by The Professor » Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:40 pm
It was Galle who seemed in the driving seat for the first two days of this match and they will feel hard done by that time took a first victory of the season away from them. After putting 216 runs on the board in the second innings, they had a 307 run lead. They then proceeded to put Bloomfield to the sword - mostly thanks to extraordinary figures of 8-80 for Suraj Randiv. By the time that stumps were drawn, Galle needed just one more wicket with 102 runs needed.
A moral victory if not one on the board.
"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."