Razzaq smells half a chance off his bowling but De Silva keeps the score moving |
Akhtar shows his frustration as Sri Lanka cruise along |
Aravinda de Silva , pushing back the years in the field and at the crease |
An airborne Jayasurya chips a Razzaq delivery for two runs |
Flying through the air goes Shoaib Akhtar as he bowls |
A tell-tale banner at the Stadium |
A general view of the floodlit Colombo arena - the Premadasa Stadium |
A view of the huge scoreboard under lights |
Any vantage point will do for the local community |
The view from the back of the ground is very pretty |
Jayasuriya and Atapattu get the Sri Lankan reply off to a flying start |
Evergreen Wasim Akram goes up for an appeal but it is not out |
Aravinda De Silva holds on to a skier off Abdur Razzaq |
Razzaq with a fine drive in his innings |
Misbah has just clouted a disgruntled Vaas through the covers |
Razzaq skies this delivery to be caught by De Silva in the deep |
Abdur Razzag avoids a bouncer from Vaas |
A chance from Saeed Anwar just eludes Jayasuriya at slip |
Gunaratne , left, and Chandana celebrate the wicket of Afridi |
A Sri Lankan fan watches intently from behind the crowd barrier |
A historic moment - Umpire Harper gives the first lbw decision using the third umpire. The victim was Shoaib Malik. |
Vaas hurls a ball down to Younis Khan as the tournament opens |
A general view of the opening ceremony |
The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka declares the ICC Champions Trophy open |
Dancers from the opening ceremony in Colombo |
Robin the elephant and friends line up the opening proceedings |
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