Lahiru Thirimanne paves a lead for Sri Lanka – Cricket News Update
Day 3 came out with a ray hope for the Sri Lanka Board XI side in the form of 21-year-old left-handed batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettige-Don-Rumesh-Lahiru-Thirimanne-c63124, who managed to retain his stumps, aiding the batting side into securing a fair lead against the Australians.
The 3-Day practice match initially took off on Thursday, August 25, 2011, at the P Sara Oval, Colombo, and came as a warm up fixture just before the Australian tourists take on the Sri Lankan hosts in the opening Test match at Galle International Stadium,
on August 31.
As for the current highlight of the match, Thirimanne, coupled with opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NT-Paranavitana-c2132, took off with the Lankan innings on the final day of the fixture after Australia finally wrapped up its previous day’s remaining play, losing all
its players at 393 runs.
With the pair kicking off the home team’s batting session, the Lankans saw trouble coming their way after Paranavitana failed to retain his stumps and stumbled out on the partnership.
The batsman released an easy catch for the Australian wicket-keeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Copeland-c2709, who marked a superb 5-wicket haul during the opening day of the match.
With an opening wicket already lost, one down batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 came out to join Thirimanne on the crease, managing to enter into a fair partnership.
The duo took on some laid back and sluggish batting, but still aided in leading the team till the 16 overs mark, following which, Samaraweera marked his dismissal off Nathan Lyon’s delivery.
The batsman managed to add a minor 24-run contribution to the team, and by time Samaraweera walked off the crease, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Board XI had managed to come up with a minor aggregate of 49, losing two wickets.
As for Thirimanne, the batsman managed to hold on to his stumps, laying a solid footing on the crease. Following a play worth 103 minutes, Thirimanne finally marked his half century off 71 balls.
Following which, with the aid of the team skipper and batting partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913, Thirimanne earned a solid century which included 12 boundaries and a single out of the park.
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