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* Samaraweera and Chandimal guide Sri Lanka out of danger
* Jayawardene first Sri Lanka to score 10,000 runs
* South African de Lange grabs four wickets on debut
By Ken Borland
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 26 – Thilan Samaraweera and
Dinesh Chandimal steered Sri Lanka out of trouble while Mahela
Jayawardene joined the 10,000-run club on the first day of the
second test against South Africa on Monday.
Sri Lanka had elected to bat first under clear blue skies on
a brown-coloured pitch and the move appeared to have backfired
as they stumbled to 162 for five.
But Samaraweera and debutant Chandimal constructed an
impressive 111-run sixth-wicket partnership to lift Sri Lanka
out of danger and they ended the day on 289 for seven.
The 22-year-old Chandimal scored 58 off 86 balls, with seven
fours, before he reached out to try and cut a wide delivery from
Morne Morkel, but edged the ball to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher.
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