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SCORE: Sri Lankans 309 for 2 dec and 216 for 6 (Samaraweera 49, Smith 2-45) beat Middlesex 360 for 8 dec and 161 (Malan 34, Mendis 3-28) by four wickets.
New skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan, who complete a century in the first innings, opt to give some of his member batsmen time in the middle rather than open the innings himself as they chased a target of 213 in 49 overs, the tourists have bowled out Middlesex for 161 in their second innings.
They almost immediately lost Prasanna Jayawardene when Tom Parsons sharply ran him out with a straight hit, but Lahiru Thirimanne, Thilan Samaraweera and Dinesh Chandimal all exhausted valuable time in the middle.
Jamie Dalrymple became the first Middlesex bowler to take a wicket in the match when he have Thirimanne and Samaraweera wedged at slip for 33 and 49 in that order and, Tom Smith attentive Chandimal lbw for 39.
Tharanga Paranavitana then holed out to midwicket off Dalrymple for 28 and Dilshan, batting downward at number six, was brilliantly fixed in the gully by Dalrymple off Anthony Ireland for 22.
But Farveez Maharoof (17) and Rangan Herath (11) ensured the tourist got home with no any further loss.
Middlesex had resume this morning on 26 for one, 77 runs in front, and had added only 12 when Dan Housego was bowled off an inside edge by Suranga Lakmal.
Next over, Andrew Strauss, having added six to his during the night 19, went back to force Chanaka Welegedara through the offside and only succeed in direction-finding the ball to gully where Samaraweera took the catch.
Eighteen-year-old Adam Rossington avoid a pair in only his second first-class match with an edge to the third man boundary but was then fixed at the back by Chandimal, who had taken over wicketkeeping duty from Jayawardene, off the bowling of Welegedara.
Dawid Malan, captain Middlesex in the nonattendance of Neil Dexter, was going well with some good-looking drives and brawny pulls but when he had reached 34 off 41 balls with seven fours he heard at Maharoof and edged to slip.
Dalrymple was bowled by Ajantha Mendis in the next over, and although John Simpson and Smith offered some confrontation with a seventh wicket stand of 32 they were both out in quick succession also side of lunch. Smith fell leg before to Herath and Simpson was caught at slip off Welegedara, who finished with figures of three for 39.
Mendis picked up the last two wickets to come to an end with three for 28 but not before Ireland had clubbed his way to 22, the highest score of his career.
