SACHIN TENDULKAR 21ST CENTURY TEST PLAYER

In an online poll conducted on Cricket Australia's website, Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the Best Test player of the 21st century. The Little Master got the highest number of votes and emerged at the top in a list of the 100 best players since 2000. Tendulkar earned 23 percent votes, the highest, followed by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara, who got 14 percent votes, while Australia's Adam Gilchrist came third with 13 percent votes. Tendulkar, who retired from Test cricket after playing his 200th game in November 2013, was the only Indian player to figure in the top-ten, which included four Australians, three South Africans and two Sri Lankans. "After 10 days of counting down and no end of deliberations, cricket.com.au released its final countdown of the 100 best Test players since 2000 a couple of days ago. Readers debated the top 10, just as you did players 11 through 100, but we also provided an opportunity for you to decide your No.1 Test player of the century," CA's website stated. "Tendulkar, the Little Master, who remains an iconic figure in the sport, was a runaway winner, jumping four places from where cricket.com.au had him placed, while batting giants Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis were separated on countback, with the Australian just edging out his Proteas counterpart," they added. The Poll result: 1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 23% , 2. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 14% , 3. Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 13% , 4. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 11% , 5. Jacques Kallis (SA) 11% , 6. AB de Villiers (SA) 10% , 7. Shane Warne (Aus) 9% , 8. Glenn McGrath (Aus) 5% , 9. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 3% , 10. Dale Steyn (SA) 1%

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PAKISTAN VS SRI LANKA 2ND TEST

It promises to be another absorbing day. Do join us for all the action. For now, cheers and bye.. With the bowlers having set them up, the batsmen made sure that the efforts of the first two sessions didn't go in waste. Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne batted with caution. The former had some luck. A bat-pad appeal against him was negated by the third umpire, but he could have been given out LBW. A lapse in concentration saw Karunaratne throw his wicket away, caught behind off Junaid Khan for 28. This was the latter's 50th wicket against Sri Lanka, in his 13th Test against them. Kumar Sangakkara is looking at ease and will look to take his team into a position of ascendency when play resumes tomorrow. A day of dominance for Sri Lanka. They lost the toss, were asked to bowl and responded superbly by bundling out Pakistan for just 138. There wasn't a lot in this pitch, but Dhammika Prasad exploited the new ball to take out Pakistan's top-order. The post-lunch session belonged to the mystery spinner, Tharindu Kaushal. In an unchanged spell, he ripped out Pakistan's middle and lower-order, returning with career-best figures of 5/42, his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. There is some confusion whether it's the end of play or not. The batsmen look confused and the umpires are currently having a discussion. They feel that the light is not good enough and it's stumps on day 1.

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