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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Pietersen puts England on top
Pietersen puts England on top
COLOMBO - Kevin Pietersen shrugged off a switch-hit
controversy to smash an explosive 151 off 165 balls as England took
charge of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday.
The flamboyant Pietersen plundered 16 boundaries and six sixes in his 20th Test century as the tourists piled up 460 in their first innings before being all out just before stumps on the third day. Sri Lanka, trailing by 185 runs, were 4-0 from one over in their second knock at close with Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhammika Prasad at the crease. England, who lost the first Test in Galle by 75 runs, have two days to force a series-levelling win on the wearing P. Sara Oval wicket and retain their number one ranking.
Pietersen was warned twice by the on-field umpires before the tea break for changing his stance to make a switch hit -- a right-hander playing a shot with a left-hander's grip. The warning from officials Bruce Oxenford and Asad Rauf came after bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan had to stop twice in his run-up as Pietersen turned around in his stance.
The laws of the game state the switch hit is legal, but a batsman cannot change stance before the bowler has delivered the ball.
Match referee Javagal Srinath of India said a third offence by any of the England batsmen in the innings would have resulted in five penalty runs being awarded to Sri Lanka.
The incident marred an otherwise profitable day for the tourists, who finally came good with the bat after losing four Tests in a row in Asia this year -- the 3-0 rout by Pakistan and the Galle defeat. But England may feel that they ought to have punished the hosts more.
Alastair Cook hit 94 and Jonathan Trott followed his 112 at Galle with 64, the pair sharing a second-wicket stand of 91 after skipper Andrew Strauss made 61 on Wednesday.
Pietersen reached his hundred in the same over he was warned, executing a reverse sweep for two, and celebrated the landmark by pulling the next ball from Dilshan for a boundary.
He had given England the lead with his third six, a straight drive off Suraj Randiv, which also brought up his half-century.
The South African-born batsman had earlier smashed two fours and a six off three consecutive deliveries from Randiv, and also hammered Dilshan high over long-off.
Pietersen, who put on 94 for the fourth wicket with Ian Bell (18), was dismissed in the final session when he was leg-before to Rangana Herath as he tried to sweep the left-arm spinner.
Cook fell six short of his 20th century for the second time in four Tests when he edged off-spinner Dilshan to skipper Mahela Jayawardene at first slip. The 27-year-old had also fallen for 94 in the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in January, when he was leg-before to another off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal.
Trott added just two runs to his lunch score of 62 when he edged a sharp turning delivery from Herath to give an easy catch to Jayawardene in the slips.
scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st innings 275
England 1st innings
(overnight 154-1):
A Strauss c P Jayawardene b Dilshan 61
A Cook c Jayawardene b Dilshan 94
J. Trott c Jayawardene b Herath 64
K Pietersen lbw b Herath 151
I Bell c Randiv b Prasad 18
M Prior c Prasad b Herath 11
S Patel c Prasad b Randiv 29
T Bresnan b Herath 5
G Swann c Dilshan b Herath 17
J Anderson lbw b Herath 2
S Finn not out 2
EXTRAS: (b1, lb2, nb2, w1) 6
TOTAL: (all out, 152.3 overs) 460
FOW: 1-122, 2-213, 3-253, 4-347, 5-380, 6-411, 7-419 8-454, 9-458, 10-460.
Bowling: Lakmal 22-4-81-0 (nb2), Prasad 23-8-63-1 (w1), Herath 53-9-133-6, Dilshan 20-4-73-2, Randiv 34.3-4-107-1.
Sri Lanka 2nd innings:
D Prasad not out 0
L Thirimanne not out 0
EXTRAS: (lb4) 4
TOTAL: (for no loss, one over) 4
BOWLING: Anderson 1-1-0-0
Sri Lanka trail by 181 runs with 10 wickets in hand.
