Date-stamped : 19 Mar95 - 14:30
Sri Lanka v Australia, Test 2
Played at Khettarama Colombo, 28,29,30 August 1,2 September 1992

====> Prematch
Sri Lanka attempt to strengthen batting

Sri Lanka have recalled Sanath Jayasuriya to bolster  their  bat-
ting  for  the second Test match starting today against Australia
at the Khettarama Stadium here, the 66th, and latest, venue   for
Test cricket.

Sri Lanka were in the driving seat for most of the   first   Test
but  lost a gripping match by 16 runs when their batting crumbled
in the final session. Jayasuriya, who replaces  Marvan  Atapattu,
was  Sri  Lanka`s most successful batsman in their last series in
Pakistan, averaging 79.33.

Australia will make a late decision on whether to   field   three
fast-medium bowlers or two spinners. Shane Warne, the leg spinner
who took vital wickets in the desperate finish  to  the  previous
Test,  reported  fit  for  net practice yesterday, despite a sore
heel. But he could  lose  his  place  to  the all-rounder,   Tony
Dodemaide.

SRI LANKA  (from):  A  Ranatunga  (capt),  R  S  Mahanama,  U   C
Hathurusinghe,  A  P  Gurusinha,  P A de Silva, S T Jayasuriya, R
Kaluwitharana, H C P Ramanayake, M Muralidaran, S D Anurasiri,  D
Liyanage,  A G D Wickremasinghe, H P Tillekeratne, R S Kalpage, E
A R de Silva.

AUSTRALIA (from): A R Border (capt), M A Taylor, T M Moody, D   C
Boon, D M Jones, M E Waugh, I A Healy, G R J Matthews, C J McDer-
mott, M R Whitney, A I C Dodemaide, S K Warne.

Source :: The Times

====> Day 1, 28 Aug 92
Newcomer slows Australia`s progress

Dulip Liyanage, the Sri Lanka fast  bowler,  claimed  three  Aus-
tralian  wickets  the first with his third delivery in an impres-
sive Test match debut yesterday.

Liyanage, 20, ended the first day of the second Test  with  three
for 61 after Australia, put in to bat, recovered from 72 for four
to 177 for five.Dean Jones, who was missed by Mahanama at  second
slip  when he had scored one, drove fluently on both sides of the
wicket for an unbeaten 77.

Early-morning rain cut 12 overs off the first session,  in  which
Liyanage  had Moody caught behind off an outswinger in the second
over. Taylor was out just before lunch for 15 to a bat-pad  catch
by  Jayasuriya  off Hathurusinghe, making Australia 35 for two at
the break.

Boon and Waugh both were caught by Jayasuriya  in   the   bat-pad
position.  Boon was Liyanage`s second victim, while Waugh fell to
Ramanayake, the fast bowler. Rain which caused an early tea  cost
a  further  12  overs, and on the resumption Border was bowled by
Liyanage for 15.  Australia,  who  lead  1-0  in  the  three-Test
series, were then 109 for five.

====> Day 2, 29 Aug 92

IN Colombo, Greg Matthews, the  Australian  all-rounder,   scored
his  second half-century in consecutive innings to lead Australia
to 247 in their first innings on the second  day  of the   second
Test  against  Sri Lanka.  Matthews continued an outstanding tour
as Australia  tacked  on 46  more  runs   for  the  loss  of  the
overnight batsmen, Jones and Matthews, and Healy and McDermott.

<END> Contributed by Gihan (Gihan.N.Wikramanayake@cm.cf.ac.uk)