MatchesMen's TestIndia in Sri Lanka Test Series 2008

Sri Lanka v India

1st Test · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 23 Jul 2008 – 26 Jul 2008

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 239 runs

Sri Lanka 1st innings600/6d162.1 overs

India 1st innings22372.5 overs

India 2nd innings13845 overs

Sri Lanka 1st innings 600/6d (162.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	3	13	0	0	23.1
SM Warnapura	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	115	202	14	0	56.9
KC Sangakkara	c R Dravid b Z Khan	12	21	1	0	57.1
DPMD Jayawardene	c KD Karthik b I Sharma	136	259	10	1	52.5
TT Samaraweera	c VVS Laxman b Z Khan	127	224	18	0	56.7
TM Dilshan	not out	125	170	12	1	73.5
HAPW Jayawardene	c I Sharma b Harbhajan Singh	30	70	1	0	42.9
WPUJC Vaas	not out	22	32	4	0	68.8
Extras		30
Total	6 wickets declared, 162.1 overs	600

Did not bat: KMDN Kulasekara, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (MG Vandort, 3.6 ov), 57-2 (KC Sangakkara, 12.6 ov), 212-3 (SM Warnapura, 60.5 ov), 360-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 102.2 ov), 454-5 (TT Samaraweera, 129.2 ov), 545-6 (HAPW Jayawardene, 151.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	37.1	2	156	2	4.20	156	2	12
I Sharma	33	4	124	2	3.76	136	1	0
SC Ganguly	8	1	24	0	3.00	39	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	43	2	149	2	3.47	166	0	0
A Kumble	37	4	121	0	3.27	159	0	6
V Sehwag	4	0	17	0	4.25	16	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	24	MG Vandort 3, SM Warnapura 4
2	50	54	SM Warnapura 34, KC Sangakkara 12
3	155	288	SM Warnapura 77, DPMD Jayawardene 68
4	148	249	DPMD Jayawardene 68, TT Samaraweera 69
5	94	162	TT Samaraweera 58, TM Dilshan 36
6	91	136	TM Dilshan 60, HAPW Jayawardene 30
Unbroken	55	60	TM Dilshan 29, WPUJC Vaas 22

India 1st innings 223 (72.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c TT Samaraweera b M Muralitharan	39	55	5	0	70.9
V Sehwag	c SM Warnapura b KMDN Kulasekara	25	16	5	0	156.3
R Dravid	b BAW Mendis	14	35	2	0	40.0
SR Tendulkar	b M Muralitharan	27	46	3	0	58.7
SC Ganguly	c KMDN Kulasekara b M Muralitharan	23	57	4	0	40.4
VVS Laxman	b BAW Mendis	56	118	6	0	47.5
KD Karthik	c & b M Muralitharan	9	16	1	0	56.3
A Kumble	lbw b BAW Mendis	1	15	0	0	6.7
Harbhajan Singh	c SM Warnapura b M Muralitharan	9	9	2	0	100.0
Z Khan	lbw b BAW Mendis	5	16	0	0	31.3
I Sharma	not out	13	54	1	0	24.1
Extras		2
Total	all out, 72.5 overs	223

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (V Sehwag, 5.1 ov), 79-2 (G Gambhir, 17.3 ov), 79-3 (R Dravid, 18.1 ov), 123-4 (SR Tendulkar, 31.5 ov), 138-5 (SC Ganguly, 37.6 ov), 147-6 (KD Karthik, 41.6 ov), 170-7 (A Kumble, 48.5 ov), 181-8 (Harbhajan Singh, 51.2 ov), 188-9 (Z Khan, 54.5 ov), 223-10 (VVS Laxman, 72.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
WPUJC Vaas	5	0	23	0	4.60	21
KMDN Kulasekara	11	2	42	1	3.82	47
BAW Mendis	27.5	5	72	4	2.59	131
M Muralitharan	29	4	84	5	2.90	130

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	36	31	G Gambhir 11, V Sehwag 25
2	43	74	G Gambhir 28, R Dravid 14
3	0	4	R Dravid 0, SR Tendulkar 0
4	44	82	SR Tendulkar 27, SC Ganguly 17
5	15	37	SC Ganguly 6, VVS Laxman 8
6	9	24	VVS Laxman 0, KD Karthik 9
7	23	41	VVS Laxman 22, A Kumble 1
8	11	15	VVS Laxman 2, Harbhajan Singh 9
9	7	21	VVS Laxman 2, Z Khan 5
10	35	108	VVS Laxman 22, I Sharma 13

India 2nd innings 138 (45 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	43	90	4	0	47.8
V Sehwag	lbw b M Muralitharan	13	17	2	0	76.5
VVS Laxman	lbw b BAW Mendis	21	26	3	0	80.8
SR Tendulkar	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	12	30	1	0	40.0
R Dravid	c SM Warnapura b BAW Mendis	10	30	1	0	33.3
SC Ganguly	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	4	12	1	0	33.3
KD Karthik	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	0	6	0	0	0.0
A Kumble	b M Muralitharan	12	24	2	0	50.0
Harbhajan Singh	b BAW Mendis	15	28	1	0	53.6
Z Khan	b BAW Mendis	3	6	0	0	50.0
I Sharma	not out	5	1	0	0	500.0
Extras		0
Total	all out, 45 overs	138

Fall of wickets: 25-1 (V Sehwag, 6.4 ov), 53-2 (VVS Laxman, 14.2 ov), 82-3 (SR Tendulkar, 23.4 ov), 95-4 (G Gambhir, 29.5 ov), 103-5 (SC Ganguly, 33.5 ov), 103-6 (R Dravid, 34.2 ov), 103-7 (KD Karthik, 35.5 ov), 120-8 (A Kumble, 41.3 ov), 133-9 (Z Khan, 44.3 ov), 138-10 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
WPUJC Vaas	5	0	27	0	5.40	17
KMDN Kulasekara	9	3	25	0	2.78	42
BAW Mendis	18	3	60	4	3.33	74
M Muralitharan	13	3	26	6	2.00	61

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	25	40	G Gambhir 12, V Sehwag 13
2	28	46	G Gambhir 7, VVS Laxman 21
3	29	56	G Gambhir 17, SR Tendulkar 12
4	13	37	G Gambhir 7, R Dravid 6
5	8	24	R Dravid 4, SC Ganguly 4
6	0	3	R Dravid 0, KD Karthik 0
7	0	9	KD Karthik 0, A Kumble 0
8	17	34	A Kumble 12, Harbhajan Singh 5
9	13	18	Harbhajan Singh 10, Z Khan 3
10	5	3	Harbhajan Singh 0, I Sharma 5

Match details

Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Player of the match: M Muralitharan
Ground: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Sri Lanka
Season: 2008
Umpires: MR Benson, BR Doctrove
Match referee: AG Hurst
Source: Cricsheet match 343729