Warwickshire have confirmed that Heath Streak has been appointed as their captain for the next two seasons, a move which means that he has possibly played his last game for Zimbabwe.Streak, who has spent the last two summers at Edgbaston, was reported to have grown disenchanted with the constant in-fighting inside Zimbabwe cricket. Although he was been offered a new contract by Zimbabwe Cricket he did not sign it, and the offer from Warwickshire led to him quitting international cricket.But he has not ruled out a return at some time. “I cannot rule out playing for Zimbabwe in the future, outside my Warwickshire contract which takes priority,” he said. “I am not sure what the Zimbabwe Cricket plans are. I have not discussed anything with them, and I’m still willing to play club and provincial cricket.”Streak joined Warwickshire in 2004, and although his appearances were limited by international calls, he made a strong impression and his appointment will be welcomed by both players and spectators alike.”I am honoured to be appointed as captain,” Streak said. “The club has a proudhistory and I’m looking forward to working with the players, staff and supporters to bring more silverware in the future.”I’ve enjoyed playing for Zimbabwe immensely but I have decided to retire from international cricket in order to fulfil my contractual commitments with Warwickshire. I hope that one day I can assist Zimbabwe cricket again in its efforts to develop.”Mark Greatbatch, the county’s director of cricket, said: “Heath has had an outstanding international career and we are fortunate to secure his services as he has all the qualities that are vital in a club captain. All the players and management staff are looking forward to having him back next season.”

Sourav Ganguly, the deposed Indian captain, says he will treat his comeback to the Indian squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, at Chennai on December 2, as if it was his first Test match.”If I get a chance against Sri Lanka, I will give my best as I did in my first Test, and try to do well,” Ganguly told a TV channell in what was his first reaction to being selected. “One is always happy at representing the country, be it your first Test, the 50th or 100th, as it is a great honour.”Ganguly also added that he was expecting to be named in the squad as he “had a good tour of Zimbabwe”. Admitting that his experience would be valuable while making a comeback, Ganguly, however, said one learns something new every day. “Even someone playing his 100th Test would say that he could still improve. We have new experiences every day and new results and situations confront us while batting and bowling.”Ganguly even admitted that playing domestic cricket had benefitted him. “Obviously, the more cricket one plays, the better one gets.”

Surrey County Cricket Club has formed a groundbreaking partnership with BBC London. The partnership will mean that full commentary will be available online for all Surrey matches both home and away in the Frizzell County Championship, National Cricket League, Twenty20 Cup and Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The live audio will be available on both https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/sport/cricket/surrey.shtml and www.surreycricket.comPaul Sheldon, Chief Executive, Surrey County Cricket Club stated:”This is fantastic news for everyone who supports Surrey. This partnership will mean that our fans all over the World can keep track on how the team are performing throughout the season. I hope that this can also provide a blue print for domestic cricket so that those who cannot attend matches can still follow their Counties.”David Robey, Managing Editor of BBC London 94.9 stated:”BBC London 94.9 is committed to providing the best radio and online service available to Londoners. We’re proud to be associated with Surrey CCC and we hope their fans will welcome our commitment to cricket in London. “

Bangladesh U-19 210 for 6 (43.5 overs, Saqibul Hasan 82, Mehrab Hossain jnr 62*) beat England U-19 208 (49.4 overs, Ali 70) by four wickets
ScorecardA superb 62-ball 82 from 15-year-old Saqibul Hasan guided Bangladesh to a four-wicket win over England in the opening match of the tri-nation Under-19 tournament at Savar.Hasan came in with Bangladesh struggling on 19 for 2 chasing a target of 209, but the next six overs produced 60 runs as he cut loose. Although Mehdi Hasan was then dismissed for 28, Hasan was joined by Mehrab Hossain jnr , and they added 85 for the fourth wicket at a little over four an over. By the time Hasan, who hit 13 fours and two sixes, fell in the 28th over, Bangladesh were almost home and dry. Although two wickets in successive balls by Moeen Ali caused a few jitters among the home crowd, Bangladesh eased home with more than six overs in hand.England won the toss, but Varun Chopra, the captain, must have questioned the wisdom of his decision when he edged the first ball of the match to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim. The innings never really gathered any momentum against some good bowling, although Ali’s 70 did ensure that they passed 200.It was another setback for the England side who came into this tournament on the back of a whitewash in a five-match series against a BCB High Performance side.The next fixture will be between England and Sri Lanka on Friday. Sri Lanka will be confident as they beat Bangladesh when the sides met in the Afro-Asia U-19 tournament in India earlier this month.

