Sri Lanka 520/8d

India 164/3 (35.3 ov)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Day 4 - Session 1

• India in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
• Test no. 1964 | 2010 season
• Played at Galle International Stadium
• 18,19,20,21,22 July 2010 (5-day match)

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c †Dhoni b Sharma	111	289	233	12	0	47.63
	69.2 jaffa from Ishant and he's sent Paranavitana back. Lovely ball after the previous one, this one angled away just a touch from back of a length. Paranavitana poked at it uncertainly off the backfoot and got a healthy edge, with Dhoni having to dive across to take the catch. After one and a half days of waiting, Paranavitana will be disappointed he could only add one run to his score. 259/3
	TM Dilshan	c †Dhoni b Mithun	25	52	24	6	0	104.16
	10.1 Mithun has struck! Dilshan is gone! Very well-directed bouncer, angling in from off to leg, Dilshan is hurried into the pull and can only get some glove through to Dhoni. Lots of effort put into the ball, and as it happens so often, a wicket immediately after drinks. First Test wicket for Mithun and he deserved it. He's bowled exceptionally well to Dilshan all morning. 55/1
	KC Sangakkara*	c Tendulkar b Sehwag	103	198	145	12	0	71.03
	61.1 Sehwag's golden arm sends back Sangakkara with a shocker of a delivery! Short and asking to be deposited well beyond midwicket, Sanga picked out Sachin Tendulkar some 15 yards in front of the boundary and he made no mistake. 236/2
	DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Sharma	48	123	78	6	0	61.53
	87.5 this time Harper has sent him on his way! Ishant pegs Mahela back again with one of those in-duckers, it rears nastily from off and middle towards leg stump. Mahela misses the attempted flick and is hit in front of middle and leg, a tad high. He was well back, and hawkeye says it would have his the top of leg. Ishant has his reward, this is a wonderful spell ladies and gentlemen. 322/5
	TT Samaraweera	lbw b Mithun	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
	70.4 he's nailed him this time! No need for a fielder if you can do it yourself eh Mithun! It's again that ball of his, which slants in late from outside off. He had Dilshan in trouble with it on day one, and now he's got Samaraweera. It may have hit him marginally outside off, and Hawkeye says it would have clipped the skin off the top of middle stump. 260/4
	AD Mathews	c Laxman b Sharma	41	101	58	6	0	70.68
	91.6 Ishant nips out one more! Mathews is gone, after exhibiting great restraint in the last couple of overs, this time he hangs his bat at one outside off. It flies off the outside edge to the right of VVS Laxman at second slip, who tumbled to his right and takes a smart catch. Ishant! What a spell! Respect! 344/6
	HAPW Jayawardene†	lbw b Mithun	27	48	26	2	1	103.84
	97.6 Mithun strikes, that's the end of Prasanna, he was looking to play it to the leg side after moving across the stumps, he misses and his pad gets in the way of a ball that was going on to hit middle 393/7
	HMRKB Herath	not out	80	137	93	10	1	86.02
	SL Malinga	c Harbhajan Singh b Mithun	64	95	75	9	2	85.33
	120.6 Finally India make the breakthrough, Mithun's short ball does the job, Malinga falls away as he swipes at that one, gets an edge that swirls to fine leg where Harbhajan pouches the catch 508/8
	M Muralitharan	not out	5	15	10	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 9, nb 5)	16
	Total	(8 wickets dec; 124 overs; 537 mins)	520	(4.19 runs per over)

