[nukkad] Hats off to Sanath Jayasuriya and Lanka...

[Nikhil Shah/MUK/SEEPZ <nikhils@meghdoot.mastek.com>]

>ST Jayasuriya 340 off 578 balls, 36x4 2x6. 
>          50 off 71 balls, 9x4. 
>          100 off 138 balls, 14x4. 
>          150 off 235 balls, 19x4. 
>          200 off 327 balls, 25x4. 
>          Highest Test score in Sri Lanka (previous: DSBP Kuruppu 201*,
>SriLanka v New Zealand at
>          Colombo (CCC), 1986/87). 
>          Personal High Score in First-class cricket (previous: 207* for
>Sri Lanka 'B' v Pakistan 'B', 1988/89) 
>          250 off 425 balls, 29x4. 
>          Highest Test score by a Sri Lankan (previous: PA de Silva 267 v New
>Zealand at Wellington,
>          1990/91). 
>          Highest First-class score by a Sri Lankan 
>          Highest First-class score in Sri Lanka (previous: FMM Worrell
>285, Commonwealth v Ceylon at
>          Colombo, 1950/51). 
>          300 off 518 balls, 32x4, 1x6. 
>          First ever Sri Lankan to score 300 runs in a Test innings. 
>          Highest Test score against India (previous: GA Gooch 333, England v
>India at Lord's, 1990). 
>          4th Highest score in Test history (Highest: BC Lara 375, 
>            West Indies v England at St John's, 1993/94)
>RS Mahanama 225 off 561 balls, 27x4 0x6 
>          100 off 244 balls, 10x4 
>          150 off 346 balls, 18x4 
>          Personal High score in First-class cricket (previous: 153 for
>SriLanka v New Zealand 
>	at Moratuwa, 1992/93). 
>          200 off 480 balls, 22x4 
>ST Jayasuriya and RS Mahanama partnership: 576 runs 
>          Highest Test partnership for any wicket for Sri Lanka
>(previous:240* for the 4th wicket, AP
>          Gurusinha and A Ranatunga, v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), 1985/86). 
>          Highest Test partnership for any wicket in Sri Lanka (previous:
>246* for the 6th wicket, 
>	JJ Crowe and RJ Hadlee, New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Colombo (CCC), 1986/87). 
>          Highest First-class partnership for the 2nd wicket in Sri Lanka 
>	(previous: 289 WAMP Perera and TP
>          Kodikara, Antonians v Rio SC at Colombo, 1992/93). 
>          Highest First-class partnership for any wicket in Sri Lanka
>(previous: 315 for the 3rd wicket, ST
>          Perera and RS Kalpage, Bloomfield v Antonians at Colombo, 1995/96).
>          Highest Test partnership for the 2nd wicket (previous: 451 WH 
>	Ponsford and DG Bradman, Australia v England at The Oval, 1934). 
>          Highest Test partnership for any wicket against India 
>	(previous:451 Javed Miandad and Mudassar
>          Nazar at Hyderabad, 1982/83). 
>          Highest Test partnership for any wicket (previous: 467 MD Crowe v
>AH Jones, New Zealand v Sri
>          Lanka at Wellington, 1990/91). 
>          Highest First-class partnership for the 2nd wicket (previous: 475 
>	Zahir Alam and LS Rajput, Assam v
>          Tripura at Gauhati, 1991/92). 
>          Longest Test partnership for any wicket (previous: 579 minutes,
>GStA Sobers and FMM Worrell,
>          West Indies v England at Bridgetown, 1959/60). 
>          First ever 500 run Test partnership 
>          First time a partnership remained unbroken throughout 2 complete 
>	days of Test cricket. (Note: Sobers
>          and Worrell in 1959/60 batted throughout 2 days with an hour lost
>to rain.) 
>	2nd highest partnership for any wicket in First-class cricket (Highest: 577,
>VS Hazare and Gul
>          Mahomed, Baroda v Holkar at Baroda, 1946/47). 
>Sri Lanka team total 
>          Highest Test score with only 1 wicket fallen (previous: 533/1,West
>Indies v Pakistan at Kingston,
>          1957/58). 
>          Highest Test score for Sri Lanka (previous: 547/8 v Australia at
>Colombo (SSC), 1992/93). 
>          Highest First-class score in Sri Lanka (previous: 549/8d, 
>	West Indies v Ceylon at Colombo, 1966/67).
>          (Next: Highest team total in a Test match (current: 903/7dec, 
>	England vs Australia at The Oval, 1938)) 
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>Incomplete scorecard:
>
>Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   B   
>4  6
>ST Jayasuriya         c Ganguly          b Chauhan            340 578  
>36  2
>MS Atapattu           c Mongia           b Kulkarni            26  31   
>5  0
>RS Mahanama           lbw                b Kumble             225 561  
>27  0
>PA de Silva           not out                                  90 152  
>11  0
>*A Ranatunga          run out (Azharuddin)                     86 110  
>14  0
>DPM Jayawardene       not out                                  22  49   
>3  0
>Extras                (b 7, lb 12, w 8, nb 12)                 39
>Total                 (4 wickets, 243.3 overs)                828 
>
>To Bat: +RS Kaluwitharana, WPUJC Vaas, KR Pushpakumara, M Muralitharan,
>        KJ Silva.
>
>FoW: 1-39 (Atapattu), 2-615 (Mahanama), 3-615 (Jayasuriya),
>     4-790 (Ranatunga).
>
>Bowling                      O      M      R      W
>Prasad                      24      1     88      0 (1nb, 1w)
>Kuruvilla                   14      2     74      0 (5nb)
>Chauhan                     69      8    242      1 (8nb, 4w)
>Kumble                      66      7    202      1 (5nb)
>Kulkarni                    63.3   12    165      1
>Ganguly                      5      0     34      0
>Tendulkar                    1      0      2      0
>Dravid                       1      0      2      0
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