Anderson gets five, SL out for 318
The Report by George Dobell
March 27, 2012
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Sri Lanka 318 (Jayawardene 180, Anderson 5-72) v England
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
James Anderson claimed his first five-wicket haul in a Test in Asian conditions as England dismissed Sri Lanka for 318 early on the second day in Galle.
It took only 6.3 overs for England to claim the two wickets they required to finish off the Sri Lankan innings. Anderson claimed them both, producing a well disguised offcutter that crept through the sizeable gap between Chanaka Welegedara's bat and pad before Mahela Jayawardene's superb effort was ended by a fine delivery in the channel outside off stump that held its line and took the edge of the bat. Anderson finished with five for 72; the 12th five-wicket haul of his Test career and his third outside England.
England did not have things all their own way. Sri Lanka, resuming on 289 for 8, soon passed 300 as the first over of the day cost 16. Anderson, adopting a tactic of short-pitched bowling at Welegedara, twice saw the ball disappear for four leg byes - once off the batsman's helmet - though Welegedara also produced one authentic pull to the boundary.
Jayawardene, unbeaten on 168 overnight, soon lofted a Stuart Broad slower ball over long-on, before flicking Anderson for another boundary. By the time he was dismissed for 180, he had batted for 315 balls and hit three sixes and 22 fours. The most telling statistic, however, is that the next highest contribution from a Sri Lankan batsman was just 27.
George Dobell is a senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo
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