Tour match, Derby, day one of three (stumps): Derbyshire 219 v Sri Lanka 4-0 Muralitharan missed the tour opener at Fenner's |
Lasith Malinga's raw pace and Muttiah Muralitharan's spin saw seven wickets fall for 55 runs as Derbyshire crashed out for 219 to Sri Lanka. The tourists managed no wickets in the morning and only three after tea - but in between Malinga and Murali wreaked havoc in their first tour appearances.
Steve Stubbings and Chris Taylor put on 85 before lunch but Malinga's extra bounce brought three quick victims.
And it took ninth-wicket pair Andy Gray and Tom Lungley to steer them past 200.
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Malinga, whose first five-over spell saw him concede seven no balls, saw Taylor was beaten by apparent low bounce as he edged on to his leg-stump on the back-foot defence.
Travis Birt ducked an expected bouncer only to offer a periscope blade as the ball made no more than stump height and was edged to second slip.
And Stubbings was then cramped by a bouncer into gloving behind.
Murali got in on the act when Ant Botha swept him sweetly but straight into the hands of square-leg.
And Derbyshire were five down after Hassan Adnan went run out via a mix-up with Graeme Welch over an aborted single.
The captain was pinned lbw on the back-foot defence by Murali who struck again with the last ball of the session when Jamie Pipe was bowled attempting an ill-advised cut at a full delivery.
After tea, Murali's pounce on an on-drive to run out Mo Sheikh with a direct hit followed by a near featureless half-century stand between Gray and Lungley.
It was only when Gray smeared Farveez Maharoof to gully that the tourists were back in business.
Openers Michael Vandort and Upul Tharanga negotiated the remaining four overs to stumps.
Muralitharan, who missed the opening draw with British Universities, came into the side for the penultimate warm-up match before the first Test begins at Lord's on 11 May.
Kumar Sangakkara was named captain in the absence of Mahela Jayawardene, while left-arm strike bowler Chaminda Vaas was also rested.