Sri Lanka 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
111
233
12
0
47.64
Over 69.2: He is Caught! I Sharma to NT Paranavitana, short of length delivery, gets plenty of away movement off the seam and has Paranavitana edging that around off and middle. MS Dhoni has to dive to his left to take that catch.
25
24
6
0
104.17
Over 10.1: He is Caught! A Mithun to TM Dilshan, short and rising delivery, thats aimed around the rib cage and Dilshan goes for the hook shot but can only glove it down the legside to Dhoni! Mithun has just replaced Ishant after drinks and that's his maiden Test wicket!
ct SR Tendulkar b V Sehwag
103
145
12
0
71.03
Over 61.1: He is Caught! V Sehwag to KC Sangakkara, dragged way too short, that's a long hop, goes back and plays a full blooded pull which finds the safe hands of Tendulkar at deep mid wicket!!
48
78
6
0
61.54
Over 87.5: Out LBW! I Sharma to DPMD Jayawardene, short of length delivery, bends the ball back into the right hander and it stays low enough to hit Mahela's pad pretty low around middle and would have gone onto hit leg. Mahela was rooted way back into the crease.
0
7
0
0
0
Over 70.4: Out LBW! A Mithun to TT Samaraweera, good length delivery, gets the ball to swing in sharply and Samara is slow with his footwork and is hit slightly outside the line of off. Could have been given not out but the Umpire thought to give the benefit of doubt to Mithun. That would have hit middle though.
41
58
6
0
70.69
Over 91.6: He is Caught! I Sharma to AD Mathews, short and wide, pushes at that away from his body and gets a healthy edge which is caught by the diving Laxman at second slip. That was a sharp diving catch to Laxman's left. Ishant has been getting lots of seam movement along with Mithun.
27
26
2
1
103.85
Over 97.6: Out LBW. A Mithun to HAPW Jayawardene, good length delivery, shuffles far too across for a flick and is hit on the pad by one that swung back sharply. And that lbw gives the third wicket for Mithun.
ct Harbhajan Singh b A Mithun
64
75
9
2
85.33
Over 120.6: He is Caught. A Mithun to SL Malinga, short and rising delivery, Malinga goes after that with a hook shot and can only top edge it to Harbhajan at fine leg.
extras
(lb 9, w 0, nb 5 , b2)
16
Total
(8 wickets; 123.6 overs)
520
(4.19 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-55 (TM Dilshan,
10.1 ov) ,
2-236 (KC Sangakkara,
61.1 ov) ,
3-259 (NT Paranavitana,
69.2 ov) ,
4-260 (TT Samaraweera,
70.4 ov) ,
5-322 (DPMD Jayawardene,
87.5 ov) ,
6-344 (AD Mathews,
91.6 ov) ,
7-393 (HAPW Jayawardene,
97.6 ov) ,
8-508 (SL Malinga,
120.6 ov) ,
28
5
145
3
5.18
(5nb)
Over 69.2: He is Caught! I Sharma to NT Paranavitana, short of length delivery, gets plenty of away movement off the seam and has Paranavitana edging that around off and middle. MS Dhoni has to dive to his left to take that catch.
Over 87.5: Out LBW! I Sharma to DPMD Jayawardene, short of length delivery, bends the ball back into the right hander and it stays low enough to hit Mahela's pad pretty low around middle and would have gone onto hit leg. Mahela was rooted way back into the crease.
Over 91.6: He is Caught! I Sharma to AD Mathews, short and wide, pushes at that away from his body and gets a healthy edge which is caught by the diving Laxman at second slip. That was a sharp diving catch to Laxman's left. Ishant has been getting lots of seam movement along with Mithun.
28
3
105
4
3.75
0
Over 10.1: He is Caught! A Mithun to TM Dilshan, short and rising delivery, thats aimed around the rib cage and Dilshan goes for the hook shot but can only glove it down the legside to Dhoni! Mithun has just replaced Ishant after drinks and that's his maiden Test wicket!
