Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka - 1992 World Test Championship - 3rd Round - Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka - 1992 World Test Championship - 3rd Round - Harare

Sri Lanka won the toss and slipped to 27/3, their top order blown away by the Zimbabwean seamers.
de Silva and Ranatunga steadied things, but when Ranatunga was out at 100/4 the Zimbabweans were still on top.
Jayasuriya dug in, and with captain Aravinda de Silva playing brilliantly at the other end, the match quickly turned in favour of the Sri Lankans.
de Silva powered on to an amazing career best 319 out of a total of 567, having hit 34 fours and 6 sixes in over 9 hours batting, a monumental effort.
Zimbabwe would have been very disappointed, their attack looking toothless after a good start with the new ball on a good batting pitch.
With the score 358/5 off 100 overs, Sri Lanka had achieved a maximum 4 batting points, and Zimbabwe 2 bowling points.
Needing 368 to avoid the follow on, it seemed an uphill struggle for Zimbabwe from this point, de Silva having singlehandedly scotched their hopes after a good start by the seamers.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 567/10 All Out (Overs 165.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	lbw	b GJ Crocker	15	35	30	2	0
UC Hathurasingha	c AJ Pycroft	b GJ Crocker	10	45	32	1	0
AP Gurusinha	c ADR Campbell	b EA Brandes	2	14	5	0	0
PA de Silva*	c DL Houghton	b MP Jarvis	319	559	467	34	6
A Ranatunga	c G Flower	b AJ Traicos	33	71	54	5	0
ST Jayasuriya	c AJ Pycroft	b AJ Traicos	41	125	104	2	0
HP Tillekeratne+	c DL Houghton	b AJ Traicos	66	167	134	5	0
RJ Ratnayake	c AJ Pycroft	b G Flower	44	112	103	5	0
SD Anurasiri	c G Flower	b GJ Crocker	16	82	68	0	0
KIW Wijegunawardena	c ADR Campbell	b EA Brandes	0	2	1	0	0
GP Wickremasinghe	not out		0	4	3	0	0
extras		(b8 lb4 w3 nb6)	21
TOTAL		10 wickets for	567

FOW
1-22(RS Mahanama) 2-25(UC Hathurasingha) 3-27(AP Gurusinha) 4-100(A Ranatunga)
5-242(ST Jayasuriya) 6-395(HP Tillekeratne) 7-495(RJ Ratnayake) 8-566(PA de Silva)
9-567(KIW Wijegunawardena) 10-567(SD Anurasiri)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
EA Brandes	24	2	79	2
MG Burmester	21	5	78	0
MP Jarvis	30	7	87	1
GJ Crocker	25.2	5	88	3
AJ Traicos	58	6	185	3
G Flower	7	1	38	1

Aravinda de Silva struck a monumental career best 319 to put Sri Lanka on top in Harare