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How they were out

Herschelle Gibbs did his best to push South Africa’s cause of forcing a series-levelling win, but he was thwarted by the wet weather at Sydney as only 20.3 overs were possible on the fourth day. South Africa added 90 in that period, with Gibbs creaming 67 of those in a mere 74 balls, but with only a day left in the game – and the weather forecast iffy for tomorrow as well – it’ll require a minor miracle for the result to be anything other than a draw.Showers kept the players off the field for an hour in the morning, but when action finally started Gibbs quickly stamped his class on the game, easing the dressing-room nerves after the early dismissal of Graeme Smith, lbw for the fourth time in the series. Replays showed that this was a harsh call by Billy Bowden – while the ball struck Smith in line, it would have gone over the stumps.Through this series, Gibbs has been in reasonable form, scoring 184 runs in five innings, but before this knock, the fluency had been lacking – his 94 at Melbourne took him all of 234 deliveries, while his match total of 54 at Perth came off 147 balls. Here, though, with the team in need of quick runs, Gibbs responded magnificently. He made his point early in his innings, creaming Brett Lee for two magnificent cover-drives on bended knee, and flicking a leg-stump half-volley to the midwicket fence, all in one over.Australia had a chance to nail him, but Shane Warne put down a tough catch at first slip after getting a hand to the ball when Gibbs was on 34. McGrath, the unlucky bowler, suffered more agony when Gibbs celebrated with two fours in the same over – a rasping pull and a copybook punch through cover. Another trademark extra-cover drive brought him his half-century, off just 58 balls, before a sharp shower forced the players to scurry towards the pavilion for an early lunch. In sharp contrast to Gibbs’s flourish, Jacques Kallis was completely becalmed. Hampered somewhat by an elbow injury, Kallis didn’t even attempt to rotate the strike and allow Gibbs to take aim.Another hour was lost before the players returned in what turned out to be a brief, six-over session. South Africa managed to add 29 more, but lost the crucial wicket of Gibbs when Kallis failed to respond to a call for a sharp single. A direct hit found Gibbs well short at the non-striker’s end, ending a stand of 86 in which Kallis’s contribution was a mere 14 off 47 balls.The rains then forced the players to take an early tea break, after which no further play was possible. With more showers forecast for the final day, what was turning into an intriguing contest will almost certainly finish as a draw.How they were outGraeme Smith lbw b McGrath 5 (2 for 6)
Herschelle Gibbs run out (Hodge) 67 (3 for 92)

