{"id":129892,"date":"2024-02-06T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=129892"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:59:19","slug":"sri-lankan-cricketers-in-hard-fought-win-against-afghanistan-at-home-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankan-cricketers-in-hard-fought-win-against-afghanistan-at-home-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Cricketers in Hard-fought Win Against Afghanistan at Home-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lankan Cricketers in Hard-fought Win Against Afghanistan at Home-by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Fidel Fernando, reporting in ESPNcricinfo on\u00a05 February 2024<\/a>, where the title reads\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Jayasuriya, Asitha and batters lead Sri Lanka to comfortable win in one-off Test<\/strong>\u00a0\u2026..\u00a0Afghanistan\u2019s top order fought back in the second innings, but they lost 9 for 82 to collapse on fourth day.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sri Lanka<\/b>\u00a0439 (Mathews 141, Chandimal 107, Naveed 4-83) and 56 for 0 (Karunaratne 32*, Madushka 22*) beat\u00a0Afghanistan<\/b>\u00a0198 (Rahmat 91, Vishwa 4-51, Asitha 3-24) and 296 (Ibrahim 114, Jayasuriya 5-107, Asitha 3-63) by ten wickets<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sri Lanka\u2019s use of the second new ball sent Afghanistan tumbling to a ten-wicket defeat on day four.<\/strong>\u00a0Having begun the day with only one wicket down and within striking distance of the lead, Afghanistan crashed, losing their remaining nine for 82 runs.\u00a0Left-arm spinner\u00a0Prabath Jayasuriya<\/a>\u00a0was the primary destroyer, taking five wickets in a devastating spell either side of lunch.<\/strong>\u00a0Asitha Fernando<\/a>\u00a0claimed two more wickets to add to his one from yesterday, and Kasun Rajitha also struck twice.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Some lower-order hitting extended Afghanistan\u2019s total to 296, but they will be disheartened that having begun their second innings with two century partnerships, none of the rest of their stands breached even 25. They set Sri Lanka 56 runs for victory. With little pressure on them, Sri Lanka\u2019s openers knocked off the runs inside eight overs, with Dimuth Karunaratne racing to 32 off 22 and Nishan Madushka striking 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The second new ball became due five overs into the day. Sri Lanka took it immediately, and found success soon after. It was Rajitha \u2013 playing as a concussion substitute for Chamika Gunasekara \u2013 who made the first incision to end the 108-run second-wicket stand between\u00a0Ibrahim Zadran<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rahmat Shah<\/a>. In his first over with the second new ball, Rajitha angled one in to Rahmat, then straightened it slightly off the seam on about a fourth-stump line. Rahmat was forced to play, and ended up providing a thin edge through the wicketkeeper.<\/span><\/div>\n
Jayasuriya then entered the fray, and immediately found that the harder seam of this ball allowed his deliveries to grip and leap off the surface.<\/strong>\u00a0He had Ibrahim dropped by Dinesh Chandimal on the deep-square leg fence on 109, but flummoxed the batter not long after.<\/span><\/div>\n
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