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Dimuth Karunaratne walks backmost from past Test match. (Screengrab: X/7Cricket)
Sri Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne near the tract of his past Test lucifer to a lasting ovation by the Australians successful the 3rd time of the 2nd Test. The Lankan player, who was besides playing his 100th Test match, scored conscionable 14 runs successful the 2nd innings earlier helium nicked 1 down to wicketkeeper Alex Carey disconnected Matthew Kuhnemann.
Before walking off, helium shook hands with Nathan Lyon and Steve Smith and shared a hug with agelong clip batting spouse Dinesh Chandimal adjacent arsenic the Aussie players stopped celebrating and applauded him. The Sri Lankan batter scored 7222 runs successful 100 Tests astatine an mean of 39.25 with 16 centuries and 39 fifties with a precocious people of 244 runs.
On Thursday, Karunaratne became the seventh Sri Lanka cricketer to scope the 100-Test milestone aft existent caput manager Sanath Jayasuriya (110), Muttiah Muralidaran (132), Chaminda Vaas (111), Kumar Sangakkara (134), Mahela Jayawardena (149), and Angelo Mathews (117).
Dimuth Karunaratne leaves the tract aft his last Test innings.
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Karunaratne’s 16 Test tons are the joint-fourth for Sri Lanka alongside Marvan Atapattu, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews. Only Sangakkara (38), Jayawardena (34) and Arjun Ranatunga (20) person accorded much centuries successful the format.
Earlier successful the day, Australia were edging towards a 2-0 bid expanse implicit Sri Lanka aft Alex Carey’s breathtaking period moved the visitors into a formidable presumption successful the 2nd test.
On Day 3, the visitors racked up an imposing 414 earlier being bowled retired conscionable earlier lunch, securing a first-innings pb of 157 runs.
Sri Lanka mislaid the archetypal trial by an innings and 242 runs, besides successful Galle — Sri Lanka’s worst decision successful trial cricket
Carey was successful scintillating touch, showcasing his mastery of the expanse changeable to antagonistic Sri Lanka’s spin-heavy attack. As the hosts attempted to stifle the scoring by crowding the leg-side, Carey responded with audacious reverse sweeps, keeping the bowlers connected the backmost foot.
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In the process, the Australian wicketkeeper carved retired a career-best 156, the highest people by an Australian mitt antheral successful Asia, eclipsing Adam Gilchrist’s 144.
Steve Smith, too, made his beingness felt with a well-compiled 131 — his 2nd period of the series. However, dissimilar Carey’s assured changeable play, Smith had a fewer tense moments aboriginal on. Once settled, though, helium dug in, contributing to a mammoth 259-run concern for the 4th wicket — the highest basal astatine that presumption by a visiting squad successful Sri Lanka.
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