ScorecardThis tournament has come close to producing an upset on a couple of occasions beforethe favourite has squeezed through, and today Ireland appeared to be en route to inflict a heavy defeat of New Zealand. Eoin Morgan’s outstanding 124 powered Ireland past 300 and when their opponents were 150 for 4, with the asking rate over eight, the Irish were eyeing a famous win. However, a display of hugely powerful hitting from Tim Southee, and a determined 87 from Andrew de Boorder, carried New Zealand across the linein a blaze of boundaries, with four balls to spare.The pair took advantage of an attack that wilted under the heat andagainst the onslaught, regularly finding the rope and often going over it.In a strange decision from Morgan he refused to bring back his strikebowler, Niall McDarby, who had taken 6 for 50 against England earlier inthe tournament, until the game was well within New Zealand’s grasp.Although McDarby did strike late on, it was not enough to steal the matchback at the end. Ireland will be ruing a couple of missed chances,including a vital stumping against de Boorder when he was on 16. However,nothing can be taken away from Kiwi comeback.It was an extraordinary display from Southee, who was pencilled in to batat No. 9 and had been taken for 71 in his ten overs. Following hisscorching 92 from 54 balls he said he had been sent out with alicense to have a swing. “The coach came to me and said `put your pads on’so I went in higher than usual. There were a few dot balls to start withbut then I found the middle of the bat. It was case of working in 20-runblocks and eventually we got there.”Although the heat has been a factor throughout the tournament -deBoorder needed a runner for cramp – today was the toughest so far for theplayers. Southee said they were the hardest conditions he had never playedin. de Boorder’s innings was a vital foil and he showed real determinationto battle through cramp. Realising he would find it difficult to clear theropes, he fed his partner the strike who had no such problems.Morgan was distraught following the defeat, and with every reason afterplaying one of the finest innings of the tournament. “We thought 304 wouldhave been a winning score,” he said. “We didn’t field as well as we can; acouple of saved boundaries here or there would have made the difference.”His 124 was studded with crunching strokes off front and back foot, whichshowed the class that has earned him a place on the Middlesex staff. Onthe evidence of this knock it won’t be long until he is joining his fellowcountryman, Ed Joyce, and forming an Irish middle order at Lord’s.Morgan’s stand of 160 with Andrew Poynter, whose 75 became ratherovershadowed, put Ireland on course for their imposing total. New Zealand were also careless in the field, while all the bowlers – except for Supersub Hamish Bennett – suffered on the flat and easy-paced pitch.When Bennett struck with consecutive deliveries to remove FintanMcAllister and Gary Wilson, a bright Ireland start was threatening toevaporate. Morgan, though, stood firm to repair the damage, then began tocut loose. The conditions were so draining that he barely had the energyto drag himself off the pitch after falling towards the end of theinnings.As he raised his bat around the ground he must have thought he’d doneenough to put Ireland on course for a memorable scalp. As New Zealand wentthrough a round of high fives and back-slapping with their batting stars,the dejected Irish faces told a different story.

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How they were out

South Africa’s revival continued apace at Cape Town as they inflicted a crushing 196-run defeat on Australia. The architects of South Africa’s demolition job were Justin Kemp, with a crunching 41-ball 51, and Makhaya Ntini, who decimated the Australians with a career-best 6 for 22, the best figures by a South African in one-day internationals. Ntini’s early burst of four wickets in three overs sent Australia tumbling to 7 for 4 and they eventually crashed for 93.This winter-long contest has moved continents over the last few weeks but, so far, the cricket has been from a different planet. Australia are the side struck down by injuries, struggling with their bowling attack and generally not having the rub of the green. South Africa, meanwhile, have been transformed from the flat, lifeless side of the VB series.For South Africa this series is about trying to lay some of the ghosts from the Australian tour to rest – and they are certainly making a decent fist of things. On Sunday it was Graeme Smith discarding the bad memories with a cathartic, match-winning century and, today, Kemp went through a similar process. The barnstorming half-century showed his true colours and helped South Africa garner 93 runs in final ten overs – chiefly with the support of Shaun Pollock in a 62-run stand off 44 balls.The South African turn-around has also been characterised by Ntini, who missed the VB series with injury but has returned to add renewed vigour and bite to the attack. The destruction began with Ntini’s first ball, as he cut Adam Gilchrist in half, then Phil Jaques drove loosely to second slip, where Kemp continued his fine day by pouching the catch with ease.Ntini was running hot and none of the Australian batsmen were comfortable. After getting his first two scalps by pitching the ball up, he tested Damien Martyn with the bouncer and it was obligingly hooked straight to long leg. Bowling second at Newlands is always an advantage, but sides still have to make it count. Ntini, brilliantly supported by Pollock and Andre Nel, ensured there was no let-up on the Australians, who also didn’t help their own cause with some shots they will wish had stayed in the pavilion.Mike Hussey has engineered some remarkable Australian rearguards already this year, but salvaging this wreck was beyond even him. It took all his ability just to repel the South African seamers and boundaries were few and far between. When Australia had lost their first four wickets Simon Katich was still to get off the mark – his innings resembled something from a Test match rather than the one-day arena – and he was undone by some extra bounce after a painful stay in the middle.

