Sri Lanka inch ahead with Sangakkara ton

Aug 09, 2008

Zaheer Khan gave India an early breakthrough on the second morning ...•AFP

Chaminda Vaas, the night-watchman, proved hard to dislodge and frustrated the Indians•AFP

Sangakkara batted fluently to bring up his half-century•AFP

Vaas' vigil was ended by Harbhajan Singh, two runs short of the landmark of 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Tests•AFP

Ishant Sharma injured his right thigh in his follow-through. He was the third Indian, after VVS Laxman and Tendulkar, to sustain an injury on the day •AFP

Sangakkara soon brought up his 17 Test hundred •AFP

... by trapping Michael Vandort lbw for 14•AFP

Vaas and Kumar Sangakkara batted through the remainder of the first session and took Sri Lanka to 114 for 2 at lunch•AFP

Vaas and Sangakkara put on 95 for the third wicket•AFP

In his next over, Harbhajan removed Mahela Jayawardene for 2•AFP

Samaraweera added 60 with Sangakkara ...•AFP

He was supported by Tillakaratne Dilshan (25), with whom he added 43 runs for the sixth wicket before bad light stopped play with Sri Lanka two runs ahead •AFP

Vaas was adept at handling anything that was dished out by the Indian bowlers •AFP

Sachin Tendulkar injured his elbow in trying to catch Vaas. He had to leave the field but was expected to bat in India's second innings•AFP

Anil Kumble asked for a review for an lbw appeal against Thilan Samaraweera that was turned down by Mark Benson. The third umpire, though, upheld the decision •AFP

... before he was caught behind off Zaheer•AFP