England tour of Sri Lanka,

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200 up

England 200/4 (79.0 ov) England require another 140 runs with 6 wickets remaining

78.5
Herath to Trott, 1 run, tossed up into the right-hander, Trott brings up the 200 with a drive to long-on, applause from the stong contingent of England fans. 140 more seems not that far away

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79.3
Lakmal to Prior, 1 run, Prior stays in his crease and opens the face of the bat to steer a length ball behind point, more applause from the fans for the *50 partnership *

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259/8 (97.4 ov) England require another 81 runs with 2 wickets remaining

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94.6
***v to Trott, OUT, 81.1 kph, **Trott now gone and is that the game-changer...worked round the corner from middle and leg and a great catch taken with two hands to Dilshan's left at leg slip...Trott's given England a chance with a wonderful innings but won't be there at the end now...

IJL Trott c Dilshan b **v 112 (266b 10x4 0x6) SR: 42.10 *

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97.5
Herath to Swann, OUT

*GP Swann lbw b Herath 1 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 11.11 *

down for the sweep, missed and given out and referred, England's last...

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Lankan :hbk:

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Lankan shoud bring Mendis in next match :aj:

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98.6

 *****v to Panesar, OUT, but he's **gone first ball!** Caught in the gully and **Sri Lanka have won by 75 runs**  




 **MS Panesar c Dilshan b *****v 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00  **

So last chance saloon and Monty Panesar...could say he owes England a few runs...

98.5

 *****v to Anderson, OUT, 83.9 kph, forward outside off stump and **caught behind!** A sharp chance taken  by Jayawardene from a feather edge through. Fine delivery, bounce and  turn away from Anderson and a tiny nick is good enough to put Sri Lanka  on the cusp of victory  




 **JM Anderson c †HAPW Jayawardene b *****v 5 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 83.33  **
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**Sri Lanka have won by 75 runs

Congratulation Sri Lanka :clap: wel played :clap:
**

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All 10 wickets in this second innings falling to spin, Herath has 12 in the match...England frailties against spin bowling prove their downfall once again. The last six wickets falling for 31 runs and in the end their record chase attempt proved a bridge too far.

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:hbk: :yahoo: In next match bring Mendis as well and start with spinners :cobra:

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itna b free na hon aap
wese ajmal ar hafeez ko SL na baij dain next test k laiye :barbie:

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  • Jonathan Trott played the Dirk Bogarde role with a fabulous innings, giving England a fighting chance but ultimately he received no support, there were only two partnerships above fifty in the second innings and that is simply not good enough to build a big score. *
  • But ultimately it was the first innings failures where England lost this match. Firstly the missed chances against Mahela Jayawardene - who's played the match-winning knock in this game - cost them the chance to bowl Sri Lanka out cheaper and the batting flopped to leave them too far behind and chasing the game. *
  • England did well chasing the game though, fighting back in the third innings and then had chances to fire Sri Lanka out, the last two wickets in that third innings added 87 - enough for the difference between these sides. *
  • For Sri Lanka, they have't played world-beating cricket here but the Jayawardene's - first Mahela's brilliant 180 and then Prasanna's vital 61 - were their stars that set up the chance for the spinner Herath and *****v to put England under pressure. *
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Abdur Rehman ko bhool gai aap :hbk:

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Time for the presentation...
"In truth we made too many mistakes to win the game," Andrew Strauss says. "We left ourselves too much to do, mainly with our batting in the first innings. In international cricket there's no room for mistakes.

"We had a great position in the first innings to go big but we all felt too softly. We probably didn't get the balance between attack and defence right.
"It's frustrating cause I feel like i'm playing well," Strauss says on his own form.

"It's been a tough period for us to get things right but the boys worked really hard to improve as a team and today we showed a lot of character. We just had to hang in there for a while," Mahela Jayawardene says.

"With 340 on the board the bowlers were much more relaxed. Rangana Hearth has been around a long time and Suraj *****v is settling into his groove now and can become a good bowler for us."

Man of the Match for his 12 wickets is Rangana Herath, who receives a trophy that looks like something off the Krypton Factor.

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ik spinner apne pass b tu rehna chiye na :@:

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England :rotfl:

:rotfl:

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gooood stuff!!! shabbash SL!

hahahahahahahahahah @ *****v's name still getting censored.. i cant get over this..

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4th straight defeat in Asian conditions ... dare say many more to follow!!

Actually for a while (230 odd for 4) I thought England had a chance but then they collapsed in familiar fashion

If England lose or even draw the second (and final) test against Sri Lanka, they will lose the #1 test spot to South Africa. They must win the next test

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England tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012

Toss: Sri Lanka have won the toss and they will bat first. Tim Bresnan and Steven Finn are playing today for England. They're in for Panesar and Broad.

As for Sri Lanka, Angelo Mathews is in for Dinesh Chandimal. Welegedara was out injured anyway, so Dhammika Prasad replaces him.

The pitch has a covering of grass which holds the cracks together. The cracks will widen. It's a dry surface, looks like a result pitch.

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End of over 5 (8 runs) Sri Lanka 21/2 [TABLE]
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JM Anderson

3-0-15-2

HDRL Thirimanne

7* (13b 1x4)

ST Finn

2-0-6-0

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Sangakkara was out first ball in the first innings of the first Test as well

4.6

 Anderson to Sangakkara, OUT, 134.3 kph, Anderson's on a hat-trick! Sanga's quiet series turns to a pin-drop,  beautiful delivery from Anderson, on a good length on the corridor  outside off, Sangakkara too had to play at it and the outside edge flew  to first slip, Strauss fumbled at first but caught it at the second  attempt one-handed  




 **KC Sangakkara c Strauss b Anderson 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00  **

4.5

 Anderson to Dilshan, OUT, 136.8 kph, Anderson has the last laugh! He learns from his mistake after the two  boundaries by holding the length back, more on a good length but Dilshan  had to play at it, was forward and beside the line and he ended up  getting an outside edge that travelled low to Prior's right  




 **TM Dilshan c †Prior b Anderson 14 (16b 3x4 0x6) SR: 87.50  **

Slip goes out to extra cover

4.4

 Anderson to Dilshan, **FOUR**, 135.4 kph, replay of the previous delivery, full outside off and he drives this harder, exploits the huge gap at cover, raced away

4.3

 Anderson to Dilshan, **FOUR**, 134.3 kph, no risks involved in that, full outside off and he bends his knee  slightly and thrashes it past mid-off and cover, hit that hard
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End of over 9 (wicket maiden) Sri Lanka 30/3
JM Anderson 5-1-19-3
DPMD Jayawardene 8* (11b 2x4) ST Finn 4-1-11-0

8.6

Anderson to Thirimanne, OUT, 132.5 kph, appeal for an lbw and he's given out! But Thirimanne has referred it, he's gone, not the wisest decision really padding up in front of the stumps, Anderson pitched that on middle and leg and got it to straighten from over the wicket, Thirimanne went a long way across and didn;t offer a shot, exposed his leg stump and that was smashing the middle stump, there was a referral after the umpire gave him out

HDRL Thirimanne lbw b Anderson 8 (26b 1x4 0x6) SR: 30.76