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Sri Lanka romped to a 6-wicket win over Derbyshire at the County Groundy in Derby in their second 3-day tour match. Having won the toss, the homeside batted first and were bundled out for 219 with Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan taking three wickets each. Infact, Derbyshire had a promising start of 88 for the 1st wicket after which they collapsed in a heap. Lasith Malinga bowled 20 overs to capture three wickets for 59 and spin wizard Muralitharan bowled 30 overs to take 3 for 37. In reply, Sri Lankans were off to a poor start losing its openers Upul Tharanga and Michael Vandort with just 10 runs on the board. Sri Lankans then slipped to a pathetic 69 for 5 and were partly rescued by the pair of Chamara Kapugedera and Farveez Maharoof with both of them scoring valuable forties. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene who came in at no.8 remained unbeaten on 17 and just after the wicket of Farveez Maharoof fell, the Sri Lankans declared their innings at 166 for 7 conceding a lead of 53 runs.
Derbyshire who were equally sportive scored runs at a fair clip to collect 208 in 44 overs leaving a target of 262 for the tourists. Opening batsman Chris Taylor and middle order batsman Travis Birt made well stroked half centuries. Farveez Maharoof got plenty of stick as he was smashed for 59 in his 10 overs. Sri Lankans’ 2nd innings was off to a solid start with Tharanga getting out with the score at 60. The good work of Tharanga was carried by Kumar Sangakkara and he along with Michael Vandort added 86 for the 2nd wicket and that put Sri Lanka on a solid platform to win this match. In the end Vandort combined with Kapugedera to guide the tourists to a smooth victory. Vandort was unbeaten on 90 and Kapugedera made a powerpacked 44 which included a six as well. Sri Lankans pulled off the win in little over 58 overs. Overnight rain had delayed the start of play on the final day and Derbyshire declared their innings to leave just 60 overs for the Sri Lankans to achieve this target.
Derbyshire 219 (Stubbings 43 Taylor 34, Muralitharan 3/47 Malinga 3/59) & 208/4 declared (Birt 83 Taylor 53 Hassan Adnan 32*) lost to Sri Lankans 166/7 declared (Kapugedera 45 Maharoof 44 Sangakkara 33, Kevin Dean 2/32 Lungley 2/59) & 262/4 (Vandort 90 Sangakkara 48 Kapugedera 44* Tharanga 39) by 6 wickets