Over 70.4: Out LBW! A Mithun to TT Samaraweera, good length delivery, gets the ball to swing in sharply and Samara is slow with his footwork and is hit slightly outside the line of off. Could have been given not out but the Umpire thought to give the benefit of doubt to Mithun. That would have hit middle though.
Over 97.6: Out LBW. A Mithun to HAPW Jayawardene, good length delivery, shuffles far too across for a flick and is hit on the pad by one that swung back sharply. And that lbw gives the third wicket for Mithun.
Over 120.6: He is Caught. A Mithun to SL Malinga, short and rising delivery, Malinga goes after that with a hook shot and can only top edge it to Harbhajan at fine leg.
10
0
46
1
4.6
0
Over 61.1: He is Caught! V Sehwag to KC Sangakkara, dragged way too short, that's a long hop, goes back and plays a full blooded pull which finds the safe hands of Tendulkar at deep mid wicket!!
India 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
2
2
0
0
100
Over 0.2: Out LBW. SL Malinga to G Gambhir, good length delivery, moves back slightly for a flick shot and is beaten for pace off the wicket as the ball swings back sharply to strike the pad infront of middle to have him plumb infront.
ct NT Paranavitana b UWMBC Welagedara
109
118
19
1
92.37
Over 36.2: He is Caught! UWMBC Welagedara to V Sehwag, short and wide, reaches out to that with an attempted upper cut but can only give catching practice to the lone slip fielder who makes no mistake!
Run Out (AD Mathews\/SL Malinga)
18
33
1
0
54.55
Over 12.3: Runout at the non-striker end. AD Mathews to V Sehwag, short and wide, the batsman is short of his crease at the batting end and is Run Out! .
8
21
1
0
38.1
Over 20.4: Out LBW! M Muralitharan to SR Tendulkar, flighted delivery, attempts to sweep it and its a full ball which hits the pad low and bang infront of middle. It looked so out and the Umpire agrees with that to grant wicket no. 793 for Murali!
ct TM Dilshan b SL Malinga
22
61
2
0
36.07
Over 39.3: He is Caught! SL Malinga to VVS Laxman, short and rising delivery, thats a terrible pull shot from VVS, gets in a bad position to play that and can only pat it in the air towards deep squareleg\/mid wicket where Dilshan takes a dolly of a catch.
ct DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan
52
64
8
1
81.25
Over 56.6: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to Yuvraj Singh, flighted delivery, gets forward in defence around off and is forced to edge the spinning off break to Mahela at slip who took a nice low catch! Wicket no.795 for Murali!
33
47
4
0
70.21
Over 54.5: Bowled him! M Muralitharan to MS Dhoni, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward to push it through covers and is completely bamboozled by what looked like a doosra but it took the inside edge and crashed through the bat pad gate onto the stumps! Wicket no. 794 for Murali!
st HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath
2
8
0
0
25
Over 57.2: Stumped Out! HMRKB Herath to Harbhajan Singh, flighted delivery, steps out for a big slog and lifts his head too soon to miss the turning ball around off and is stumped like a school kid!
ct DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan
3
17
0
0
17.65
Over 62.3: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to PP Ojha, flighted delivery, goes back and edges the turning off break to Mahela at first slip.
8
10
2
0
80
Over 64.6: Bowled him! M Muralitharan to A Mithun, flatter trajectory delivery, gets the ball to turn in sharply and go through the bat pad gate of Mithun and hit the legstump. That's a 67th five-wicket haul for Murali and his overall wickets tally is just three short of the magical figure of 800!
extras
(lb 1, w 2, nb 10 , b1)
14
Total
(10 wickets; 64.6 overs)
276
(4.25 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-2 (G Gambhir,
0.2 ov) ,
2-68 (RS Dravid,
12.2 ov) ,
3-101 (SR Tendulkar,
20.4 ov) ,
4-169 (V Sehwag,
36.2 ov) ,
5-178 (VVS Laxman,
39.3 ov) ,
6-252 (MS Dhoni,
54.5 ov) ,
7-259 (Yuvraj Singh,
56.6 ov) ,
8-259 (Harbhajan Singh,
57.2 ov) ,
9-266 (PP Ojha,
62.3 ov) ,
10-276 (A Mithun,
64.6 ov) ,
13
0
55
2
4.23
(4nb)
Over 0.2: Out LBW. SL Malinga to G Gambhir, good length delivery, moves back slightly for a flick shot and is beaten for pace off the wicket as the ball swings back sharply to strike the pad infront of middle to have him plumb infront.