The flamboyant Pietersen plundered 16 boundaries and six sixes in his 20th Test century as the tourists piled up 460 in their first innings before being all out just before stumps on the third day. Sri Lanka, trailing by 185 runs, were 4-0 from one over in their second knock at close with Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhammika Prasad at the crease. England, who lost the first Test in Galle by 75 runs, have two days to force a series-levelling win on the wearing P. Sara Oval wicket and retain their number one ranking.
Pietersen was warned twice by the on-field umpires before the tea break for changing his stance to make a switch hit -- a right-hander playing a shot with a left-hander's grip. The warning from officials Bruce Oxenford and Asad Rauf came after bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan had to stop twice in his run-up as Pietersen turned around in his stance.
The laws of the game state the switch hit is legal, but a batsman cannot change stance before the bowler has delivered the ball.
Match referee Javagal Srinath of India said a third offence by any of the England batsmen in the innings would have resulted in five penalty runs being awarded to Sri Lanka.
The incident marred an otherwise profitable day for the tourists, who finally came good with the bat after losing four Tests in a row in Asia this year -- the 3-0 rout by Pakistan and the Galle defeat. But England may feel that they ought to have punished the hosts more.
Alastair Cook hit 94 and Jonathan Trott followed his 112 at Galle with 64, the pair sharing a second-wicket stand of 91 after skipper Andrew Strauss made 61 on Wednesday.
Pietersen reached his hundred in the same over he was warned, executing a reverse sweep for two, and celebrated the landmark by pulling the next ball from Dilshan for a boundary.
He had given England the lead with his third six, a straight drive off Suraj Randiv, which also brought up his half-century.
The South African-born batsman had earlier smashed two fours and a six off three consecutive deliveries from Randiv, and also hammered Dilshan high over long-off.
Pietersen, who put on 94 for the fourth wicket with Ian Bell (18), was dismissed in the final session when he was leg-before to Rangana Herath as he tried to sweep the left-arm spinner.
Cook fell six short of his 20th century for the second time in four Tests when he edged off-spinner Dilshan to skipper Mahela Jayawardene at first slip. The 27-year-old had also fallen for 94 in the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in January, when he was leg-before to another off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal.
Trott added just two runs to his lunch score of 62 when he edged a sharp turning delivery from Herath to give an easy catch to Jayawardene in the slips.
scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st innings 275
England 1st innings
(overnight 154-1):
A Strauss c P Jayawardene b Dilshan 61
A Cook c Jayawardene b Dilshan 94
J. Trott c Jayawardene b Herath 64
K Pietersen lbw b Herath 151
I Bell c Randiv b Prasad 18
M Prior c Prasad b Herath 11
S Patel c Prasad b Randiv 29
T Bresnan b Herath 5
G Swann c Dilshan b Herath 17
J Anderson lbw b Herath 2
S Finn not out 2
EXTRAS: (b1, lb2, nb2, w1) 6
TOTAL: (all out, 152.3 overs) 460
FOW: 1-122, 2-213, 3-253, 4-347, 5-380, 6-411, 7-419 8-454, 9-458, 10-460.
Bowling: Lakmal 22-4-81-0 (nb2), Prasad 23-8-63-1 (w1), Herath 53-9-133-6, Dilshan 20-4-73-2, Randiv 34.3-4-107-1.
Sri Lanka 2nd innings:
D Prasad not out 0
L Thirimanne not out 0
EXTRAS: (lb4) 4
TOTAL: (for no loss, one over) 4
BOWLING: Anderson 1-1-0-0
Sri Lanka trail by 181 runs with 10 wickets in hand.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Ton-up Jayawardene rescues Sri Lanka
Ton-up Jayawardene rescues Sri Lanka
COLOMBO - Skipper Mahela Jayawardene cracked his second
century in consecutive matches to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble in the
second and final Test against England in Colombo on Tuesday.
Jayawardene followed his match-winning 180 in the first Test in Galle with a classy 105 after seamer James Anderson had reduced the hosts to 30 for three within the first hour at P. Sara Oval. Thilan Samaraweera (54) added 124 for the fourth wicket with his captain as Sri Lanka recovered to post 238 for six by stumps on the opening day in a remarkable re-run of the Galle Test.
