da esoccer bet： Muthumudalige Pushpakumara’s timely century helped the Sri Lankanunder-19 team to recover and post a fighting second innings total
Staff and agencies23-Aug-2000Muthumudalige Pushpakumara’s timely century helped the Sri Lankanunder-19 team to recover and post a fighting second innings total. SriLanka ended the third day at 268 for eight in the second `Test’against the England under-19s at Northampton.Pushpakumara’s unbeaten 125, which included 13 boundaries, came at atime when the visitors were in dire straits as the Englishmen reducedthem to 74 for six. With Kausbal Lokuarachchi (63), Pushpakumara added129 for the seventh wicket and helped the tourists recover and put SriLanka in command.Sri Lanka made a disastrous start in their second innings losingDaniels for 0, Gajanayake for 4, Kandamby for 1, Mubarak for 0, Pererafor 33 and Weeraratne for 10. For England Murtagh was the successfulbowler taking 3 for 36. The Sri Lankan team now leads by 291 runs, atotal which looks challenging for the England side. The pitch alsoseems to be offering some assistance to the spinners.Earlier, England resuming at their overnight score of 222 for sixadded further 4 runs before being all out for 263. For the Sri Lankanteam, Dhammika ended with figures of 5 for 59. He was ably supportedby Pushpakumara (2 for 36) and Kandamby (2 for 40).