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Sanath strikes S Africa
GALLE. Sri Lanka, July 20: Srl Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya hit a sparkling I 48 off 156 balls to lead
an assault on the South African bowlers on the first day of the first cricket Test here Thursday, reports AFP.
Choosing to bat first on a grassless pitch after winning the toss, Jayasuriya look the South African bowling by the throat to smash 24 fours and a six as Sri Lanka ended the day strongly placed at 341 for five wickets.
Jayasuriya punished the bowlers, especially medium-pacer Jacques Kallis and left-arm spinner Paul Adams, from each of whom he took three
consecutive fours in one over, when they erred in line and length.
The left-handed opener narrowly missed scoring a century before lunch when he was unbeaten on 96 out of a total of 145.
Only Australians Victor Trumper. Charlie McCartney and Don Bradman and, Pakistan's Majid Khan had achieved this feat on the first day of a Test match
Jayasuriya eventually completed his seventh Test hundred in the fourth over after the lunch break with a single to mid-off off Shaun Pollock.
The century took him 132 minutes and came off 103 balls out of a total of 149.
Jayasuriya's Innings was finally terminated at 21 1 when he went to hit left-arm spinner Paul Adams once too often and holed out to Neil McKenzie at deep mid wicket. He batted for 192 minutes and with Atapattu who scored 54. shared a first wicket partnership of 193.
Atapattu fell to Makhaya Ntinl when he cut uppishly off the back foot only to see the ball fly to Nicky Boje at gully.
Adams also took the wickets of Russel Arnold, who got an inside edge on the sweep to wicket-keeper Mark Boucher for live, and Arjuna Ranatunga for 13 when he drove upplshly to be caught by a diving Pollock at wide mid-off
South Africa also took the wicket of debutant Kumar San-
gakkara for 23, when he was trapped lbw by left-arm sninner Nicky Boje, ending a fourth wicket stand of 81 with Mahela Jayawardene.
Jayawardene was unbeaten on 78 at the close having batted 172 minutes and hit one six and 1 1 fours.
Adams, who successfully came through a fitness Test this morning, took three wickets but was expensive conceding 122 runs off 24 overs which In-cluded 19 fours and two sixes.
I le was unlu< ky on two occasions when wicket-keeper Mark Boucher failed to stump Sangakkara at five and missed a catch offered by Jayewardene at 23.
The usually reliable South African fielding was nowhere near Its best with Jonty Rhodes letting off Jayasuriya at cover Eoint off Pollock when the atsman had made only 20.