GALLE – Pakistan team is loosing control over Galle test asd five Pakistani batsmen left the crease on the score 118 runs in their first inning of Galle test on Friday.
In reply of 300 runs, Pakistan lost both of its opener and captain of ODI team Azhar Ali at just 38 runs on the board.
Experienced Younis Khan scored 47 runs and Pakistani skipper played the inning of 20 runs.
Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed is still on pitch. Pakistan need 182 more runs to cover the lead with five wickets in hand.
Parsad took two wickets for his side and Herath sent one batsman back to pavillion.
Earlier, Sri Lanka was bowled out on 300 by Pakistan. Opening batsman Jk Silva, who played one of the best knock of his short career, scores 125 runs.
Wahab and Zulfiqar Baber were leading wicket takers for Pakistan with three wickets each.
Match Summary:
Stumps – Day 3
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz | 21 | 58 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JK Silva | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Zulfiqar Babar | 125 | 445 | 300 | 16 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c Younis Khan b Wahab Riaz | 50 | 145 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 47.16 | |
| HDRL Thirimanne | c Zulfiqar Babar b Mohammad Hafeez | 8 | 31 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| AD Mathews* | b Wahab Riaz | 19 | 51 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 47.50 | |
| LD Chandimal† | b Zulfiqar Babar | 23 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 38.98 | |
| KDK Vithanage | c & b Mohammad Hafeez | 18 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| MDK Perera | c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Yasir Shah | 15 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| KTGD Prasad | lbw b Zulfiqar Babar | 0 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HMRKB Herath | not out | 6 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| N Pradeep | c & b Yasir Shah | 4 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 16.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 2, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 109.3 overs; 466 mins) | 300 | (2.73 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-30 (Karunaratne, 12.2 ov), 2-142 (Sangakkara, 49.3 ov), 3-154 (Thirimanne, 55.5 ov), 4-189 (Mathews, 68.3 ov), 5-226 (Chandimal, 84.5 ov), 6-261 (Vithanage, 91.2 ov), 7-277 (Perera, 95.2 ov), 8-288 (Prasad, 102.6 ov), 9-291 (Silva, 104.3 ov), 10-300 (Pradeep, 109.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junaid Khan | 16 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.37 | 78 | 3 | 0 | (1w) | |
| Wahab Riaz | 26 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 2.84 | 122 | 10 | 0 | (4nb, 1w) | |
| Zulfiqar Babar | 27 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 2.37 | 133 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Yasir Shah | 30.3 | 6 | 79 | 2 | 2.59 | 144 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Mohammad Hafeez | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
| Pakistan 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Karunaratne b Prasad | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | lbw b Prasad | 9 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| Azhar Ali | lbw b Herath | 8 | 40 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |
| Younis Khan | b Perera | 47 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 59.49 | ||
| Misbah-ul-Haq* | c Sangakkara b Pradeep | 20 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | ||
| Asad Shafiq | not out | 14 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 23.72 | ||
| Sarfraz Ahmed† | not out | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Extras | (nb 3) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 41.4 overs) | 118 | (2.83 runs per over) | |||||
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