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Murali back with a bang

Lanka thrash Windies by 6 wickets

AFP, Colombo
Muttiah Muralitharan grabbed 6-36 on his return to international cricket after almost a year as Sri Lanka thumped the weakened West Indies by six wickets in the first cricket Test here on Saturday.
The off-spinner, out of action for 11 months due to a shoulder injury, led Sri Lanka's victory march in their
150th Test match with his 45th haul of five wickets or more in an innings.
Seamer Chaminda Vaas chipped in with 4-15 as Sri Lanka skittled out the second-string West Indies for 113 in their second knock in the morning session of the fourth day.
Set a modest target of 172, the hosts survived a Jermaine Lawson scare to romp home after tea and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Fast bowler Lawson removed
Sanath Jayasuriya (15) and Kumar Sangakkara off successive deliveries and then dismissed captain Marvan Atapattu (28) to reduce Sri Lanka to 49-3.
All three batsmen fell to brilliant diving catches by Xavier Marshall at point, Sylvester Joseph in the slips and teenaged wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.
But the fourth-wicket pair of Mahela Jayawardena and Thilan Samaraweera put on 86 to dampen West Indian hopes of pulling off an extraordinary upset.
Samaraweera hit 51 before he was trapped leg-before by Lawson, who finished with four wickets in each innings.
Jayawardena remained unbeaten on 41 as Tillakaratne Dilshan (30 not out) smashed Tino Best through the covers for the winning boundary.
It was Sri Lanka's first Test match at home since the tsunamis ravaged the island nation seven months ago and marked Australian Tom Moody's successful debut as national coach.
"We were playing at home after a long time and to come back and win after conceding the first innings lead is really remarkable," said Atapattu.
"We took some time to settle down in this Test and there were a few hiccups on the way especially when we lost three quick wickets today.
"But we back ourselves to come out of such situations.
"I regard Muralitharan as the best bowler in the world and it was great to see him back. As for Vaas, he has performed admirably over the years and is always there when the chips are down," the Sri Lankan captain said.
Vaas was named man of the match for his seven wickets and a top score of 49 in Sri Lanka's first innings of 227.
It was, however, Muralitharan who stole the show, returning to his famed wicket-taking ways after finishing with 1-56 in the first innings.
The 31-year-old was Test cricket's most successful bowler with 532 wickets when he fell and injured his right shoulder during a Test match against South Africa at home last August.
The injury allowed Australian Shane Warne to skip past Muralitharan and the leg-spinner begins the Ashes series against England next week with a world record tally of 583 from 123 Tests.
Muralitharan now has 539 wickets from 92 games.
West Indian captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the only experienced player in the depleted touring squad, played a lone hand for his team, returning unbeaten on 48.
SCOREBOARD
Final scoreboard of the first Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies which ended at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Saturday:
WEST INDIES: First innings 285 (Chanderpaul 69, Ramdin 56;
Malinga 4-71, Vaas 3-35)
SRI LANKA: First innings 227 (Vaas 49, Muralitharan 36; Lawson 4-59)
WEST INDIES: Second innings (overnight 59-6)
Joseph c Jayawardena b Muralitharan 2
Marshall lbw b Vaas 2
Morton lbw b Vaas 0
Deonarine lbw b Vaas 7
Chanderpaul not out 48
Smith lbw b Vaas 0
Ramdin lbw b Muralitharan 11
Banks c Dilshan b Muralitharan 7
Powell c Jayawardena b Muralitharan 0
Best st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 27
Lawson c sub (Chandana) b Muralitharan0
Extras: (b-8, nb-1) 9
Total: (All out in 60 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-3, 3-15, 4-21, 5-21, 6-48, 7-69, 8-69, 9-113
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 18 9 15 4
Malinga 12 5 22 0
Muralitharan 21 9 36 6
Jayasuriya 6 1 20 0
Herath 3 0 12 0
SRI LANKA: Second innings
Jayasuriya c Marshall b Lawson 15
Atapattu c Ramdin b Lawson 28
Sangakkara c Joseph b Lawson 0
Jayawardena not out 41
Samaraweera lbw b Lawson 51
Dilshan not out 30
Extras: (lb-6, nb-3, w-1) 10
Total: (For 4 wkts in 38.3 overs)175 Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-34, 3-49, 4135
Bowler O M R W
Powell 8 0 44 0
Lawson 12 2 43 4
Best 8.3 1 40 0
Banks 7 0 31 0
Smith 3 1 11 0
Result: Sri Lanka won by six wickets and take 1-0 lead in two-Test series.
Man-of-the-match: Chaminda
Vaas.
Toss: West Indies.
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan)