SL spinners induce abject collapse

Jul 26, 2008

India, with their backs to the wall, needed some encouragement in the fourth day but it wasn't to be as Ajantha Mendis had Anil Kumble trapped lbw •AFP

Muttiah Muralitharan trapped Harbhajan Singh to complete his 64th Test five-wicket haul•AFP

Mendis was cock-a-hoop after foxing VVS Laxman. India were wrapped up for 223 and were asked to follow on•AFP

All hopes rested on Tendulkar for a revival•AFP

Tillakaratne Dilshan caught Sourav Ganguly to give Murali his third wicket of the innings as India collapsed to 103 for 5•AFP

Kumble asked for a referral and was given the marching orders•AFP

VVS Laxman was the only batsman to get a measure of the conditions and especially, the spinners, compiling a half-century•AFP

The wicket-fest started at the stroke of lunch as Virender Sehwag became the first player to be dismissed via the review system, albeit controversially •AFP

But Murali dismissed him for the seventh time in Tests - the most number of times Tendulkar has been removed by a bowler. India stumbled to 82 for 3•AFP

Two more wickets fell without any runs added - Rahul Dravid caught off Mendis and Dinesh Karthik off Murali•AFP

Laxman and Ishant Sharma resisted for 70 minutes•AFP

Laxman, promoted to No.3, fell to Mendis for the second time in the day •AFP

Gautam Gambhir was brilliantly stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene off Murali•AFP

Murali ended with match figures of 11 for 110 as Sri Lanka won the Test by an innings and 239 runs•AFP