Colombo: Pakistan on Monday came out with an apparent target of 550 in mind and declared its first inning ot 551 for 6 in second against Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC).
The declaration even before 500 was a consideration because of the weather: 45 overs had been lost already, and the forecast for the rest of the Test wasn’t the brightest.
However, Pakistan didn’t meander aimlessly: Misbah-ul-Haq went at a strike-rate of 82.50, much higher than his ODI career statistic, and Abdur Rehman hit two straight sixes in his 18 off 13. It took Pakistan little under an hour, and 12.4 overs, to score the 63 runs that took them past 550.
In the process Misbah reached his 17th half-century, scoring 37 off 40 balls on the third morning.
In a reply, the host lost early fist with when young Junaid Khan took Kulasekara’s wicket.
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