Sri Lanka's Mendis restricts India in final Test

Sri Lanka's Mendis restricts India in final Test

AFP - August 09, 2008

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis and debutant Dammika Prasad restricted India to a modest first innings score of 249 in the third and final Test here on Friday despite a defiant last-wicket stand.

Unorthodox spinner Mendis finished with 5-56 and paceman Prasad with 3-82 as India were bowled out in the last session of the opening day after winning the toss on a good batting...Read more

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2008 Sri Lanka v India
8th August 2008
Sri Lanka 1/14 LIVE... »
India 10/249
Stumps Day 1: SLA 1/14 (8.0), IND 249
2008 The Netherlands v Bermuda [ODI]
8th August 2008
The Netherlands 4/174 more... »
Bermuda 7/165
The Netherlands won by 6 wickets (D/L method)
2008 England v South Africa
7th August 2008
South Africa 1/37 LIVE... »
England 10/316
Stumps Day 2 : SAF 194 & 1/37 (9.0), ENG 316
2008/09 Twenty20 World Championship Qualifiers
5th August 2008
Canada 2/71 more... »
Bermuda 10/70
Canada won by 8 wickets
4th August 2008
Ireland 6/72 more... »
Kenya 10/67
Ireland won by 4 wickets
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Sri Lanka's debutant fast bowler Dammika Prasad appeals at The P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo on August 8, 2008. Prasad and Ajantha Mendis restricted India to a modest first innings score of 249 in the third and final Test on Friday despite a defiant last-wicket stand. AFP
England paceman Steve Harmison contributed to a South African fall, taking two wickets in two balls. AAP
South Africa's Neil McKenzie plays a shot at The Brit Oval cricket ground, in London, on August 7, 2008. Kevin Pietersen had a frustrating first morning as England captain as South Africa reached 64 for one at lunch on the first day of the fourth and final Test at the Oval on Thursday. AFP
England's Steve Harmison, pictured bowling in the nets in March 2008. Harmison comes in for former skipper Michael Vaughan, leaving no place for Ravi Bopara in the England squad for the third and final Test against South Africa. AFP
Australian Test paceman Mitchell Johnson hopes Twenty20 doesn't diminish Test cricket's prestige. AAP
Adam Gilchrist thinks Twenty20 cricket will work well at the Olympics. ABC
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