Sri Lanka had slumped to 15-3 in the first four overs of the match at Galle, before Jayawardene and Samaraweera rescued the hosts by putting on a half-century partnership.
A sell-out crowd of 5,000, mostly travelling English fans, applauded warmly when Jayawardene reached his 31st Test century with a single off left-arm spinner Samit Patel after tea.
The 34-year-old struck 11 fours and a six in his eighth hundred against England before he was trapped leg-before by off-spinner Graeme Swann with a sharp, turning delivery.
England, whose 75-run defeat at Galle followed a 3-0 rout by Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates earlier in the year, need a win to level the series and retain their number one ranking.
Andrew Strauss' men will slip to second spot behind South Africa if they lose or draw the match.
Angelo Mathews, returning to the side after missing the first Test with a calf injury, was unbeaten on 41 after adding 62 runs for the fifth wicket with his skipper.
Samaraweera said the sluggish pitch hampered shot-making. "This is not a typical Oval wicket which had true bounce," he said. "This time the ball is not coming on to the bat, it's not easy to score runs. "We have probably lost one extra wicket, but hopefully we can get to 300 and put England under pressure."
Anderson struck in his third over when he forced Tillakaratne Dilshan to edge a catch to wicket-keeper Matt Prior after the previous two balls had been driven for boundaries.
Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed first ball for the second match in a row when he was snapped up by Strauss in the slips, the England captain taking the catch at second attempt.
Lahiru Thirimanne padded up to a straight ball from Anderson and was given out leg-before by umpire Bruce Oxenford, a decision upheld by the third umpire after the batsman asked for a review. The tourists went in with a three-man seam attack, bringing in Bresnan and Steven Finn to partner Anderson with the new ball. Spinner Monty Panesar was dropped, while Stuart Broad has flown home with a calf injury.
Sri Lanka made two changes from the side that won in Galle, as a fit-again Mathews and Dhammika Prasad returned in place of Dinesh Chandimal and Chanaka Welegedara.
Jayawardene once again prevented a hat-trick, as he had done in Galle, and went on to master the England attack on a dry wicket that is expected to crumble in the later stages of the match.
Steven Finn, who joined Anderson and Tim Bresnan in a three-man seam attack, said England will be satisfied by the day's play.
"We have had a pretty good day," said Finn, who turns 23 on Wednesday. "It was a day of attrition. Jayawardene played really well and kept us at bay for a fair while, but it's pretty even at the end of the day.
"You have to wait for batsmen to make mistakes. I think every bowler did that. We've played the patient game and we have to do it again tomorrow."
Finn said Anderson's bowling stood out after a hard day's work in the field. "Jimmy is an exceptional bowler and he showed that again with three early wickets and being consistent throughout the day," he said. "He is someone that I've looked up to and hopefully I can keep learning from him."
SCORECARD
SRI LANKA 1ST INNINGS:
L Thirimanne lbw b Anderson 8
T Dilshan c Prior b Anderson 14
K Sangakkara c Strauss b Anderson 0
M Jayawardene lbw b Swann 105
T Samaraweera lbw b Bresnan 54
A Mathews not out 41
P Jayawardene c Prior b Finn 7
S Randiv not out 5
EXTRAS: (b4) 4
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 90 overs) 238
FOW: 1-21, 2-21, 3-30, 4-154, 5-216, 6-227
BOWLING: Anderson 17-2-52-3, Finn 18-3-43-1, Bresnan 15-2-32-1, Patel 16-3-32-0, Swann 22-2-71-1, Pietersen 2-0-4-0.
TOSS: Sri Lanka
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV UMPIRE: Rod Tucker (AUS)
MATCH REFEREE: Javagal Srinath (IND)
Jayawardene followed his match-winning 180 in the first Test in Galle with a classy 105 after seamer James Anderson had reduced the hosts to 30 for three within the first hour at P. Sara Oval. Thilan Samaraweera (54) added 124 for the fourth wicket with his captain as Sri Lanka recovered to post 238 for six by stumps on the opening day in a remarkable re-run of the Galle Test.
