1.   Laxman, who had narrowly missed a century in Calcutta, was distinctly uncomfortable against Kasprowicz.

2.   The agony of Indian bowlers ended when Healy miscued a sweep off left-arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju to Saurav Ganguly at fine leg, missing his century.

3.   They could not give Sri Lanka a run for their money as Jayawardene made up for missing a century by four runs in the previous match against Zimbabwe.

4.   Steve Tikolo narrowly missed a century by four runs when he yorked himself to a delivery by Kumara Dharmasena.