& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

England stare at defeat

AFP, Kandy
Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrated his recall to Sri Lanka's team with a blistering century as England faced a tough task of saving the second cricket Test here on Saturday.
Middle-order batsman Dilshan, axed from Test side more than two years ago, cracked an exact 100 to help Sri Lanka set a difficult 368-run target for the tourists.
England were 89-2 in their second innings at stumps when bad light stopped play 20 minutes before the scheduled close on the penultimate day.
Skipper Michael Vaughan sustained England's hopes of chasing the highest fourth-innings total to win a Test in Sri Lanka with a gutsy unbeaten 50. Former captain Nasser Hussain was batting on 17.
England require 279 more runs on the fifth and final day Sunday, a difficult task considering ace off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's four-wicket haul in the first innings on a slow turning wicket.
The tourists' chase began on a poor note as they lost opener Marcus Trescothick (14) and Mark Butcher (six) before being steadied by Vaughan.
Left-handed Trescothick chased a wide delivery from leftarm seamer Chaminda Vaas to be caught by Mahela Jayawardene in
the slips, while Butcher was stumped off Muralitharan.
The day belonged to Dilshan, who followed his first-innings 63 with an impressive hundred.
Sri Lanka, leading by 88 runs, declared their second innings closed at 279-7 on the stroke of tea.
Dilshan, who played his last Test in March 2001, smashed one six and 13 fours in his 129-ball knock for his second century in 11 matches. He added a record 153 for
the fourth wicket with Jayawardene (52).
Sri Lanka's previous best for the fourth wicket against England was 148 between Sidhath Wettimuny and Arjuna Ranatunga at Lord's in 1984.
Dilshan, 27, was in command from the beginning as he drove and cut vigorously to reach his halfcentury off just 61 balls.
He played a key role in bolstering the innings after Sri Lanka had slipped from their overnight total of 39-1 to 53-3 early in the morning.
Dilshan fell immediately after completing his century in the afternoon session as he stepped out to drive off-spinner Gareth Batty, but missed the line and was stumped.
Jayawardene, playing a supporting role, hit four boundaries in his 114-ball knock before being bowled by seamer Andrew Flintoff.
Skipper Hashan Tillakaratne and Vaas each contributed 20 before falling in a bid to step up the run-rate.
Thilan Samaraweera remained unbeaten with 23 with Kumar Dharmasena (seven).
Sri Lanka lost overnight batsmen Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara in the space of 12 runs off just three overs.
Left-handed Jayasuriya was bowled by seamer James Kirtley, while Sangakkara was caught by Paul Collingwood at forward short-leg to become left-arm spinner Ashley Giles's second victim.
Giles claimed three wickets in the second innings to finish with eight scalps in the match.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at close of play on the fourth day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Asgiriya Stadium on Saturday:
SRI LANKA: First innings 382 (Dilshan 63, Fernando 51 not out, Jayawardene 45, Tillakaratne 45, Sangakkara 34, Jayasuriya 32, Vaas 32; Giles 5-116)
ENGLAND: First innings 294 (Thorpe 57, Vaughan 52, Batty 38, Trescothick 36; Muralitharan 4-60, Vaas 4-77)
SRI LANKA: Second innings (overnight 39-1)
Atapattu lbw b Giles 8
Jayasuriya b Kirtley 27
Sangakkara c C'wood b Giles 10
Jayawardene b Flintoff 52
Dilshan st Read b Batty 100
Tillakaratne c Thorpe b Giles 20
Samaraweera not out 23
Vaas c Vaughan b Kirtley 20
Dharmasena not out 7
Extras: (lb-6, nb-5, w-1) 12
Total: (For 7 wkts decl in 71 overs) 279
Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-41, 3-53, 4-206, 5212, 6-243, 7-272
Bowler O M R W
Kirtley 17 4 62 2
Flintoff 15 3 40 1
Giles 22 3 101 3
Batty 11 1 47 1
Vaughan 3 0 11 0
C'wood 3 0 12 0
ENGLAND: Second innings
Trescothick c J'wardene b Vaas 14
Vaughan not out 50
Butcher st S'kara b M'tharan 6
Hussain not out 17
Extras: (lb-2) 2
Total: (For 2 wkts in 36 overs) 89
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-50
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 11 3 25 1
Fernando 6 1 15 0
D'sena 8 1 27 0
M'tharan 10 3 19 1
J'suriya 1 0 1 0