England vs Sri Lanka Second test at Colombo 2007-08

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Second test at Colombo

SL vs ENG, 2nd Test : England deny Sri Lanka win in second cricket test

England captain Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook and Ian Bell each scored half-centuries Thursday and held to Sri Lanka to a draw in the second cricket Test.
The visitors were 250-3 at tea on the final day, with Kevin Pietersen (45) and Paul Collingwood (23) at the crease and no further play was possible because of rain. England had a 53-run second innings lead with seven wickets in hand at the stoppage.
Winning the toss and batting first, England made 351 and Sri Lanka declared its innings on 548-9 in reply. When the second session resumed Thursday on 152-1, England lost its second wicket on the first ball when Cook edged part-time legspinner Chamara Silva to Mahela Jayawardene at slip for 62 runs. Cook faced 124 balls and hit five boundaries. Ian Bell made 54 before he was caught at long-on by Michael Vandort off Muttiah Muralitharan to leave the visitors 204-3.
England resumed the final day on 48-0 and scored briskly against pace bowlers in the first hour. Vaughan followed up his first innings score of 87 with a superb 61 from 109 balls, hitting eight boundaries. He efficiently timed and placed the balls into gaps before being caught and bowled by Dilhara Fernando with the total on 107 after a second successive century opening partnership with Cook. The pair combined for 133 in the first innings.
Sri Lanka rode on centuries from Mahela Jayawardene (195) and Michael Vandort's 138 and a defiant 79 from Prasanna Jayawardene to lead England by 197 after the first innings. Muralitharan recorded his 62nd five-wicket haul during England's first innings. Mahela Jayawardene became Sri Lanka's highest scorer and its first batsman to pass 7,000 in test runs but missed out on his fourth double-hundred, after recording his 20th test century. Pace bowler Steve Harmison finished with 3-111 for England.
The second Test starts Tuesday at the Galle International Stadium.

SL vs ENG, Second Test, Colombo: Sri Lanka 548-9 dec drew with England 351 & 250-3

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Second test at Colombo

Scores

England 1st Innings 351 all out (126.2 overs)	England 2nd Innings 250 for 3 (77.0 overs)
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 548 for 9 (186.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	lbw	b Malinga	81	234	8	0
Vaughan	c Mubarak	b Muralitharan	87	139	12	0
Bell	c Mubarak	b Muralitharan	15	62	1	0
Pietersen	c Sangakkara	b Vaas	1	5	0	0
Collingwood	lbw	b Vaas	52	96	7	0
Bopara		b Malinga	0	1	0	0
Prior	c and b	Muralitharan	79	130	9	0
Broad	lbw	b Malinga	2	8	0	0
Sidebottom	c M Jayawardene	b Muralitharan	17	81	1	0
S Harmison	c Silva	b Muralitharan	0	1	0	0
Panesar	not out		0	7	0	0
Extras		7nb 8b 2lb	17
Total		all out	351	(126.2 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 32.0 8 68 2 Malinga 24.0 3 78 3 D Fernando 23.0 3 79 0 Muralitharan 47.2 9 116 5

Fall of wicket   133 Vaughan 168 Bell 171 Pietersen 237 Cook 237 Bopara 269 Collingwood 272 Broad 346 Sidebottom 350 S Harmison 351 Prior

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Vandort	lbw	b Sidebottom	138	259	18	1
Tharanga	c Prior	b Sidebottom	10	21	2	0
Sangakkara	c Prior	b Sidebottom	1	10	0	0
M Jayawardene	c Collingwood	b Panesar	195	422	16	1
Silva	c Bopara	b S Harmison	49	106	3	0
Mubarak	c Bell	b S Harmison	9	23	1	0
P Jayawardene	c Prior	b S Harmison	79	161	7	0
Vaas	c Bell	b Broad	4	14	0	0
Malinga	lbw	b Panesar	9	23	1	0
D Fernando	not out		36	82	5	0
Extras		1nb 1w 7b 9lb	18
Total		for 9	548	(186.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 36.0 4 100 3 Broad 36.0 5 95 1 S Harmison 41.5 9 111 3 Panesar 50.0 7 151 2 Pietersen 15.0 0 57 0 Collingwood 1.0 1 0 0 Bopara 7.0 2 18 0

Fall of wicket   20 Tharanga 22 Sangakkara 249 Vandort 377 Silva 399 Mubarak 420 M Jayawardene 425 Vaas 450 Malinga 548 P Jayawardene

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c M Jayawardene	b Silva	62	124	5	0
Vaughan	c and b	D Fernando	61	109	8	0
Bell	c Vandort	b Muralitharan	54	88	7	0
Pietersen	not out		45	79	4	1
Collingwood	not out		23	67	2	0
Extras		5nb	5
Total		for 3	250	(77.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Vaas 16.0 2 56 0 Malinga 8.0 1 37 0 D Fernando 10.0 0 30 1 Mubarak 1.0 0 8 0 Muralitharan 27.0 5 58 1 M Jayawardene 2.0 1 4 0 Silva 13.0 1 57 1

Fall of wicket   107 Vaughan 152 Cook 204 Bell

Umpires: Aleem Dar, D J Harper
Sri Lanka: Vandort, Tharanga, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Mubarak, P Jayawardene, Vaas, D Fernando, Malinga, Muralitharan
England: Cook, Vaughan, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Bopara, Prior, Broad, Sidebottom, S Harmison, Panesar