Prasanna Jayawardene's stylish, unbeaten fifty helped take Sri Lanka to 316 for six against England at tea on the second day of the first Test at Sophia Gardens here on Friday. The wicketkeeper was 69 not out at the interval, having hit eight fours in nearly three hours at the crease. Together with Thisara Perera (19 not out), he'd so far added 38 in a brisk 46 balls for the seventh wicket.
Earlier, England endured a frustrating time at the hands of the controversial umpire decision review system They twice thought they had Farveez Maharoof, called up to an injury-hit squad from county side Lancashire, lbw. When Maharoof was on two, Stuart Broad challenged a not out verdict from Pakistan's Aleem Dar, with replays suggesting the ball was missing the stumps. Maharoof had moved on to six when James Anderson had a much closer appeal turned down by West Indian umpire Billy Doctrove.
Prasanna Jayawardene's drive off Jonathan Trott was deflected into the bowler's end stumps by the occasional medium-pacer and Maharoof was run out backing up for 16 to leave Sri Lanka 278 for six. Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens here on Friday:
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Sri Lanka 1st Innings (overnight: 133-2)
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T. Paranavitana b Tremlett 66
T. Dilshan b Swann 50
K. Sangakkara c Prior b Anderson 11
M. Jayawardene c Strauss b Anderson 4
T. Samaraweera c Swann b Anderson 58
P. Jayawardene not out 69
F. Maharoof run out (Trott) 16
T. Perera not out 19
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Extras: (b5, lb18) 23
Total: (6 wkts, 100 overs) 316
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To bat: R Herath, S Lakmal, A Mendis
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Dilshan), 2-114 (Sangakkara), 3-133 (M Jayawardene), 4-159 (Paranavitana), 5-243 (Samaraweera), 6-278 (Maharoof)
Bowling: Anderson 27-8-62-3; Broad 28-4-93-0; Tremlett 23-9-63-1; Swann 16-2-46-1; Trott 6-0-29-0;
England: Andrew Strauss (capt), Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wkt), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett, James Anderson
Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Doctrove (WIS)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND).
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