Over 39.3: He is Caught! SL Malinga to VVS Laxman, short and rising delivery, thats a terrible pull shot from VVS, gets in a bad position to play that and can only pat it in the air towards deep squareleg\/mid wicket where Dilshan takes a dolly of a catch.
11
1
69
1
6.27
(5nb, 1w)
Over 36.2: He is Caught! UWMBC Welagedara to V Sehwag, short and wide, reaches out to that with an attempted upper cut but can only give catching practice to the lone slip fielder who makes no mistake!
18
1
62
1
3.44
(1nb)
Over 57.2: Stumped Out! HMRKB Herath to Harbhajan Singh, flighted delivery, steps out for a big slog and lifts his head too soon to miss the turning ball around off and is stumped like a school kid!
17
1
63
5
3.71
0
Over 20.4: Out LBW! M Muralitharan to SR Tendulkar, flighted delivery, attempts to sweep it and its a full ball which hits the pad low and bang infront of middle. It looked so out and the Umpire agrees with that to grant wicket no. 793 for Murali!
Over 54.5: Bowled him! M Muralitharan to MS Dhoni, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward to push it through covers and is completely bamboozled by what looked like a doosra but it took the inside edge and crashed through the bat pad gate onto the stumps! Wicket no. 794 for Murali!
Over 56.6: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to Yuvraj Singh, flighted delivery, gets forward in defence around off and is forced to edge the spinning off break to Mahela at slip who took a nice low catch! Wicket no.795 for Murali!
Over 62.3: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to PP Ojha, flighted delivery, goes back and edges the turning off break to Mahela at first slip.
Over 64.6: Bowled him! M Muralitharan to A Mithun, flatter trajectory delivery, gets the ball to turn in sharply and go through the bat pad gate of Mithun and hit the legstump. That's a 67th five-wicket haul for Murali and his overall wickets tally is just three short of the magical figure of 800!
India 2nd Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
ct HAPW Jayawardene b SL Malinga
0
3
0
0
0
Over 0.3: He is Caught! SL Malinga to G Gambhir, good length delivery, looks to drive it on the up through the off side but can only edge the away swinger to the keeper!
ct DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBC Welagedara
31
30
6
0
103.33
Over 10.3: He is Caught! UWMBC Welagedara to V Sehwag, short and rising delivery, goes for a flashy upper cut just like in the first innings to lose his wicket. This time the ball was flying off the thick edge towards gully and is brilliantly caught by Mahela who flew up to hold onto that bullet!
ct KC Sangakkara b SL Malinga
44
152
3
0
28.95
Over 52.4: He is Caught! SL Malinga to RS Dravid, good length delivery, flicks it off his pads in the air and straight into the hands of Sangakkara at backward squareleg!
84
142
11
1
59.15
Over 54.3: Out LBW! SL Malinga to SR Tendulkar, full toss, closes the face of the blade in a flick shot and is hit on the pad by a near yorker on the backleg right infront of middle and leg!
69
127
5
0
54.33
Over 100.2: Run Out at the Striker's end! M Muralitharan to I Sharma, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward and nudges it to backward point and is called for a quick run by Laxman who is way too slow in stretching his bat into the crease! There is a direct throw from Mathews and VVS's bat is just on the line which is out.
ct DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan
5
14
1
0
35.71
Over 59.3: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to Yuvraj Singh, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward and edges the sharp off break straight into the hands of slip.
4
5
1
0
80
Over 60.5: Bowled him! SL Malinga to MS Dhoni, pitched up delivery, plays all across to a full length inswinger closing the face of the blade and the ball hits the pad and rolls towards the stumps!