Everything the South Africans touched continued to turn to gold as Hussey’s attempts to make something from the mess were ended by a sharp catch a short midwicket. The catcher, Kemp, like South Africa, was just having one of those days.He had earlier played the ideal end-of-innings knock to boost South Africa to a total that appeared out of their reach at the 40-over mark. Throughout the more sedate stage of the innings Australia had struck enough blows to stop any major acceleration.However, South Africa pride themselves in having a long batting line-up and that depth allowed them to open their shoulders in the final ten overs. Pollock took the leading role, launching a ferocious assault against Stuart Clark, who had been the model of consistency in his first spell, carving him for 22 runs off his eighth over.Kemp followed by dispatching the first two deliveries of Nathan Bracken’s next over into the crowd and suddenly 34 runs in eight balls had transformed the complexion of the innings. And Kemp wasn’t finished their, either. Clark disappeared over deep extra-cover before Brett Lee also got neck ache by watching the ball disappear back over his head.The base that allowed the middle-order to express themselves was laid by Herschelle Gibbs, who stroked eight crisp boundaries to stabilise a top-order performance that had been wasteful in ideal batting conditions. He formed a sensible stand of 80 with Boucher, but when Brad Hogg removed them both within four overs 260 appeared the summit of South Africa’s ambitions. Kemp, though, swung the balance of the match before Ntini took centre stage, powering his team to a thoroughly deserved 2-0 series lead. A wounded Australia is a dangerous team, but they have some serious work to do to get back into this series.

Graeme Smith b Clark 24 (45 for 1)
Boeta Dippeneaar b Watson 31 (57 for 2)
AB de Villiers b Watson 18 (95 for 3)
Herschelle Gibbs c and b Hogg 66 (175 for 4)
Mark Boucher lbw b Hogg 42 (192 for 5)
Shaun Pollock c Clarke b Lee 38 (254 for 6)
Robin Peterson c Martyn b Clark 4 (262 for 7)
AustraliaAdam Gilchrist c Boucher b Ntini 0 (1 for 1)
Phil Jaques c Kemp b Ntini 0 (1 for 2)
Damien Martyn c Dippenaar b Ntini 4 (5 for 3)
Michael Clarke c Boucher b Ntini 1 (7 for 4)
Simon Katich c de Villiers b Nel 16 (33 for 5)
Mike Hussey c Kemp b Nel 22 (57 for 6)
Brad Hogg c Pollock b Peterson 6 (70 for 7)
Brett Lee c Dippenaar b Nel 1 (71 for 8)
Nathan Bracken c Boucher b Ntini 10 (86 for 9)
Shane Watson c Boucher b Ntini 27 (93 all out)

Trinidad & Tobago 255 and 171 for 3 (Simmons 65, Ganga 54*) lead Windward Islands 131 (Jaggernauth 4-11) by 295 runs
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Trinidad and Tobago took control on the second day of the Carib Beer Cup semi-final against Windward Islands at Guaracara Park, building on their 124-run first-innings lead to finish the day at 171 for 3, 295 ahead.On a typically inviting surface for the batsmen, the Windwards players managed to occupy the crease for just under 52 overs. Undone by the early helpful bowling conditions in their first innings, the T&T batsmen made amends in the last two sessions yesterday to shore up the already strong position which their bowlers set up. Lendl Simmons with a promising, pleasant 65 and Daren Ganga, the captain, undefeated on 54, took advantage.Having resumed with the cream of their batting already back in the pavilion, the Windwards needed a revival to match the one effected by the T&T trio of Jason Mohammed, Richard Kelly and Amit Jaggernauth on the opening day. They could find no such players.Resuming on 37 for 4, Windwards lost their fifth and sixth wickets with only 26 runs added. Devon Smith was the first to go, falling to a rash stroke, while Alvin La Feuille joined Dennis George at the crease. His brief, hardly profitable attempt to take the attack to the bowlers ended when he miscued a lofted drive off Mohammed to Jaggernauth at mid-off for 15.Darren Sammy and Liam Sebastien attemped to consolidate for the next hour and a quarter, despite Sebastien’s uncertainty against Dillon and Mohammed, who later switched around to the southern end to replace his pace colleague.The Windwards pair did the job expected of them, until, in the last over before lunch, Sebastian (21) fell to a fine, athletic slip catch by Bravo, going to his left off offspinner Jaggernauth’s bowling.After lunch, they lost their three remaining wickets for only 22 runs. Jaggernauth picked up two of the three, including top-scorer Sammy (27) from whom he accepted a driven return catch. He ended with the healthy figures of 4 for 11 in just 6.5 overs.The ease with which T&T were able to defend 255 may have been pleasing to the largely quiet Guaracara crowd. But the showing was not a great advertisement, in a semi-final, for Caribbean cricket.

