Sri Lanka rebuild

Sri Lankan middle-order did the repair work after English pacers James Anderson and Graham Onions had rattled the top-order within half an hour of play at the Wanderers in Johannesburg yesterday.
Having won the toss on a cloud-covered day in Johannesburg, England skipper Andrew Strauss didn't have to give a second thought as he put the Lankans in to bat. And it paid off immediately as Onions extracted the out-of-form Sanath Jayasuriya with his fifth delivery, caught behind nibbling outside off for a second-ball duck. Four balls later, Anderson extracted the prize scalp of Tillakaratne Dilshan. He fell to a scything slash to point off the fullest delivery of Anderson's spell after scoring just 2, whereupon Mahela Jayawardene was pinned lbw for 9 as he attempted an over-ambitious flick across the line.
From a precarious position at 4 for 20, Sri Lankan innings resurrected to 5 for 157, thanks to two well-made partnerships involving Samaraweera, Kandamby and Mathews in the middle-order that resuscitated their prospects of a defendable score.