8
14
1
0
57.14
Over 63.6: Out LBW! M Muralitharan to Harbhajan Singh, flighted delivery, attempts to sweep the ball and its quite a full one which beats the bat and hits the pad infront of middle. Umpire Harper after some thought gives that out lbw and Murali is now onto 799!
25
59
5
0
42.37
Over 81.3: Out LBW! SL Malinga to A Mithun, pitched up delivery, slings in a fast reverse inswinging yorker which tails in late to beat the bat and hit the pad low infront of middle for an obvious lbw!
ct DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan
13
50
1
0
26
Over 115.4: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to PP Ojha, flighted delivery, gets forward in defence and its a bouncing and turning off break that takes the splice of the edge and flies to slip where the fielder takes a diving catch. That's wicket no. 800 for Muralitharan! Sri Lanka need 95 runs to win the Test Match.
extras
(lb 9, w 2, nb 8 , b5)
24
Total
(10 wickets; 115.4 overs)
338
(2.92 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-0 (G Gambhir,
0.3 ov) ,
2-42 (V Sehwag,
10.3 ov) ,
3-161 (RS Dravid,
52.4 ov) ,
4-172 (SR Tendulkar,
54.3 ov) ,
5-181 (Yuvraj Singh,
59.3 ov) ,
6-186 (MS Dhoni,
60.5 ov) ,
7-197 (Harbhajan Singh,
63.6 ov) ,
8-246 (A Mithun,
81.3 ov) ,
9-314 (VVS Laxman,
100.2 ov) ,
10-338 (PP Ojha,
115.4 ov) ,
17
2
50
5
2.94
(2nb)
Over 0.3: He is Caught! SL Malinga to G Gambhir, good length delivery, looks to drive it on the up through the off side but can only edge the away swinger to the keeper!
Over 52.4: He is Caught! SL Malinga to RS Dravid, good length delivery, flicks it off his pads in the air and straight into the hands of Sangakkara at backward squareleg!
Over 54.3: Out LBW! SL Malinga to SR Tendulkar, full toss, closes the face of the blade in a flick shot and is hit on the pad by a near yorker on the backleg right infront of middle and leg!
Over 60.5: Bowled him! SL Malinga to MS Dhoni, pitched up delivery, plays all across to a full length inswinger closing the face of the blade and the ball hits the pad and rolls towards the stumps!
Over 81.3: Out LBW! SL Malinga to A Mithun, pitched up delivery, slings in a fast reverse inswinging yorker which tails in late to beat the bat and hit the pad low infront of middle for an obvious lbw!
10
2
43
1
4.3
(3nb, 1w)
Over 10.3: He is Caught! UWMBC Welagedara to V Sehwag, short and rising delivery, goes for a flashy upper cut just like in the first innings to lose his wicket. This time the ball was flying off the thick edge towards gully and is brilliantly caught by Mahela who flew up to hold onto that bullet!
44.4
7
128
3
2.87
(1nb)
Over 59.3: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to Yuvraj Singh, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward and edges the sharp off break straight into the hands of slip.
Over 63.6: Out LBW! M Muralitharan to Harbhajan Singh, flighted delivery, attempts to sweep the ball and its quite a full one which beats the bat and hits the pad infront of middle. Umpire Harper after some thought gives that out lbw and Murali is now onto 799!
Over 115.4: He is Caught! M Muralitharan to PP Ojha, flighted delivery, gets forward in defence and its a bouncing and turning off break that takes the splice of the edge and flies to slip where the fielder takes a diving catch. That's wicket no. 800 for Muralitharan! Sri Lanka need 95 runs to win the Test Match.
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
extras
(lb 0, w 1, nb 4 , b0)
5
Total
(0 wickets; 14.1 overs)
96
(6.78 runs per over)
Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Player of the match: SL Malinga
Umpires: DJ Harper and RJ Tucker
TV umpire: TH Wijewardene
Match referee: AJ Pycroft
Reserve Umpire: SH Sarathkumara