Colombo, Aug 3 (IANS) Scoreboard at the close of the opening day’s play in the third and final cricket Test between Sri Lanka and India here Tuesday.
Sri Lanka first innings:
Tharanga Paranavitana c Dhoni b Sharma 8
Tillekaratne Dilshan run out (Vijay/Dhoni) 41
Kumar Sangakkara c Sehwag b Ojha 75
Mahela Jayawardene lbw Ojha 56
Thilan Samaraweera batting 65
Angelo Mathews batting 26
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 14) 22
Total (for four wickets in 86.5 overs) 293
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Paranavitana, 3.6 overs), 2-102 (Dilshan, 24.3), 3-157 (Sangakkara, 42.4), 4-241 (Jayawardene, 72.6)
Bowling:
Abhimanyu Mithun 17.5-2-57
Ishant Sharma 15-4-49-1
Amit Mishra 25-1-99-0
Pragyan Ojha 26-2-78-2
Virender Sehwag 3-0-4-0
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Rod Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire: Kumara Dharmasena
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)