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| • Ton-up Raina, Tendulkar help India save follow-on |
| Suresh Raina scored a century on debut and Sachin Tendulkar built on his 48th hundred as India averted the follow-on in the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
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| • Mahela leads run-fest while India start well |
| A run-filled second day at Colombo saw Kumar Sangakkara reach a seventh career double-century while Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera put on 176 as Sri Lanka declared at a huge 642 for 4. Indi |
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| • Sangakkara and Paranavitana repeat Galle run-fest |
| The venue may have changed from Galle to Colombo but the script read the same; Sri Lanka, led by centuries from Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara, wore a poor Indian attack down during the se |
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| • Murali retires in third position |
| Sri Lanka�s star spinner Muttiah Muralidaran retired from Test cricket after dominating the International Cricket Council�s player rankings for Test bowlers for the best part of his glittering 18-year |
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| • 800-hit Murali bows out in ten-wicket win |
| A packed Galle crowd had to wait as VVS Laxman and India's tail showed commendable stubborness, but eventually Sri Lanka's champion off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan got what they had been waiting for. |
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| • Marvellous Murali mesmerizes India |
| Sri Lanka's most potent pair, fast bowler Lasith Malinga and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, allied to set visiting India on course for a defeat on an action-packed fourth day at Galle. Despite a first- |
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| • Sri Lanka press advantage |
| With wet weather having wiped out the second day's play, Sri Lanka took charge on the third day by piling up 520 for 8 in quick time to press for a win. India's response was led with ball by Abhimanyu |
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| • Muralitharan's final Test marred by rain |
| Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan�s bid to become the first bowler to reach 800 Test wickets was dealt a severe blow as rain washed out the entire second day�s play of the first Test against Ind |
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| • Paranavitana and Sangakkara hit centuries |
| India were left chasing leather at Galle on their first day of the Sri Lanka tour as left-handers Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara struck centuries before darkening skies ended proceedings e |
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| • Gavaskar chooses Captain over franchise |
| Indian Premiere League (IPL) Governing Council member Sunil Gavaskar has triggered a new controversy by writing directly to the captains of all the IPL teams for their suggestions on the tournament's |
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| Updated: 1418 minutes ago |
