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Originally Posted by user_gary  The day belonged to the Lankan veterans as Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan did their bit with the ball earlier, and then Sanath Jayasuriya, displayed his characteristic aggressive batting to put the islanders in the drivers seat chasing a small total, before getting out for 64.
Kumar Sangakkara, meanwhile stayed till the end and score 69 odd runs to ensure Lanka victory.
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"driver's seat" in this context it means that the batsmen did well enough to let their team win
69 odd runs = odd >
3 [in combination] in the region of: fifty-odd years. A bad use as he either achieved 69 runs or he didn't. There can be do doubt about how many he scored.