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South Africa end up drawing Cigarette Cartons Wholesale the Test. After top-scoring in the first-innings with 61, Jayawardene helps get Sri Lanka out of jail in quite brilliant fashion when England make them follow on. Trailing by 359 runs after lunch on day three, the visitors survive 199 overs and three new balls on a declining Lord's surface, and it all starts with the captain. Dropped on 58, Jayawardene bats more than six hours for 119 to se the tone for an awesome rearguard innings in which seven batsmen score 50, for only the third time in Test history. That defining innings sets the tone for a drawn series. Jayawardene takes his love affair with South Africa at home to another level. With best buddy Kumar Sangakarra for company, he destroys 143 years of Wisden records with a third-wicket partnership of 624, the highest for any wicket in first-class cricket. Jayawardene makes 374, the fourth-highest Test innings (and highest by a right-hander), batting with efficiency and class through the second and third days. With unblinking concentration, Jayawardene times almost everything off the middle of the bat, looking relaxed and elegant. Having passed Jayasuriya's 340 against India, Jayawardene approaches Brian Lara 400's but falls 26 short, bowled by one that scuttles along the ground. He bats for 752 minutes, faces 572 balls, and hits 42 fours and a six. Just after his epic 373 Jayawardene plays, in the context of the game, a better innings. Sri Lanka, chasing 352, are in trouble at 201 for five, with Jayawardene the only specialist batsman left. Crucially, Herschelle Free Newport Carton Gibbs drops Jayawardene in the gully when he is on two. Jayawardene starts slowly, playing himself in with assiduous care after a reckless waft in the first innings, but eventually settles into a serene rhythm. His shot selection and execution are close to impeccable, and throughout he remains calm and composed, never afraid to play strokes when the opportunity arose. Jayawardene guides Sri Lanka is to the brink of victory by lunch on the final day, but departs when only 19 more are needed with four wickets remaining. Sri Lanka clinch a thriller.