Steven Finn praises http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 lavished praise on fellow pacer James Anderson for his remarkable bowling on the opening day of the second and final Test of the short two-match series against Sri Lanka, underway at the P. Sara Oval, Colombo since Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
Anderson, the spearhead of the English pace attack, opened the bowling and claimed three crucial wickets in his opening spell, dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, to leave the hosts struggling at 30 for 3 inside nine
overs. The 29-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 ended the opening day on 238 for 6.
"Jimmy is an exceptional bowler and he showed that again today with three early wickets and being consistent throughout the day," said Finn while speaking to media reporters at the end of the Day one.
"He's someone that I've looked up to throughout my career and since I've come into the team he has helped me vastly and hopefully I can still keep learning from him," he added further.
After losing three early wickets, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712 put together a 124-run stand for the fourth wicket, which consolidated the innings for the Islanders. Samaraweera scored a painstaking 54 while Jayawardene notched up his
second century in two Tests before being caught lbw off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 in the third session of the day.
Steven Finn, the 23-year-old lanky medium pacer who has not played a Test since June last year, made a comeback into the side for the injured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465. He expressed his satisfaction over England’s bowling on the opening day of the must-win Colombo Test.
However, he did opine that the wicket at the P. Sara Oval is not conducive to pace bowling and the fast bowlers have to be patient to achieve results.
"I think we've had a pretty good day there. It was a day of attritional Test cricket,” said Finn. “(Mahela) Jayawardene played fantastically well and kept us at bay for a fair while but I felt that we stayed patient and at the end of the day it's pretty
even I'd say,” he added further.
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