SPORT SL 3 LST

The Sri Lankan stumper-batsman drove Zaheer, pulled
Sreesanth and swept Pragyan Ojha with elan but looked ill at
ease against Harbhajan Singh.

Two streaky boundaries off Harbhajan exposed his
discomfiture against the offie and the spinner finally pushed
one through the gate to rearrange the timbers to snap the
sixth wicket stand that yielded 61 runs for the beleaguered
islanders.
Rangana Herath (13) hit Harbhajan for back-to-back
boundaries before the offie trapped him plumb in front.
Muttiah Muralitharan played a typical entertaining
11-ball knock of 29. The first three balls he faced, from
Harbhajan, were hit for 6,4,4. The first one cleared long on
ropes and the next two went over mid-wicket.
Muralitharan then went after Ojha, hitting him over long
on for his second six but completely missed the line as the
next delivery pegged back the stumps.
Samaraweera and Mendis, who hit a career-best 27,
however, refused to throw in the towel and dug their heels to
frustrate the Indian players for about 20 overs.
The fact that the intensity of the Indians sagged after
three days of dominance also helped their cause.
Mendis survived 74 balls before the 75th, sent down by
Yuvraj Singh, trapped him in front of wicket to snap the
73-run stand. Ojha then caught Chanaka Welegedara (4) off his
own bowling to complete the win. PTI AY
DDC


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