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Graham Thorpe conjured an outstanding 123, scoring his final 61 runs with last man Matthew Hoggard, as England piled on the agony against Sr...

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Graham Thorpe conjured an outstanding 123, scoring his final 61 runs with last man Matthew Hoggard, as England piled on the agony against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.

Sri Lanka, 383 behind on first innings, were 132 for two at the close on the third day after Marvan Atapattu 56 not out and Mahela Jayawardene 45 not out had lifted their side from 30 for two with an unfinished stand of 102.England were 454/9with Thorpe on 61 when Hoggard joined the Surrey left-hander for a last wicket partnership of 91. They lifted the total to 545 all out.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 162
England 1st Innings: M.Trescothick c Tillekeratne b Vaas 161; M.Vaughan c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 46; M.Butcher b Muralitharan 94; N.Hussain b Muralitharan 22; G.Thorpe c Vaas b Fernando 123; A.Stewart c Tillekeratne b Muralitharan 7; A Flintoff c Tillekeratne b Muralitharan 29; A.Tudor c Tillekeratne b Zoysa 3; A.Giles c Sangakkara b Zoysa 0; A.Caddick c Sangakkara b Zoysa 3; M.Hoggard not out 17.
Extras lb19, w6, nb15: 40
Total all out: 545
Fall of wkts: 1-92, 2-294, 3-338, 4-341, 5-368, 6-426, 7-436, 8-444, 9-454
Bowling: Vaas 41-3-141-1, Zoysa 24-3-93-3, Muralitharan 64-12-143-5, Fernando 21.5-2-92-1, Jayasuriya 6-2-27-0, de Silva 7-0-30-0.

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: M.Atapattu batting 56; S.Jayasuriya b Hoggard 12; K.Sangakkara lbw Hoggard 1; M.Jayawardene batting 45.
Extras lb4, nb14: 18
Total for 2 wkts: 132
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-30
Bowling: Caddick 13-2-36-0, Hoggard 10-1-41-2, Flintoff 5-0-18-0, Giles 16-3-21-0, Tudor 5-1-12-0.

 

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