England discard Samil Patel took 6-13, the slow left-armer's best bowling figures in any form of cricket.
Then the spinners put their stamp on proceedings, Kevin O'Brien dragging slow left-armer Pragyan Ojha's first delivery on to his stumps.
He has been named in the squad but the selectors have also included Robin Peterson, another slow left-armer, as cover.
After thumping Weeraratne for successive fours Cheema then smashed the slow left-armer Jayasuriya over the clubhouse and onto the practice field.
When nagging left-arm seamer Rasel was bowled through, 25 consecutive overs of slow left-arm followed, 30 in total for the innings.
Schofield's Lancashire career nosedived as Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and reliable slow left-armer Gary Keedy kept him out of the team.
In fact, India had two spinners on by the seventh over, with Gilchrist fortunate when he sliced slow left-armer Kartik over Zaheer at mid-off.
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Sri Lanka will also miss his wily slow left-arm bowling, which has yielded 273 wickets from his astonishing 357 matches since his debut in December 1989.
The second day had begun well for Strauss as England resumed their first innings on 50-1 and he quickly moved on to 66 before falling to slow left-armer Jon Holland.
Robert Croft has also missed out on a contract because England expect to play only one spinner in the Tests and slow left-armer Ashley Giles is first choice.
The slow left-armer, omitted from England team that drew with India in the second Test at Trent Bridge, staked his claim for a recall at Headingley next week.
Yorkshire all-rounder Gavin Hamilton and Warwickshire slow left-armer Ashley Giles may be a little dispirited - they end the tour having failed to figure in a single one-day game.
England will practice at the SCG on New Year's Eve and an inspection of the pitch will help determine whether Dalrymple will be included alongside slow left-armer Monty Panesar.
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His accurate slow left-armers could also have brought a third wicket but Craig Kieswetter missed a straightforward stumping when Umar Akmal, Pakistan's top scorer with 30, had only reached five.
Tim Groenewald and slow left-arm spinner Robin Peterson ended with three wickets apiece as Surrey, who had piled up 391 in their first innings, were reined in second time around.
The runs soon began to flow again and the opener hit two fours in an over off Steyn soon after the resumption and swept slow left-armer Paul Harris for six over mid-wicket.
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There has been increasing speculation that slow left-armer Xavier Doherty, who took two wickets in a New South Wales v Tasmania match dominated by seamers, could be preferred to off-spinner Nathan Hauritz.
Martin Guptill departed for two when he was superbly caught by Umar Akmal sliding forward after racing in from long-on and slow left-armer Abdur Rehman claimed his second victim when McCullum holed out in the deep for 33.
Seamer and captain Jhulan Goswami (3-16) and slow left-armer Gouher Sultana (3-26) were the pick of the Indian bowlers as England - missing the world's number one batter, Claire Taylor, who is taking a break from cricket - collapsed.
Having achieved his run landmark in only his 60th Test, Pietersen gave a catch to extra cover off Shakib's slow left-arm and the pressure increased in the next over when Paul Collingwood was trapped lbw on the crease by Hossain.
Strauss, who had his problems against Paul Harris when the slow left-armer persisted from over the wicket into the rough, continued to try the leg glance and was caught off bat and pad by Smith, who eventually positioned himself behind square on the leg-side.
Yardy has often stemmed the scoring with his unique brand of flat slow to medium left-arm, but he conceded 26 in his opening four overs.
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The midfield and defenders snapped into tackles as Greece was left looking slow and confused.
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Del Rey has managed, like a slow car in the left lane, to make everyone around her angry and over-invested, despite doing relatively little.
Yes, the running time is long, and yes, those many endings in a slow, dreamy coda left me feeling spent -- better spent than I can ever remember.
Suzuki's slow roller, however, left Altuve without a good choice.
However, Blues keeper Ben Foster smartly got a hand to the ball to crucially slow down the Nigerian's left-foot shot before a sliding Ridgewell cleared off the goal-line.
The German right-back's low cross was volleyed first time by Vennegoor of Hesselink and goalkeeper Janos Balogh was slow to get down to his left as the ball trickled into the net.
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