Formative years
Attends a summer coaching camp in 1984 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore where he impresses Keki Tarapore, former cricketer-turned coach and in 1991 makes his first-class debut against Maharashtra, scoring 82. He knocks on the Test doors with 153 in the semi-finals and a double hundred in the Ranji Trophy finals in 1996.Debut v England, Lord’s, 1996
An injury to Sanjay Manjrekar gives Dravid his India cap five years after his first-class debut. He and Sourav Ganguly then light up the arena with a 94-run partnership. Ganguly scores a memorable hundred, but Dravid misses out by 5 runs, walking on a thin edge. “I was a bit disappointed, sure, but not all that much. In the sense, I was happy I scored 95 runs, I looked at it as a cup half full, instead of half empty,” Dravid says later.Maiden hundred v South Africa, Wanderers, 1996
India enter the bullring for the third Test against South Africa after being walloped in the first two. Dravid, batting at No.3, settles down after a nervous start and cuts, pulls, and drives his way to a master class. His 148, with 21 fours, helps India post a healthy 410, and in the second innings he hits 81, with 11 fours, as India make a sporting declaration. Despite a valiant effort from Srinath, bad light allows South Africa, eight wickets down, to escape with a draw. But Dravid, adjudged the Man of the Match, had restored India’s pride.Second ton, in his 23rd Test v Zimbabwe, Harare Sports Club, 1998
Dravid bails India out of trouble, albeit temporarily, grinding out 423 minutes at the crease for his dour 300-ball 118. And in the second innings, chasing 235 for victory, he again top scores with 44 but, with only Ganguly (36) crossing 25, India crumble for 173.Third Indian to score century in each innings v New Zealand, Hamilton, 1999
With another marathon effort – 490 minutes, 354 balls, and 31 fours – Dravid comes to India’s rescue. From a shaky 17 for 2, Dravid, with Sachin Tendulkar, lifts India to 126 and after Tendulkar’s dismissal he adds another 205 runs with the tailenders pulling India out of the hole. In the second essay, set an improbable 415, India stumble to 55 for 2 but Dravid stars again, with a 136-ball 103 and in the company of Ganguly helps India draw the game. Dravid becomes the third Indian after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to achieve the feat.County cricket comes calling Plays for Kent, 2000
Guess who is Kent’s coach? John Wright of course. There is a meeting of minds, and the rest is history. “The arrival of Rahul Dravid to enhance our batting is a major boost. It is great news to have a batsman of Dravid’s class in the team,” Wright declares. Dravid tops the Kent averages with 1,039 runs at 49.48.Double joy – maiden double-century v Zimbabwe, 2000
After Andy Flower sweeps his way to 183, Dravid responds with 200, off 350 balls with 27 fours, and follows up with a breezy 91-ball 70 in the second innings, adding 110 runs for the third wicket with Ganguly, as India chase down the target of 190 in 37.3 overs with 9.3 overs and seven wickets to spare. Another century – 162 in the second Test and the fact that he was dismissed only once in the series, gives him an astounding series average of 432

