Just as I was predicting- all the super stars have proved to be dud one more time, and India has suffered a massive loss. हे सगळे कागदी घोडे आहेत- यांनी आता retire व्हायला पाहिजे……..आणि तरुण लोकांना खेळु दिले पाहिजे…..
I hope we don’t loose second test equally badly. Part of the problem is there is no motivation for these ’starts’ to keep on playing either. They know they’ll be called ’starts’ and they know they may not make it to one day or 20/20 team, and they know they’ll get paid no matter…. so why bother sweating when you can watch match from a comfortable chair?
Anyway, here’s the scorecard from Cricinfo:
Test no. 1882
India in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v India 2008 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, on 23,24,25,26 July 2008 (5-day match)
Result Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs
Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MG Vandort c Karthik b Sharma 3 18 13 0 0 23.07
BSM Warnapura c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 115 268 202 14 0 56.93
KC Sangakkara c Dravid b Khan 12 47 21 1 0 57.14
DPMD Jayawardene c Karthik b Sharma 136 375 259 10 1 52.50
TT Samaraweera c Laxman b Khan 127 292 224 18 0 56.69
TM Dilshan not out 125 264 170 12 1 73.52
HAPW Jayawardene c Sharma b Harbhajan Singh 30 95 70 1 0 42.85
WPUJC Vaas not out 22 47 32 4 0 68.75
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 3, nb 18) 30
Total (6 wickets dec; 162 overs; 705 mins) 600 (3.70 runs per over)
Did not bat KMDN Kulasekara, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets1-7 (Vandort, 3.6 ov), 2-57 (Sangakkara, 12.6 ov), 3-212 (Warnapura, 60.5 ov), 4-360 (DPMD Jayawardene, 102.2 ov), 5-454 (Samaraweera, 129.2 ov), 6-545 (HAPW Jayawardene, 151.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Z Khan 37 2 156 2 4.21 (12nb, 2w)
I Sharma 33 4 124 2 3.75 (1w)
SC Ganguly 8 1 24 0 3.00
Harbhajan Singh 43 2 149 2 3.46
A Kumble 37 4 121 0 3.27 (6nb)
V Sehwag 4 0 17 0 4.25
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir c Samaraweera b Muralitharan 39 74 55 5 0 70.90
V Sehwag c Warnapura b Kulasekara 25 23 16 5 0 156.25
R Dravid b Mendis 14 55 35 2 0 40.00
SR Tendulkar b Muralitharan 27 60 46 3 0 58.69
SC Ganguly c Kulasekara b Muralitharan 23 80 57 4 0 40.35
VVS Laxman b Mendis 56 162 118 6 0 47.45
KD Karthik c & b Muralitharan 9 13 16 1 0 56.25
A Kumble lbw b Mendis 1 34 15 0 0 6.66
Harbhajan Singh c Warnapura b Muralitharan 9 9 9 2 0 100.00
Z Khan lbw b Mendis 5 13 16 0 0 31.25
I Sharma not out 13 70 54 1 0 24.07
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (all out; 72.5 overs; 298 mins) 223 (3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-36 (Sehwag, 5.1 ov), 2-79 (Gambhir, 17.3 ov), 3-79 (Dravid, 18.1 ov), 4-123 (Tendulkar, 31.5 ov), 5-138 (Ganguly, 37.6 ov), 6-147 (Karthik, 41.6 ov), 7-170 (Kumble, 48.5 ov), 8-181 (Harbhajan Singh, 51.2 ov), 9-188 (Khan, 54.5 ov), 10-223 (Laxman, 72.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 5 0 23 0 4.60
KMDN Kulasekara 11 2 42 1 3.81
BAW Mendis 27.5 5 72 4 2.58
M Muralitharan 29 4 84 5 2.89
India 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Gambhir st HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan 43 126 90 4 0 47.77
V Sehwag lbw b Muralitharan 13 30 17 2 0 76.47
VVS Laxman lbw b Mendis 21 33 26 3 0 80.76
SR Tendulkar c Dilshan b Muralitharan 12 42 30 1 0 40.00
R Dravid c Warnapura b Mendis 10 41 30 1 0 33.33
SC Ganguly c Dilshan b Muralitharan 4 14 12 1 0 33.33
KD Karthik c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 10 6 0 0 0.00
A Kumble b Muralitharan 12 24 24 2 0 50.00
Harbhajan Singh b Mendis 15 34 28 1 0 53.57
Z Khan b Mendis 3 11 6 0 0 50.00
I Sharma not out 5 2 1 0 0 500.00
Extras 0
Total (all out; 45 overs; 187 mins) 138 (3.06 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-25 (Sehwag, 6.4 ov), 2-53 (Laxman, 14.2 ov), 3-82 (Tendulkar, 23.4 ov), 4-95 (Gambhir, 29.5 ov), 5-103 (Ganguly, 33.5 ov), 6-103 (Dravid, 34.2 ov), 7-103 (Karthik, 35.5 ov), 8-120 (Kumble, 41.3 ov), 9-133 (Khan, 44.3 ov), 10-138 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 5 0 27 0 5.40
KMDN Kulasekara 9 3 25 0 2.77
BAW Mendis 18 3 60 4 3.33
M Muralitharan 13 3 26 6 2.00