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| July 10, 2005 | Sunday | Jumadi-us-Sani 2, 1426 |
Depleted Windies crumble against spin
COLOMBO, July 9: Spinners Rangana Herath and Kaushal Lokuarachchi bagged three wickets apiece as the weakened West Indies were bowled out for a paltry 110 by a Sri Lankan Board President’s XI here on Saturday.
The touring side, without star batsmen Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan because of a sponsorship row, were dismissed in 51 overs after being put in to bat in the two-day practice game at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground.
In reply, the home side were 152-1 at close of the first day’s play. Captain Marvan Atapattu, who is trying to regain fitness after a back injury, was unbeaten on 78 and left-hander Kumar Sangakkara on a solid 25.
Herath bagged 3-23 and Lokuarachchi 3-15 as none of the West Indian batsmen managed to stay in the middle with Omari Banks the top-scorer at 18. Only five batsmen reached double-figures.
Atapattu added to their woes as he reached his half-century off 85 balls.
The Sri Lankans fielded six regular players in a bid to give them match practice as they resumed international cricket after three months.
The first Test will be held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground here from July 13 while the second match will be played in the hill resort of Kandy from July 21.
Scoreboard
WEST INDIES (1st Innings):
X.M. Marshall c Sangakkara b J’daran 5
R. Ramdass run out 0
R.S. Morton lbw b Herath 17
S.C. Joseph c Mirando b Lokuarachchi 11
S. Chanderpaul c de Silva b J’daran 15
D.R. Smith b Jayaweera 0
D. Ramdin c de Silva b Herath 6
O.A.C. Banks c Tharanga b Herath 18
D.C. Butler lbw b Lokuarachchi 13
K.C.B. Jeremy lbw b Lokuarachchi 1
T.L. Best not out 3
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2, W-3, NB-13) 21
TOTAL (all out, 51 overs) 110
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-10, 3-40, 4-47, 5-49, 6-67, 7-75, 8-92, 9-99.
BOWLING: Mirando 5-0-27-0 (7nb, 1w); Jayaprakashdaran 9-3-20-2 (2nb); Herath 15-6-23-3 (3nb); Jayaweera 10-4-19-1; Lokuarachchi 11-5-15-3; Samaraweera 1-0-1-0.
SRI LANKA CRICKET XI (1st Innings):
M.S. Atapattu not out 78
W.U. Tharanga lbw b Banks 41
K.C. Sangakkara not out 25
EXTRAS (B-2, NB-7) 9
TOTAL (for one wkt, 39 overs) 152
FALL OF WKT: 1-96.
TO BAT: D.P.M.D. Jayawardene, G.T. de Silva, T.T. Samaraweera, K.S. Lokuarachchi, P.S. Jayaprakashdaran, H.M.R.K.B. Herath, M.T.T. Mirando, R.A.C.G. Jayaweera.
BOWLING (to-date): Best 9-1-31-0 (5nb); Jeremy 11-2-47-0 (1nb); Butler 5-0-21-0 (1nb); Banks 14-1-51-1.
UMPIRES: B.B.J. Nandakumar and M.S.K. Nandiweera.—Agencies
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