Sri Lanka V England: 2nd Test – Dilshan earns Sri Lanka first breakthrough in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 – Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 earned Sri Lanka their first breakthrough sending the England skipper Andrew Strauss back to the pavilion on 61, to leave the tourists at 122 for 1 in the ongoing second and last Test of the two-match series at the P. Sara Oval, Colombo.
Earlier, after rolling the Islanders over for 275 in their first innings, the experienced opening duo of Andrew Strauss and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 led a solid reply for the tourists. The duo fended off Sri Lanka’s pace and spin attack to take the side to 83 without
a loss by tea on Day 2. At tea, the visiting skipper was not out on 42 and his fellow opening partner, Alastair Cook was unbeaten on 40.
The under-fire England skipper fell for 26 and 27 in the opening Test of the short series in Galle last week which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 lost by 75 runs, and showed no signs of pressure and went on to score a painstaking half century in Colombo.
He failed to convert the start into a big score as Tillakaratne Dilshan dismissed him caught behind in the 52nd over of the innings. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817 star has not scored a hundred in his last 23 innings, and he has averaged just 28.52 in that period.
His last Test century had come against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the opening match of the 2010-11 Ashes series, the only three-digit knock in his last 48 innings.
The English skipper had earlier survived a close chance on 23 when an edge off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HAPW-Jayawardene-c1529 did not make any mistake and took a nice
catch behind the stumps.
Having lost the opening Test to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 to the top of
the Test rankings.
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