Did not bat UWMBCA Welegedara

Fall of wickets1-55 (Dilshan, 10.1 ov), 2-236 (Sangakkara, 61.1 ov), 3-259 (Paranavitana, 69.2 ov), 4-260 (Samaraweera, 70.4 ov), 5-322 (DPMD Jayawardene, 87.5 ov), 6-344 (Mathews, 91.6 ov), 7-393 (HAPW Jayawardene, 97.6 ov), 8-508 (Malinga, 120.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	I Sharma	28	5	145	3	5.17	(5nb)
	69.2 to Paranavitana, jaffa from Ishant and he's sent Paranavitana back. Lovely ball after the previous one, this one angled away just a touch from back of a length. Paranavitana poked at it uncertainly off the backfoot and got a healthy edge, with Dhoni having to dive across to take the catch. After one and a half days of waiting, Paranavitana will be disappointed he could only add one run to his score. 259/3 87.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, this time Harper has sent him on his way! Ishant pegs Mahela back again with one of those in-duckers, it rears nastily from off and middle towards leg stump. Mahela misses the attempted flick and is hit in front of middle and leg, a tad high. He was well back, and hawkeye says it would have his the top of leg. Ishant has his reward, this is a wonderful spell ladies and gentlemen. 322/5 91.6 to Mathews, Ishant nips out one more! Mathews is gone, after exhibiting great restraint in the last couple of overs, this time he hangs his bat at one outside off. It flies off the outside edge to the right of VVS Laxman at second slip, who tumbled to his right and takes a smart catch. Ishant! What a spell! Respect! 344/6
	A Mithun	28	3	105	4	3.75
	10.1 to Dilshan, Mithun has struck! Dilshan is gone! Very well-directed bouncer, angling in from off to leg, Dilshan is hurried into the pull and can only get some glove through to Dhoni. Lots of effort put into the ball, and as it happens so often, a wicket immediately after drinks. First Test wicket for Mithun and he deserved it. He's bowled exceptionally well to Dilshan all morning. 55/1 70.4 to Samaraweera, he's nailed him this time! No need for a fielder if you can do it yourself eh Mithun! It's again that ball of his, which slants in late from outside off. He had Dilshan in trouble with it on day one, and now he's got Samaraweera. It may have hit him marginally outside off, and Hawkeye says it would have clipped the skin off the top of middle stump. 260/4 97.6 to HAPW Jayawardene, Mithun strikes, that's the end of Prasanna, he was looking to play it to the leg side after moving across the stumps, he misses and his pad gets in the way of a ball that was going on to hit middle 393/7 120.6 to Malinga, Finally India make the breakthrough, Mithun's short ball does the job, Malinga falls away as he swipes at that one, gets an edge that swirls to fine leg where Harbhajan pouches the catch 508/8
	Harbhajan Singh	30	4	98	0	3.26
	PP Ojha	28	1	115	0	4.10
	V Sehwag	10	0	46	1	4.60
	61.1 to Sangakkara, Sehwag's golden arm sends back Sangakkara with a shocker of a delivery! Short and asking to be deposited well beyond midwicket, Sanga picked out Sachin Tendulkar some 15 yards in front of the boundary and he made no mistake. 236/2

	India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Gambhir	lbw b Malinga	2	2	2	0	0	100.00
	0.2 Gambhir has succumbed! Similar ball from Malinga, a hint of inward movement from off stump towards middle and leg, Gambhir seemed to fall over as he tried to flick. He misses and is caught plumb in front of the stumps, but has himself to blame here, trying to play across the line before getting his eye in. Sri Lanka have struck a huge blow here and Malinga's wonderful comeback to Test cricket continues! 2/1
	V Sehwag	not out	104		113	18	1	92.03
	R Dravid	run out (Malinga/Mathews)	18	64	33	1	0	54.54
	12.2 Mathews to Sehwag, Dravid has got himself out here trying to run a totally needless second! Sehwag drove to mid off and they took off for a quick single. Malinga misfielded and Dravid belatedly decided to take a second one, but was caught well short at the non-striker's end. Huge and unnecessary loss for India here! Fatal error in judgement and Dravid is distraught. He should be. He was late on the decision to run two, and could have done away with it altogether. 68/2
	SR Tendulkar	lbw b Muralitharan	8	29	21	1	0	38.09
	20.4 Murali moves to 793 and what a wicket to pick! Full on middle, Sachin went for the sweep and missed it, there was not much turn and it would have hit the top of middle and leg. Sachin is gone and India are in come strife here. 101/3
	VVS Laxman	not out	20		53	2	0	37.73
	Extras	(lb 1, w 2, nb 9)