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India-Sri Lanka Clash in Centre Field 24 Soprt SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 Sri Lankans are natural stroke makers and live by that practice What comes naturally by A.C. de Silva India had the greater power of dura- Test players, the Indian batsmen in the last Tests at Kandy, Sydney and ble batsmanship. latched onto good thing when they Edgbaston. SCOREBOARD Test cricket: If 1,096 runs for 17 This was stressed in Indian’s high- saw one. But Kandy, Sydney and Edglaston. Sri Lanka 1st Innings 122-2, Maminder Singh 32-1-89-2-R.J. wickets is entertaining then the Kan- est ever Test score till then. It was There were to be two other major But it was hot as if he was being kept Shastin 17-6-37-1, K. SrikKanth 1-0-4-0. pur Test was a sizling attraction. patently obvious that the Lankans innings for Sri Lanka. They were by in the side only on the basis of those S. Wettimuny lbw But every one who knows the game had come to Kanpur to play out a Sidath Wettimuny (79) and the con- late scoring efforts. b Chetan Sharma ............79 India 1st Innings knows this is far from the truth. grinding draw in the series. verted opener Ravi Ratnayake (93). These reasons to believe he has Ravi Ratnayake Lbw b Kapil Dev .......................93 S.M. Gavaskar Two great anti-climaxes had The test will only be remem- Since both had to play at the start of class and that commodity has to be Aravinda de Silva c Wettimuny b Labrooy...176 already come by the second day of bered for the mammoth total the Test, their contributions had to pampered just a shade to allow to Arun ................................26 K Srikkanth c De Alwis the first Test in the India-Sri Lanka India made and the three cen- come in a slow and defensive manner. be blown to high performance. And A. Gurusinha ...................... b Ratnayake .....................18 series. turions who brought that tally Wettemuny sparked after a shaky start when a young man bats for 500 min- b Kapil Dev .......................19 Raman Lamba R.L Dias run out .............................24 The first was the deceptive appear- about - Sunil Gavaskar (176), while Ratnayake made up for some utes at a crucial point in his career, it C. Azharuddin b Arun ......50 D.B. Vengsarkar ance of the green strip prepared for Mohammed Azharuddin (199) early lapses, but picked up and started is certain he has it in him to assume D. Mendis Lbw c Gurusinghe b de Mel.....57 the Test. The green top was in keep- who did a Gaveskar, and Kapil Dev to play elegantly. a more steady and central role in the b Chetan Sharma ...............1 M.D. Azharuddin A. Rantunga Lbw lbw b Ratnayake .............199 ing with India’s design of placing (163). India’s star bowler Kapil Dev took team’s batting affairs. b Maninder Singh ............52 R J. Shastri faith in its seamers. The efforts placed in the pale the time to settle down and once he This near 700 total by India was a G. de Alwis Lbw b Ratnayake ...............6 Whether that faith is really justi- majestic batting of Roy Dias (50). worked himself to bowl positively, kind of cricketing answer thrown up b Maninder Singh .............13 Kapil Dev A. de Mel lbw b Ratnayake .............163 fied or not, the thing that was appar- and Arjuna Ranatunga (52). To be there way a different took about him- by India to compensate for the rough c Arun b Shastri ..............25 B. Arun not out ..................2 ent was fast tracks are as rare as hen’s fair, one would rate their efforts as self and bowl positively. It was his long experience in Sri Lanka in 1986 – this Asoka de Silva teeth in India. good as Kapil Dev’s for the sheer effort on the third day that brought eventual progress to an all time high lbw b Arun ........................21 Extras :(b-1, lb, nb-18, w-1) 31 G. Labroy Total (for seven wkts) 676 power of being able to take apart about the dramatic rise in the strike Test score. Of course, the Sri Lank- not out ...............................5 Fall of Wickets: 1-50,2-100, 3-217, 4-380, Highest ever the bowling. rate. ans will entertain doubts about the Extras : 5-399, 6-671, 7-676. umpiring The lankan bowlers, par- (b-1, lb -10, Nb 19, W-6) 36 Bowling: (Sri Lanka): A de Mel 31-4- The second anti-climax that The only difference was that the A touch of class ticular Ravi Ratnayake, who bowled Total : .............................420 119-1, G. Labrooy 35-4-164-1, Ravi Rat- came in the form of winter rain and Lankans are natural stroke makers by Azharuddin so intelligently and so industriously nayake 37.1-2-132-4, Asoka de Silva washed out an the entire day’s play, and they live by that practice and in the role of a workhorse seamer, Fall of Wickets: 1-59, 2-217, 3-217, 40-7-133-0, A. Ranatunga 15-4-58-0,A 4-286, 5-292, 6-355, 7-355, 8-389, Gurusinha 7-0-42-0, S. Wettimuny 2-0- could not be helped from that point, hence tended to throw it away when India’s Azharuddin had run into had reason to feel discontented over a 9-354. 16-0 it was only a matter of which team looking in total command in the from only late in each of the three couple or appeals refused when two had more batting muscle. Obviously, middle. Being far more experienced subsequent series he played. In fact, Indian batsman were in their 90’s. Bowling (India) : Kapil Dev 30-11-81-2, Man of the match: B. Arun 27-7-76-3, Chatan Sharma 31-4- Sunil Gavaskar (India) India-Sri Lanka clash in centre fi eld Sri Lanka’s Arjuna Ranatunga who made 52 in the Sri Lanka total of 420 is declared LBW to India’s Mahinder Singh. Sri Lanka’s paceman Ashantha de Mel bounces one to India’s opener Sunil Gavaskar and the master Indian batsman obliges with a hook for four on the way to his splendid knock of 176 – his 34th in Test and first at Kanpur. Sri Lanka’s wicket-keeper Guy de Alwis turns round while batting – only to see that Indian bowler Mahinder Singh has bowled him for 13. Sri Lanka’s captain Duleep Mendis is somewhat worried as to what has happened as the umpire has declared him leg before wicket to Indian bowler Chetan Sharma for 1. India’s batsman M. Azharuddin makes forcing on-drive and Ravi Ratnayake who opened the batting for Sri Lanka made a fine drive during his knock of 93 gets Sri Lankan bowler Asoka de Silva through to the bound- Wicket disturbed – Sri Lanka’s No. 4 batsman Asanka Gurusinha is bowled all while opening the batting for Sri Lanka. Ratnayake’s batting helped Sri Lanka to get a total of ary on his way to the fine score of 199 in India’s massive ends up by India’s Kapil Dev for 19 in the Sri Lanka total of 420. 420 in the match against India. score of 676 for 7 wickets in the Test against Sri Lanka..
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