Pakistan in Sri Lanka

LunchSri Lanka 166 and 81 for 1 (Karunaratne 36*, K Mendis 11*, Noman 1-9) trail Pakistan 576 for 5 dec (Shafique 201, Salman 132*, Asitha 3-133) by 329 runsPakistan batted two further overs on day three, seemingly to get Mohammad Rizwan to…

Lunch Pakistan 273 for 3 (Shafique 137*, Shakeel 32*, Asitha 2-70, Jayasuriya 1-95) lead Sri Lanka 166 by 107 runsPakistan extended their lead to 107 by lunch on day three, with Abdullah Shafique unbeaten on 137 and Saud Shakeel on 32. The…

Lunch Pakistan 178 for 2 (Shafique 87*, Babar 28*) lead Sri Lanka 166 by 12 runsOnly 10 overs were possible on the second morning, before huge downpours rolled through the SSC and washed out the morning session. By lunch, the ground…

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs PakistanSri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test against Pakistan. Overnight rain meant a wet outfield delayed the start of play by 30 minutes at the SSC.The hosts, who trail 1-0 in…

Big Picture: Another test for PakballWhatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do, when they come for you? Bazball, Bazball…Yup, sorry folks, even this - a preview of a Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test - is no safe haven from utterances of Bazball. Though, in…

11.6 to Shan Masood,pushes him onto the back foot and hits him on the pad. A huge appeal the umpire turns down, and Sri Lanka decide to have another look And would you believe it, it's three reds! It looked like it might just clip leg…

Lunch Sri Lanka 312 and 94 for 3 (Madushka 47*, Noman 2-18) trail Pakistan 461 (Shakeel 208*, Ramesh Mendis 5-136) by 55 runsRegular strikes gave Pakistan a stranglehold over the first Test match in Galle, with Sri Lanka losing three…

Lunch Pakistan 313 for 6 (Shakeel 119*, Agha 83, Noman 13*, Jayasuriya 3-110, Ramesh 2-93) lead Sri Lanka 312 (Dhananjaya 122, Mathews 64, Abrar 3-68, Afridi 3-86, Naseem 3-90) by one runSri Lanka pulled back the scoring rate in the last…

Lunch Sri Lanka 312 (Dhananjaya 122, Mathews 64, Abrar 3-68, Afridi 3-86, Naseem 3-90) vs PakistanIt was more a holding pattern, less a session as Pakistan bowled Sri Lanka out for 312, but not before the latter had added a useful 70 runs…

Sri Lanka chose to bat in the series opener in Galle for the two-Test series. With the Galle surface usually taking progressively more turn as the game wears on, Pakistan will have to steel themselves to bat last on a deteriorating…