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This is an archive article published on December 8, 2006

Bond makes Lanka rue batting call

New Zealand comfortably controlled the opening day of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here today after being gifted first use of the ball on a bowler8217;s wicket.

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New Zealand comfortably controlled the opening day of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here today after being gifted first use of the ball on a bowler8217;s wicket.

At stumps they were 85 for two after dismissing Sri Lanka for 154. While there was an air of confidence in the New Zealand camp, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene was left to rue his decision to bat first on a green wicket with overcast morning skies when he won the toss.

The groundsman warned it was a seamer8217;s pitch to begin with and would flatten as the match progressed, but Jayawardene wanted only for his champion spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to bowl last.

Apart from a 50-run partnership between Upul Tharanga 33 and Chamara Kapugedera 37 for the fourth wicket, the Sri Lankan batsmen put up scant resistance and the innings folded just before the scheduled tea break.

Brief scores: Sri Lanka: 154 all out in 52.4 overs U Tharanga 33, C Kapugedera 37; S Bond 3/43, C Martin 2/37, J Franklin 3/30, J Oram 2/30 vs New Zealand: 85/2 C Cumming batting 37, M Sinclair 36; C Vaas 1/34, L Malinga 1/14.

 

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