London: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan led from a front with an dominant century as a tourists fought during a back of opposite England upon a second day of a second Test during Lord’s here Saturday.
At stumps, Sri Lanka were 231 for one, 255 runs during a back of England’s initial innings 486.
Dilshan was 127 not out after pity a record-breaking first-wicket partnership of 207 with left-hander Tharanga Paranavitana (65).
This was Sri Lanka’s initial century opening mount in a Test in England as well as a most appropriate for any initial wicket in England-Sri Lanka Tests, leading a 168 common by England’s Marcus Trescothick as well as Michael Vaughan in 2002 upon an additional typically great Lord’s pitch.
Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was dominant upon thirteen during a close.
It was all a distant cry from Monday’s fall in Cardiff where Sri Lanka were discharged for only 82 as England won a initial Test by an innings as well as fourteen runs to go 1-0 up in a three-match series.
England longed for a possibility to apart a openers upon 37 when left-hander Paranavitana, who’d afterwards done 13, edged quick bowler Steven Finn, removed in place of a harmed James Anderson, to Alastair Cook during third slip.
But Cook, fielding in a mark vacated by a late Paul Collingwood, forsaken a possibility notwithstanding removing both hands to a ball.
Dilshan played his healthy free-scoring game, hooking Chris Tremlett, a singular of England’s contingent of 6ft 5in as well as seamers, for 6 as well as lofting off-spinner Graeme Swann in to a Lord’s Pavilion where a round strike a spectator.
Dilshan afterwards cut Finn for his 11th 4 to finish a 12th Test hundred in 129 balls.
Finn in a future had a wicket he was denied formerly when Paranavitana’s nearby four-hour hit accomplished when he edged a sepulchral expostulate to England captain Andrew Strauss during initial slip.
Earlier, England were bowled out for 486 upon a cadence of lunch, with wicketkeeper Matt Prior creation 126 — his fourth Test hundred.
Prior, together with Stuart Broad, who done an superb 54, scored briskly during a a seventh-wicket mount of 108 in 91 balls.
England, who had slumped to twenty-two for 3 after losing a toss Friday, resumed upon 342 for six.
Prior was 73 not out overnight as well as Broad, charity great support, seventeen not out.
However, Prior went from 86 to 94 with dual advantageous fours, circumference seamer Suranga Lakmal only reduced of wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene as well as subsequent round nicking him by a slips.
Prior, upon 94, afterwards saw an edged expostulate off left-arm seamer Chanaka Welegedara forsaken by routinely arguable second trip Mahela Jayawardene.
His fitness hold again when Prior went to 99 by circumference a cut off Lakmal in between screw as well as initial trip fbefore a singular saw him to a century off 107 balls with seventeen fours.
It was Prior’s second Test century during Lord’s, following his 126 not out opposite a West Indies upon his Test entrance in 2007.
Broad, essentially a fast-medium bowler though additionally a maladroit batsman, similar to his father Chris, a ex-England opener, was in a future lbw to Welegedara.
The steady bowler accomplished with 4 for 122 in twenty-eight overs carrying been removed after blank a initial Test.
Prior afterwards fell to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, bowled upon a slog-sweep after his ultimate profitable innings.
Dilshan, Prior gleam upon day of batsmen
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