**1st Test: Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Mar 26-30, 2012 **
Sri Lanka 211/7 (70.5 ov)
England
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
Umpire reviews remaining Sri Lanka 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful); England 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
End of over 71 (5 runs) Sri Lanka 211/7 [TABLE]
HMRKB Herath
1* (10b)
GP Swann
19-3-73-0
DPMD Jayawardene
108* (214b 12x4 2x6)
SCJ Broad
12-0-42-1
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Current partnership 51 runs, 12.4 overs, RR: 4.02 (DPMD Jayawardene 42, Herath 5)
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End of over 79 (9 runs) Sri Lanka 247/7 [TABLE]
DPMD Jayawardene
136* (245b 14x4 3x6)
GP Swann
23-3-92-0
HMRKB Herath
5* (27b)
MS Panesar
20-11-31-0
Current partnership 56 runs, 13.0 overs, RR: 4.30 (DPMD Jayawardene 47, Herath 5)
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250 up for the SL
Sri Lanka 251/7 (79.1 ov)
79.1
Panesar to DPMD Jayawardene, FOUR, delightfully played, chipped over extra cover and timed well enough to the rope
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150 for Mahela Jayawardene 
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That's 150 for the skipper...
82.3
Anderson to DPMD Jayawardene, FOUR, pulled round the corner and a chance for Panesar in the deep but **straight through his hands!** The old, comedy Monty in the field returns and that is a bad drop, straight to him, an uncontrolled top edge and Panesar took it on the base of the left hand before it slid over the rope
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83.5
Broad to DPMD Jayawardene, FOUR, now a full toss outside off is dispatched through the covers
83.4
Broad to DPMD Jayawardene, FOUR, and to rub salt in the wound, a lovely clip past Panesar at mid on that whistles away for four
83.3
Broad to DPMD Jayawardene, 2 runs, **down again!** A lofted drive goes straight up in the air, it's Monty again! But again through the fingers! And again Jayawardene survives
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Sri Lanka 289/8 (90.0 ov)
Stumps - Day 1
Current partnership 36 runs, 9.4 overs, RR: 3.72 (DPMD Jayawardene 26, Welegedara 10)
End of over 90 (maiden) Sri Lanka 289/8 [TABLE]
DPMD Jayawardene
168* (290b 20x4 3x6)
SCJ Broad
18-1-66-1
UWMBCA Welegedara
10* (18b 2x4)
MS Panesar
23-11-42-0
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A captain's knock (168*) by Mahela, his 30th test hundred
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Aaj Monty ki khoob phenti lagi ho gi dressing room may 
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Mahela is no mahela...
:D
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90.6
Anderson to Welegedara, FOUR, whoa. Enough of ducking and weaving. Clears the front leg and pulls this bouncer away through midwicket. Like swatting a fly. What a first over for Sri Lanka
90.5
Anderson to Welegedara, no run, stays away from this bouncer, which bounces a tough too high
90.4
Anderson to Welegedara, 4 leg byes, another superb short delivery. The bumpers have got progressively better. This is a mean one, and crashes into the helmet of the ducking Welegedara. It flies towards second slip where Trott drops it for four ore leg-byes. Good thing Wele didn't touch it, or we could another drop to the list
90.3
Anderson to Welegedara, no run, fuller now, Chanaka more comfortable with it. Pushes it back to Anderson, who has a mock throw at him
90.2
Anderson to Welegedara, FOUR, another short ball, and a good one, towards his chest, middle-stump line, Chanaka doesn't know what to do, hangs his bat at it, and gets a healthy enough top edge to clear Prior and get four runs
90.1
Anderson to Welegedara, 4 leg byes, bangs it in short, looking to bring short leg into play, rib high, but a bit too straight, and Wele manages to get enough thigh pad onto this to get it past Prior
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*Stuart Broad to bowl now. Are we going to see the same old tactics where England look to get only one batsman out, and not Jayawardene? Strauss takes him time to set the field. He has moved Panesar from mid-on to deep backward square, and then to deep point. Oh come on already, poor Monty will be tired even before the game begins. And we have a deep-set field, if you are curious
*
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Current partnership 53 runs, 11.5 overs, RR: 4.47 (DPMD Jayawardene 26, Welegedara 19)
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92.6
Anderson to Welegedara, OUT, lovely bowling. Anderson has done it by himself. Welegedara must have been expecting a bouncer, as he is stuck on the back foot. Anderson slips in the slower offcutter, Welegedara's foot is nowhere near it, and it breaks through the gap between bat and pad, hitting the top of leg. That's a clever dismissal
**UWMBCA Welegedara b Anderson 19 (26b 4x4 0x6) SR: 73.07 **
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96.3
[TD="width: 100%"] Anderson to DPMD Jayawardene, OUT, Oh well done Anderson. Just when I was about to say this is looking like a middle-wicket net session. Anderson gets his fifth. Just short of a length, just outside off, Jayawardene comes forward to defend. The ball just holds its line, the edge is taken, and finally Anderson has produced the breakthrough
**DPMD Jayawardene c †Prior b Anderson 180 (315b 22x4 3x6) SR: 57.14 **
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Very well played DPMD Jayawardene
Sri Lanka 318 (96.3 ov)
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Sri Lanka 318
England 94/6 (27 overs)
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Broad Asian teams key bradman 
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27.6
Lakmal to Broad, no run, slower offcutter, beats Broad, draws an appeal for lbw, but this is hitting middle and leg, and being an offcutter this has to have pitched outside leg
27.5
Lakmal to Broad, FOUR, Broad is on fire here. Short of a length, angling away, and he punches it to the left of backward point. Lovely timing again
Jayawardene has a chat with Lakmal
27.4
Lakmal to Broad, FOUR, short again, and Broad is enjoying himself. Lakmal doesn’t quite have the pace to be bowling bouncers, and Broad has pulled this wide of mid-on for four
27.3
Lakmal to Broad, SIX, and that plan might be shelved soon. Lakmal bowls a bouncer and friendly pace, and Broad has absolutely smashed the pull shot over deep square leg
Two men for the bouncer now
27.2
Lakmal to Broad, FOUR, short of a length, angling across, punched away nicely past cover for four. That’s as good a shot as any played today
113/6 (28 overs)
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:@:
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29.6
Lakmal to Broad, FOUR, flashes at a length ball wide of off, opens the face, places it to the right of point, gets another boundary
29.5
Lakmal to Broad, no run, in the blockhole now, from wide of the crease, Broad is opened up in keeping it out
29.4
Lakmal to Broad, FOUR, wide of the crease again, full this time, broad drives, gets a thick edge, which flies between gully and point. This one definitely holds its line outside off. There could be some swing possible
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Hearth 5 wkts
Maira S Lanka Mahan 
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32.1
Herath to Broad, OUT, full, swept and missed given out! and Broad goes straight for the referral. It doesn’t look as if he’s hit this…no hotspot in this series remember so there’s no conclusive proof and Broad will have to go because hawk-eye has it hitting in line and going on to hit the stumps
SCJ Broad lbw b Herath 28 (15b 5x4 1x6) SR: 186.66