Date-stamped : 28 Jul2000 - 06:22
18-22 January 1994
1st Test: India v Sri Lanka, Match Report
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Day 2 Report
India were all out for 511 off the penultimate ball of the second day,
Nayan Mongia caught by Samaraveera off Muralitharan for 44. V. Raju
was not out on 5. It did seem that the tailenders were told to push
the score rapidly in order for an overnight declara- tion (this is
just my opinion). Mongia hit Wickremasighe for two fours while Raju
added a third off the penultimate over of the day. Earlier Sachin
Tendulkar was the first to get out on the second day out for 142.
Tendulkar hit 4 fours off the first over of the morning (when 75 min
of play was lost due to foggy condi- tions) off Wickremasinghe to
reach his hundred. Azhar was un- characteristically slow and was the
next to go after having made 47.
Manjrekar started quite briskly and he and Kapil were going good
before Muralitharan struck getting both. Manjrekar was caught and
bowled by Muralitharan for 61 whereas kapil was caught by
wickremasinghe b muralitharan for 42. Manjrekar fell at 6/446 whereas
kapil was out at 7/458. Kumble and Mongia then had a 24 run
partnership, the latter doing most of the scoring. Kumble was
eventually bowled by Wickremasinghe for 4 at 8/482. Ra- jesh Chauhan
soon followed after having made 3 at 9/491. Mural- itharan ended up
with 5 wickets in the match. Crucial days of play lies ahead
tomorrow.
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Sachin Tendulkar hit a stylish 142 as India amassed 511 runs in
the first innings of the first test against Sri Lanka. Sanjay
Manjrekar celebrated his return to the Indian team with a sedate
61 and newcomer Nayan Mongia slammed a quick fire 44. The Indian
innings ended on the penultimate ball of the day with Sri Lankan
off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan scalping five wickets. Mural-
ithran was the most punished bowler though giving away 162 runs.
Thanks to goo-chie (jdw5@*.ukc.ac.uk)
Day 3 Report
Sri Lanka faced a probable follow on after leg spinner Anil Kum-
ble plucked four wickets on the third day of the first test. Re-
plying to India's first innings score of 511 the visitors still
needed 115 to avoid batting again at the close of play. Sri
Lanka's first wicket pair of Roshan Mahanama and Duleep
Samarweera put on 120 runs. When both fell at the that score the
innings came apart and to leave Sri Lanka on 197 for 7.
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Sri Lanka struggle after opening stand
Openers Roshan Mahanama and Duleep Samaraweera gave Sri Lanka a
solid start in reply to India's 511 in the first test on Thursday
but the other batting crumbled and the visitors managed only 197
for seven. Sri Lanka, who plunged from 120 without loss, need
another 115 to avoid the follow on when play resumes on Saturday
after Friday's rest day.
Anil Kumble had to wait until an hour after lunch before Mahanama
became his first victim, one of his four dismissals for 69. Maha-
nama, who had batted with assurance and poise for his 73, mis-
timed a sweep. The ball rose high towards short square leg, and
wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia had ample time to run from behind the
stumps to claim his first test wicket. Mahanama hit six fours and
faced 167 balls.
Samaraweera promptly fell leg before to Rajesh Chauhan for 42
with the total still on 120. The openers' fall started the slide,
with Kumble's line and length causing major problems. Next to go
was Hasan Tillekeratne (7), snicking a Kumble delivery into
Mongia's gloves. Neither Aravinda de Silva nor captain Arjuna
Ranatunga could stop the rot and looked overawed by the swing in
fortunes. De Silva (13) departed after playing forward to a ball
from Kumble while Ranatunga (9) fell after dealing half-heartedly
with a delivery from Venkatapathy Raju.
Kumble removed Ruwan Kalpage (2) and Raju collected the last
wicket of the day against a courageous Pubudu Dissanayake, who
struck a defiant 36. Dissanayake stepped out and tried to sweep
but missed the line of the ball, allowing Mongia to whip off the
bails. Kapil Dev, only seven wickets short of Sir Richard Hadlee's test
record of 431, bowled only seven overs.
Thanks to Vicky (VIGNESWA@*umass.edu)
Day 4 report
India's sensational leg-spinner Anil Kumble picked up a career-best
seven for 59 here on Saturday as Sri Lanka were crushed by an innings
margin in the first Test. The 23-year-old mechanical engineer from
Bangalore returned match figures of 11 for 128, and now has an
incredible tally of 77 wickets in just 14 Tests. Following on 293
runs behind, the Sri Lankan second in- nings folded up for 174 to give
India a resounding victory by an innings and 119 runs and an ideal
start to the three-Test series. Saturday's triumph over Sri Lanka,
India's sixth victory in their last eight matches, was also their 50th
victory in Test cricket. The second Test starts in the southern city
of Bangalore on Janu- ary 26. The third will be played in the
southern city of Ahmeda- bad from February 8.
Kumble's remarkable strike power proved too much for the bewildered
Sri Lankans who lost 13 wickets in the three sessions of the fourth
day's play and gave the Indians a well-deserved rest on Sunday, the
scheduled fifth day. Starting the day at Thursday's score of 197 for
seven in reply to India's mammoth 511, the Sri Lankans were bowled out
for 218 in their first in- nings half-an-hour after the start at the
wind-swept K.D. Babu Stadium. A belligerent 45 by Roshan Mahanama
and 47 by Hashan Tillakaratne took Sri Lanka to 100 for one in their
second in- nings half an hour after lunch.
But Sri Lankans lost six wickets for the addition of 23 runs to go to
tea at an uncomfortable 123 for six. Pubudu Dassanayake and Dulip
Liyanage saved Sri Lanka the blushes with a 40-run stand for the
seventh wicket, but India's victory was never in doubt. However, the
Sri Lankan batsmen appeared unhappy at some disputed decisions by
umpire R.C. Sharama, standing in his first test. Dulip Samaraweera,
who fell for 29 after padding a googly from Kumble, appeared unhappy
at the decision and indi- cated to umpire Sharma that the ball had
pitched too far outside the off stump. Later, Sri Lankan skipper
Arjuna Ranatunga was caught at the wicket by Nayan Mongia, a decision
the batsman disputed before angrily walking off.
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