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Thilan Samaraweera's 125 rescues wobbly Sri Lanka in 2nd test

AP Worldstream | April 5, 2008 | Copyright

Thilan Samaraweera smacked a brilliant 125 to rescue a wobbling Sri Lanka on Saturday and set West Indies 253 to win the second cricket test and save the series.

The visitors, 1-0 up in the two-test series, were bowled out for a second time on the last ball of the third day for 268 to leave West Indies with two days to make a challenging victory target at Queen's Park Oval.

Samaraweera and Chaminda Vaas shared a seventh-wicket stand of 138 that pulled Sri Lanka from peril at 99 for six.

Samaraweera crafted his sixth test hundred in five hours from…

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