Sri Lanka had slumped to 15-3 in the first four overs of the match at Galle, before Jayawardene and Samaraweera rescued the hosts by putting on a half-century partnership.
A sell-out crowd of 5,000, mostly travelling English fans, applauded warmly when Jayawardene reached his 31st Test century with a single off left-arm spinner Samit Patel after tea.
The 34-year-old struck 11 fours and a six in his eighth hundred against England before he was trapped leg-before by off-spinner Graeme Swann with a sharp, turning delivery.
England, whose 75-run defeat at Galle followed a 3-0 rout by Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates earlier in the year, need a win to level the series and retain their number one ranking.
Andrew Strauss' men will slip to second spot behind South Africa if they lose or draw the match.
Angelo Mathews, returning to the side after missing the first Test with a calf injury, was unbeaten on 41 after adding 62 runs for the fifth wicket with his skipper.
Samaraweera said the sluggish pitch hampered shot-making. "This is not a typical Oval wicket which had true bounce," he said. "This time the ball is not coming on to the bat, it's not easy to score runs. "We have probably lost one extra wicket, but hopefully we can get to 300 and put England under pressure."
Anderson struck in his third over when he forced Tillakaratne Dilshan to edge a catch to wicket-keeper Matt Prior after the previous two balls had been driven for boundaries.
Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed first ball for the second match in a row when he was snapped up by Strauss in the slips, the England captain taking the catch at second attempt.
Lahiru Thirimanne padded up to a straight ball from Anderson and was given out leg-before by umpire Bruce Oxenford, a decision upheld by the third umpire after the batsman asked for a review. The tourists went in with a three-man seam attack, bringing in Bresnan and Steven Finn to partner Anderson with the new ball. Spinner Monty Panesar was dropped, while Stuart Broad has flown home with a calf injury.
Sri Lanka made two changes from the side that won in Galle, as a fit-again Mathews and Dhammika Prasad returned in place of Dinesh Chandimal and Chanaka Welegedara.
Jayawardene once again prevented a hat-trick, as he had done in Galle, and went on to master the England attack on a dry wicket that is expected to crumble in the later stages of the match.
Steven Finn, who joined Anderson and Tim Bresnan in a three-man seam attack, said England will be satisfied by the day's play.
"We have had a pretty good day," said Finn, who turns 23 on Wednesday. "It was a day of attrition. Jayawardene played really well and kept us at bay for a fair while, but it's pretty even at the end of the day.
"You have to wait for batsmen to make mistakes. I think every bowler did that. We've played the patient game and we have to do it again tomorrow."
Finn said Anderson's bowling stood out after a hard day's work in the field. "Jimmy is an exceptional bowler and he showed that again with three early wickets and being consistent throughout the day," he said. "He is someone that I've looked up to and hopefully I can keep learning from him."
SCORECARD
SRI LANKA 1ST INNINGS:
L Thirimanne lbw b Anderson 8
T Dilshan c Prior b Anderson 14
K Sangakkara c Strauss b Anderson 0
M Jayawardene lbw b Swann 105
T Samaraweera lbw b Bresnan 54
A Mathews not out 41
P Jayawardene c Prior b Finn 7
S Randiv not out 5
EXTRAS: (b4) 4
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 90 overs) 238
FOW: 1-21, 2-21, 3-30, 4-154, 5-216, 6-227
BOWLING: Anderson 17-2-52-3, Finn 18-3-43-1, Bresnan 15-2-32-1, Patel 16-3-32-0, Swann 22-2-71-1, Pietersen 2-0-4-0.
TOSS: Sri Lanka
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
TV UMPIRE: Rod Tucker (AUS)
MATCH REFEREE: Javagal Srinath (IND)
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