Australia v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 – (1st Test) – Live Cricket Score and Match Update – Siddle impedes progress as Sri Lanka push forward
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197 took both veterans out of the game. However, Thilan Samaraweera
held firm at the crease, and drove the team forward towards a draw, enabling them to reach 186 for 4 by tea, at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, today on December 18 – still requiring another 207 runs, with 6 wickets remaining.
With Australia having set their opponents a daunting 393-run target, Sri Lanka went into the chase with gusto, but their openers were unable to stand their ground. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558
swept in to send him back to the pavilion.
His fellow opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392, the team total had reached 47.
With Sangakkara and Jayawardene at the crease, the tourists ended the fourth day at 65 for 2.
The final day of play saw Sangakkara (63) driving the innings forward with a timely half-century, in addition to teaming up with Jayawardene (19) for a 65-run partnership for the third wicket. Their combined efforts got the team total up to 112, but Peter
Siddle (19-10-25-2) did not allow the Lankans to rest easy for long.
Jayawardene was caught out by his Aussie counterpart http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 (38*), Siddle soon had him trapped lbw, leaving the score at 151.
However, Samaraweera held his ground, and joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 (11*), got the team up to 186 for 4 by tea. With the last session due to begin, and the Lankan batsmen still fixed at the crease and determined to bat it out, a draw appears to be on the
cards for the first Test.
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