England V http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 resume after the Tea - Match Update
England faced their first blow of the second innings in the form of Alastair Cook soon after they resumed the innings after tea on day three of the ongoing Galle Test, underway at Galle International Stadium since March 26, 2012.
The Poms went on tea at 27 without loss, with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 unbeaten at 13. The first over after the tea, off Dilshan, saw the tourists add three runs to the scorecard before Rangana Herath had Cook caught behind
by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 sought a review. The original decision
was upheld as Cook departed at 14, to leave the side 31 for 1 on the board.
Earlier in the second session of the day, a Graeme Swann-led English attack bundled out the hosts for 214 in their second innings, setting a target of 340 for their batsmen to chase in more than two days. Wicketkeeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardene, making
a comeback to the side after an injury layoff of more than five months, top scored for the Islanders with an unbeaten 61, which also included three muscular boundaries and an equal number of lofty sixes.
The hosts had resumed the third day at an overnight score of 84 for 5, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806
while Randiv was caught lbw off Swann. The other three wicket, Lankans lost on the third day included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928, both scoring 13.
Swann claimed six wickets conceding 82 runs in 30 overs, while Monty Panesar returned with 2 for 59 in his spell of 24 overs.
It is pertinent to mention here that England failed to cross 200 four times during their disastrous Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the UAE in January this year and have never scored more than 253 at Galle.
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