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- Updated: August 6, 2016
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has called Dilruwan Perera a “silent hero” after the offspinner became the first Sri Lanka player to take ten wickets and score a half-century in a Test. Perera was both the most economical and the most penetrative of Sri Lanka’s frontline bowlers in the match, taking 10 for 99. In the process he also became the fastest Sri Lankan to 50 Test wickets, achieving the milestone in 11 Tests, to beat Ajantha Mendis, who got there in 12.
His second innings’ score of 64 was also higher than any the Australia batsmen have mustered, through the series so far.
“We talk a lot about Rangana Herath, but not as much about Dilruwan,” Mathews said after the match. “But he’s just become the fastest Sri Lankan to 50 Test wickets. When Murali aiya was there, we didn’t speak that much about Rangana, so I guess it’s the same thing with Dilruwan. He’s a silent hero. In the last match he didn’t bowl well, but he was very diligent and knows how to bowl in Galle. He worked very hard in training with the coaches. He’s someone we can get a lot of profit from in the years to come.”
Perera said he had realised he’d bowled too quickly in Pallekele, and had watched videos of his own bowling, and worked with spin coach Piyal Wijetunge to redress the problem. He took the key wicket of …
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