UPDATE 4-Cricket-India tighten grip after Dravid's 28th test ton

Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:53pm GMT
 
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* Dravid moves into fourth place on scorers list

* Spinner Herath grabs five wickets to wrap up tail

(adds Herath quotes)

By N.Ananthanarayanan

KANPUR, India, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Rahul Dravid completed his 28th test century and moved into fourth place on the all-time scorers list as India tightened their grip on the second test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

Dravid made a superb 144 after becoming the third player to score a hundred before India were all out for 642 soon after tea on the second day.

Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath triggered a late batting slump, grabbing five wickets by striking either side of the interval on a slow Green Park pitch.

Herath captured five for 121, his fourth five-wicket haul in a test innings, taking all but one of the last six wickets which tumbled for 29 runs.

Sri Lanka reached 66 for one at stumps after a nightmare start when opener Tillakaratne Dilshan was out for a first ball duck when he top-edged a loosener down the leg side from paceman Zaheer Khan to be caught at mid-on.   Continued...

 

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