Played at Galle International Stadium
Day 5 Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sri Lanka 520/8d & 96/0 (14.1 over); India 276 & 338; Sri Lanka won by 10 wicketsToss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Close of play:
18 Jul day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 256/2 (NT Paranavitana 110*, DPMD Jayawardene 8*, 68 over)
19 Jul day 2 - no play
20 Jul day 3 - India 1st innings 140/3 (V Sehwag 85*, VVS Laxman 18*, 29.4 over)
21 Jul day 4 - India 2nd innings 181/5 (VVS Laxman 9*, 59.3 over)
22 Jul day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 96/0 (14.1 over) - end of match
Sri Lanka v India 1st Test at Galle Presentation:
Murali: "I'd like to thank the president for coming to support me. Thanks to my wife and family for their support. To my team-mates, past and present, through the 19 years for supporting me... To the cricket board and officials, and everyone else." Well, thank YOU Murali!
"I started playing when I was 8 years old and I still listen to my coach from school days. Arjuna Ranatunga and de Silva and all those guys helped me through the tough times in 1995.. the umpires make their judgments through naked eye, so nothing against them.. I have no grudge against them and happy to have made it through the tough times. I always thought if something goes wrong I can bowl leg spin and continue playing cricket!"
"I'm available for the World Cup if the selectors need me. I want to play some more Twenty20 cricket. I made a lot of friends through cricket and sometimes my team-mates said I talk too much with opposition players!"
Sangakkara: "From the start, winning the Test was the aim, that would have been the perfect send-off for Murali too. Pleased that he got to 800 and all the best to him. Malinga was truly the MoM, the way he bowled turned things around and made things easy for Murali and the rest.. Malinga's stand with Herath made a big difference. We must appreciate the groundsmen under Jayananda Warnaweera for his efforts.. on another ground, this match may not have been possible after all the rain."
Virender Sehwag is the "most stylish player of the match" and wins a motorbike for his efforts.
Malinga is deservedly Man of the Match. "I am playing after three years in Tests and it was a memorable Tests, so I am pleased. I am happy he took 800 and I will treasure the moment." He just smiles when Greig asks him whether he was worried he'll take all the wickets!
Dhoni: "Well of course, out of the 15 sessions played only one session we won, so that's not the ideal start to the series. Happy with the way Sehwag played.. Mithun bowled well, so plenty to look forward to. Great moment for Murali, we all knew he will come up with a great show being the great bowler he is, but that did not put us under pressure. Glad that he reached the magical figure of 800. You need a bit of experience given the conditions, so we did miss our senior seamers, still I am happy with the way Ishant and Mithun came back on the third day."
Lorgat:"This is a special day. All the fans have stayed on right to the end. On the behalf of ICC and the Indian team, we wish Murali the very best. You have been a living legend and extremely special to all of us. Thanks Murali from all of us."
Day 5: Sri Lanka v India 1st Test Statistical highlights
# Muttiah Muralitharan is the first-ever bowler to claim 800 wickets in Tests - his victim being Pragyan Ojha.
# Laxman and Mithun put on 49 - India's highest for the eighth wicket at Galle.
# Mithun (25) has posted his highest score in Tests.
# Laxman (69) has registered his highest innings in Sri Lanka.
# Laxman's 44th Test half-century is his seventh against Sri Lanka.
# Laxman has registered one half-century each at three Sri Lankan venues - 69 at Galle in 2010, 61 not out at Colombo PSS in 2008 and 56 at Colombo SSC in 2008.
# Laxman, in the course of his magnificent knock, has completed his 4,000 runs on foreign soil - 4050 at an average of 45.00 in 61 Tests.
# Laxman became the fifth Indian batsman to amass 4,000 runs on foreign soil. He has joined Sachin Tendulkar (7521), Rahul Dravid (6631), Sunil Gavaskar (5055) and Sourav Ganguly (4032).
# India (338) have posted their highest total at Galle, outstripping the 329 in 2008.
# Ishant Sharma (31 not out) has posted his career-best score in Tests, surpassing the 23 against Australia at Sydney in January 2008.
# Laxman and Ishant have shared a partnership of 68 - India's highest for the ninth wicket at Galle.
# Sri Lanka's magnificent win by 10 wickets is their ninth in sixteen Tests at Galle International Stadium.
# Pragyan Ojha (13) has recorded his highest Test innings.
# The 24-run stand between Ojha and Ishant is a tenth wicket partnership record for India against Sri Lanka at Galle.
# For the sixth time in Tests,Harbhajan Singh has failed to take a single wicket.
# Dilshan's third half-century against India is his 14th in Tests.
# Lasith Malinga (64 + 2/55 + 5/50) is the first Sri Lankan all-rounder to post a fifty and capture five wickets in an innings in the same Test match against India.
# Malinga has received his second Man of the Match award in Tests.
# Sri Lanka have won two Tests out of three played against India at Galle.
# Lasith Malinga (5/50) has produced his career-best bowling performance in Tests - his third five-wicket haul
# Malinga is the third fast bowler to claim five wickets in an innings at Galle, joining Dilhara Fernando (SL) and Javagal Srinath (India).
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