Sri Lanka vs New Zealand : First test at Galle : First day belongs to hosts as Mahela hits a hundred
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand : First Test at Galle : Start Date – 18.08.09 : First day’s highlights
NT Paravitana’s duck and TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the second occasion of Sri Lankan openers scoring a duck and ninety in the same test innings. The first occasion was provided by MS Atapattu {Zero} and KC Sangakkara {98} against South Africa at Centurion in Jan 2001.
NT Paravitana’s duck and TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the first occasion of Sri Lankan openers scoring a duck and ninety in the same test innings on Sri Lankan soil.
TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman registering a ninety in a test innings. The other six are – 96 by S Wettimny vs Australia at Kandy on 22.04.83, 93 by JR Ratnayeke vs India at Kanpur in Dec 95, 90 by ST Jayasuriya vs West Indies at Kingstown in Jun 97, 98 by MS Atapattu vs India at Mumbai in Dec 97, 98 by KC Sangakkara vs South Africa at Centurion in Jan 2001 and 92 by ST Jayasuriya vs Zimbabwe at Col-SSC in Dec 2001.
TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the third occasion of a Sri Lankan opening batsman registering a ninety in Sri Lanka. The other two occasions are – 96 by S Wettimny vs Australia at Kandy on 22.04.83 and 92 by ST Jayasuriya vs Zimbabwe at Col-SSC in Dec 2001.
TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the 16th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a ninety in Sri Lanka. TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the third occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman to register a ninety against New Zealand in a test innings in Sri Lanka. The other two occasions are – 93 by HP Tilakaratne at Col-SSC in Dec 2002 and 93 by HP Tilakaratne at Kandy in May 2003.
TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game provide the sixth occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman to register a ninety against New Zealand in a test innings. It also represent the 32nd occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman registering a ninety in a test innings against various oppositions.
TM Dilshan’s 92 in this game represent the first ninety of his test career and also represent the 13th half century of his test career.
TM Dilshan and DPMD Jayawardene were concerned in a third wicket three figure partnership of 118 runs providing the 195th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against various oppositions.
TM Dilshan and DPMD Jayawardene were concerned in a third wicket three figure partnership of 118 runs providing the 50th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against various oppositions.
TM Dilshan and DPMD Jayawardene were concerned in a third wicket three figure partnership of 118 runs providing the 23rd occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against New Zealand.
TM Dilshan and DPMD Jayawardene were concerned in a third wicket three figure partnership of 118 runs providing the ninth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in a test innings against New Zealand.
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the 196th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against various oppositions.
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the 24th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against New Zealand.
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the 196th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against various oppositions.
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings against New Zealand. The other three occasions are – 178 runs between PA de Silva and A Ranatunga at Wellington in Jan 91, 192 runs between AP Gurusinha and HP Tilakaratne at Dunedin in Mar 95, and 122 runs between DPMD Jayawardne and TT Samaraweera at Napier in Apr 2005
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the record partnership by Sri Lankan batsmen for the fourth wicket in a test innings against New Zealand in Sri Lanka. The previous best was
76 runs between A Ranatunga and DPMD Jayawardene at Galle in Jun 98.
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the 24th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against New Zealand
DPMD Jayawardene’s 108 not out represent the 169th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in a test innings against various oppositions. It also represents his 26th test hundred.
DPMD Jayawardene’s 108 not out represent the 19th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in a test innings against New Zealand. It also represents his third test hundred against New Zealand. The other two hundreds are – 167 at Galle in Jun 98 and 141 at Napier in Apr 05.
DPMD Jayawardene with three hundreds to his credit emulated AP Gurusinha who has also scored three hundreds against New Zealand and shares the record for most hundreds by a Sri Lankan batsman against New Zealand. AP Gurusinha’s three hundreds are listed thus – 119 and 102 at Hamilton in Feb 91 and 127 at Dunedin in Mar 95.
