The Morning Sports DeskThirimanne was more cautious and reached his third Test century – the second this year. He was unbeaten on 131 Photo SLCCenturies from Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave Sri Lanka full control of the first day’s play of the second and final cricket Test in Pallekele against Bangladesh yesterday (29). That allowed the two Lankan openers, Karunaratne and Thirimanne, to dominate once they saw through the first couple of hours of play quite cautiously. During the course of the innings, he crossed 5,000 Test runs, apart from reaching his 12th Test century, the most by any active Sri Lanka batter. Thirimanne was more cautious and reached his third Test century – the second this year.

Source: The Nation April 30, 2021 00:56 UTC