to be driven. Paranavitana went hard at it, and made proper contact, smashing the drive out of the middle. His only fault was that he hit it in the air just above Ponting's head. Up went those hands to catch a screamer at short cover. He was so well balanced as he took it. 97/2
	SR Watson	11	5	20	0	1.81
	NM Lyon	15	2	33	0	2.20
	MEK Hussey	2	1	5	0	2.50

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field

Test debut RMS Eranga (Sri Lanka) Player of the match tba

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire RA Kettleborough (England) Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire EAR de Silva

Close of play day 1 - Australia 1st innings 235/5 (MEK Hussey 63*, BJ Haddin 21*, 81.2 ov) day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 166/2 (KC Sangakkara 61*, DPMD Jayawardene 31*, 65 ov)