match v Australia, Kolkata, 2001
Dismissed by Shane Warne twice in three innings and demoted to No.6, Dravid has a point to prove. In the second innings, he joins VVS Laxman, with India still needing 42 runs to avoid an innings defeat, and lifts India from ignominy to incredible triumph. Warne is creamed for 41 runs in 51 balls.The great run-fest v England, 2002
Four centuries on a trot. Three against England – 115 in the second Test , 148 in the third -Tendulkar and Ganguly score tons as well and Kumble then spins India to a series-leveling win and also, this marks the only occasion when Dravid is out stumped in his career, 217 – his first double hundred against England – in the fourth Test – and then follows them up with an unbeaten 100 against West Indies , which along with Virender Sehwag’s ton sets up a launching pad for Zaheer Khan, in the first innings, and Harbhajan Singh, in the second, to bowl India to a win.First taste of captaincy v New Zealand, Mohali, 2003
Stands in for the indisposed Ganguly as the captain in the second Test against New Zealand.. In the drawn first Test, he compiled a mammoth 222 but, in the second, fails with the bat (1 and 5) and generally has a nightmarish Test as a captain. Despite centuries from Laxman and Sehwag, India are forced to follow-on after four top-order centuries see New Zealand run away to 630. However, India manage to draw the game.Bring on the Aussies v Australia, Adelaide, 2004
The Dravid and Laxman show hits the road again in the second Test against Australia. After Australia amass 556, the duo come together just after tea on the second day and are not separated till the last over before tea on the third, by which time they add 303 for the fifth wicket , and power India to 523. After Ajit Agarkar comes up with his best performance to lay the foundation for a win, Dravid again stars in the second essay, remaining unbeaten on 72, taking India to a famous win. He also hits 90 plus scores in the remaining two Tests to top the Indian averages – 619 runs at a staggering 123.80.Fun in Pindi v Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2004
After two quiet Tests he explodes in the third Test with his highest score yet – a magnificent 270, paving the way for a series win against Pakistan..Last man standing v Australia, Mumbai, 2004
A minefield awaits the two teams, with the series already in Australia’s bag, in the last Test. While the Indian top-order is whipped by a rampaging Jason Gillespie, Dravid, leading the side, holds one end up. Groping with the demons in the pitch, he is the only Indian batsman to bat more than 100 deliveries and is left stranded on 31. Sparkling half-centuries from Laxman and Tendulkar in the second innings set up the game for Harbhajan and Murali Kartik to spin India to a thrilling 13-run win.First man in history v Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2004
A 160 against Bangladesh gives him a unique record – he is the first player to score centuries in all Test-playing countries. And until the ICC decides to give some new country Test status, Dravid’s record can only be equalled, not broken.

Pakistan run into the wall, again v Pakistan, Kolkata, 2005
He lights up Eden Gardens again, with centuries in both innings (110 and 135) to charge India to a 195-run victory over Pakistan. A 122-run partnership with Tendulkar in the first innings and a stirring 165-run stand with Dinesh Karthik (93) in the second sets up an Indian win. In the second innings, Sehwag, Tendulkar and Ganguly fall early while Laxman retires hurt with a swollen left eyebrow, courtesy a snorter from Mohammad Sami, to leave India shaking at 156 for 4 before Dravid unleashes his special. He guides his young partner and they set up the game for Kumble, who sends Pakistan hurtling to a big defeat.And… here comes the captain v Sri Lanka, 2005
After a dramatic period involving leaked emails and public spats, Dravid is appointed as the captain for the Test series against Sri Lanka. “It’s time for us to look ahead,” Kiran More, chairman of the selection panel, declared as the curtains came down on the captaincy saga of Ganguly.First hundred as a captain v Pakistan, 2006
Hits a hundred in a run-fest at Lahore in his third Test, eight if you include his earlier stand-in jobs, as a captain. He follows up with another century in the next Test.99th Test and a missed ton v England, 2006
Top scores with 95 in the first innings and oversees brilliant performances from the debutant Munaf Patel and the veteran Kumble, who share eight wickets between them in the second innings, to hasten England’s capitulation.

ScorecardMuttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga took three wickets each as Sri Lanka dismissed Derbyshire for 219 on the first day of the tour match at the Racecourse Ground.Steve Stubbings and Chris Taylor got Derbyshire off to a super start with an unbeaten stand of 85 before lunch, but Muralitharan and Malinga wreaked havoc in the afternoon session. Gaining alarming bounce and bowling with great pace, Malinga took the first three wickets to fall as Derbyshire slipped to 112 for 3.After being treated with great caution, Muralitharan picked up his first wicket when Ant Botha swept him straight to square leg, and thereafter Derbyshire were all at sea. Graeme Welch soon followed, trapped on the crease – and Muralitharan’s third came when Jamie Pipe attempted to cut him and was bowled for 15. In a single session, Sri Lanka had taken 7 for 55 to make up for their wicketless morning’s work.However, their potency disappeared in the final session with the tailenders calmly taking Derbyshire up to and beyond 200. Andy Gray faced 85 balls for his 29 before he became Farveez Maharoof’s first victim.Sri Lanka batted out the final four overs of the day without due alarm.