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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry L" data-source="post: 17015569" data-attributes="member: 260809">300 a good total - Tharanga<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka's top-scorer on day one, expects the SSC pitch to take substantial turn as the match wears on.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pakistan's bowlers extracted both movement and turn to leave Sri Lanka at 261 for 8 at stumps, though the spinners only accounted for one of those wickets.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The last Test to be played at the venue in July, featured considerable turn on days four and five.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Normally the SSC pitch is not turning for the first few days, but it did something today - big turn," Tharanga said. "I think it will turn as much as the last match. Even for the seam bowlers, sometimes the pitch was a bit two-paced. Some balls went through quickly, others got stuck in the pitch and came slowly."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tharanga said Sri Lanka would aim to get 300 in their first innings, and believed that constituted a good total.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"It's not easy to play shots on this pitch, because when the pitch is two-paced, we can't time the ball perfectly. First innings runs are crucial and if we can get as much as we can from here, I think our bowlers can put them under pressure. You can't score runs freely, like on SSC tracks of the past."</li> </ul></blockquote>

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