DPMD Jayawardene’s 108 not out represent the seventh occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman scoring a hundred in a test innings against New Zealand in Sri Lanka. It also represents his second test hundred against New Zealand in Sri Lanka. The other hundreds was – 167 at Galle in Jun 98
DPMD Jayawardene with two hundreds to his credit against New Zealand in Sri Lanka emulated RS Mahanama who has also scored two hundreds against New Zealand in Sri Lanka and shares the record for most hundreds by a Sri Lankan batsman against New Zealand in Sri Lanka. RS Mahanama’s two hundreds are – 153 at Moratuwa in Nov 92 and 109 at Col-SSC in Dec 92
DPMD Jayawardene and TT Samaraweera were concerned in a fourth wicket unfinished partnership of 159 runs at the end of the first day of this test providing the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting a partnership of 150 plus rus for the various wickets in a test innings against New Zealand. The other four occasions are –
159 runs unfinished stand between S Wettimuny and RL Dias at Col-SSC in Mar 1984, 178 runs for the fourth between PA de Silva and A Ranatunga at Wellington in Jan 91, 192 runs for the fourth wicket between AP Gurusinha and HP Tilakaratne at Dunedin in Mar 95, and 184 runs for the third wicket between MS Atapattu and DPMD Jayawardene at Napier in Apr 2005
DPMD Jayawardene completed 700 test runs against New Zealand when he was on 101 during his innings of 108 not out. At the end of the first day’s play his aggregate stood at 707. He earned the distinction of becoming the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to total 700 plus runs against New Zealand. The other three are – A Ranatunga {824}, HP Tilakaratne {819} and PA de Silva {785}.
DPMD Jayawardene completed 8500 runs of his test career when he was on 82 during his knock of 108 not out. At the end of the first day’s play he has an aggregate of 8526 test runs. He earns the distinction of becoming the 15th batsman in the annals of test cricket to total 8500 plus test runs.
DPMD Jayawardene’s 108 not out represent the 26th hundred of his test career which puts him on par with GS Sobers of West Indies and R Dravid of India who also have 26 hundreds to their credit. DPMD Jayawardene became the 12th batsman in the annals of test cricket to register 26 or more test hundreds. SR Tendukar of India {42}, RT Ponting of Australia {38}, SM Gavaskar of India {34}, BC Lara of West Indies {34}, SR Waugh of Australia {32}, JH Kallis of South Africa {31}, ML Hayden of Australia {30}, DG Bradman of Australia {29} and AR Border of Australia {27} are the nine batsmen who have scored more hundreds than R Dravid, DPMD Jayawardene and GS Sobers.
DPMD Jayawardene’s 108 not out represent the 23rd hundred of his test career while batting at number four. With the hundred in this test, he went past JH Kallis’s 22 hundreds while batting at number four. Only SR Tendulkar {37} and BC Lara {24} have scored more hundreds than DPMD Jayawaredne while batting at number four. It is interesting to note that only these four batsmen have registered 20 plus hundreds while batting at number four.
DPMD Jayawardene has registered 45 fifties {23 hundreds and 22 half centuries} while batting number four. He remains the only batsman who has scored more hundreds than fifties while batting at number four. With 45 fifties to his credit, he now stands sixth in the list of batsman who have scored 45 plus fifties while batting at number four. The other five are SR Tendulkar of India {81 fifties – 37 hundreds and 44 half centuries}, BC Lara of West Indies {55 fifties – 24 hundreds and 31 half centuries}, ME Waugh of Australia {55 fifties – 16 hundreds and 39 half centuries}, JH Kallis of South Africa {52 fifties – 22 hundreds and 30 half centuries} and Javed Miandad of Pakistan {50 fifties – 19 hundreds and 31 half centuries}.
TT Samaraweera with his 82 not out at the end of the first day’s play has an aggregate of 818 test runs in the calendar year 2009. These aggregate places him second in the list of batsmen who have most runs in the calendar year 2009, the first in the list being AJ Strauss of England who has 941 runs to his credit. AJ Strauss and TT Samaraweera are the only two batsmen to aggregate 800 plus test runs in the calendar year 2009.
TM Dilshan and DPMD Jayawardene completed 600 test runs in the calendar year 2009. TM Dilshan reached the land mark when he was on 28 during his knock of 92 in this innings, while DPMD Jayawardene reached the land mark when he was on 108. They have an aggregate of 664 and 600 runs respectively during the calendar year 2009. At the end of the first day’s play in this test, as many as, twelve batsmen have an aggregate of 600 plus runs during the calendar year 2009.
TT Samaraweera at the end of the first day’s play has hit 116 boundary fours in the calendar year 2009. He needs one more boundary four to equal 117 boundary fours hit by AJ Strauss in the calendar year 2009.
TM Dilshan earned the distinction of scoring the fastest fifty by a Sri Lankan batsman when he scored the fifty in 30 balls. He scored 92 in this innings.