NT Paranavitana c Strauss b Finn 65runs 184balls faced 10fours 0sixes 35.32 SR
so by our local GS pakistani fan standards he is the BAAP of tuk tuking. Right?
Here is what cricinfo says:
Finn to Paranavitana, OUT, the stand is broken! **Paranavitana’s patience and concentration is finally broken as he flashes a flat-batted drive at a full, wide ball and edges straight to Strauss at first slip. **He’s given it away and he knows it, walking off with head bowed. Still, take nothing away from his contribution to an opening partnership that has brought Sri Lanka right back into this game
So if some one like that had been a Paki player, with a debut tour innings on his test match, and scored such a way…he would be crucified on the Tuk tuk gallows for sure..
That’s what a captain with real character and Temprament does after being pummeld just a few days back … unlike some other who chose to run away instead facing the music
“I called to inform (you of) my retirement from all forms of (international) cricket after 20 years of play,” Jayasuriya told reporters in Colombo.
“I’ll retire after playing a one-day and a T20 game,” he said. Sri Lanka face England in a Twenty20 match on June 25 before the first one-dayer at the Oval three days later.
The 41-year-old all-rounder, who quit test cricket in 2007, made the announcement after Sri Lanka Cricket recalled him for the T20 and one-day squads to face England.
Jayasuriya, who helped Sri Lanka to their only World Cup triumph in 1996, remains the island nation’s highest run scorer in one-day internationals with 13,428 runs from 444 matches.
3rd Test (16-20 June) @ The Rose Bowl, Southampton, Day 3
**Sri Lanka 184
England 69/2
**Rain has completely ruined this test. England will look to score big in the first innings and then bowl SLA out cheaply in the second innings (cf. first test)
then it must’ve been some other player from SL who had retired then un-retired 