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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: First day game belongs to host team

COLOMBO – Sri Lankan team put Pakistan under pressure and controlled the second Test match of three match series at Colombo, on Wednesday.

Before first day stumped,, Sri Lankan team scored 70 runs at the lost of one wicket. Kumar Sangakara(18) and Silve (21) still on the pitch.

Pakistani pacer Junaid Khan gave Pakistan first break through. Sri Lankan opener Karunaratne left the crease after scoring 28 runs.

Earlier, Pakistan team scored just 138 runs in their first inning.Seven of Pakistan batsmen could not reach double figures. Muhammed Hafeez was the top scorer with 42 runs. Younus Khan who is playing his 100th test failed to have an impact in the first innings.

Pakistan elected to bat first after Misbah won the toss but Pakistan batsmen failed to score runs on green wicket. Sri Lankan fast bowlers utilized the conditions very well and picked wickets on regular intervals.

Sri Lankan pacer PH Kaushal picked up five wickets while Prasad was rewarded with three wickets.

Match Summary:

Pakistan 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
Mohammad Hafeez b Kaushal 42 147 75 5 0 56.00
Ahmed Shehzad c Sangakkara b Prasad 1 12 3 0 0 33.33
Azhar Ali c †Chandimal b Prasad 26 68 45 4 0 57.77
Younis Khan c †Chandimal b Prasad 6 42 38 1 0 15.78
Misbah-ul-Haq* run out (Mathews/†Chandimal) 7 35 20 0 0 35.00
Asad Shafiq lbw b Kaushal 2 11 7 0 0 28.57
Sarfraz Ahmed† c Mathews b Kaushal 14 35 29 0 0 48.27
Wahab Riaz lbw b Kaushal 4 47 21 0 0 19.04
Yasir Shah c Sangakkara b Kaushal 15 28 17 1 1 88.23
Zulfiqar Babar b Chameera 5 6 7 1 0 71.42
Junaid Khan not out 2 7 2 0 0 100.00
Extras (lb 4, w 3, nb 7) 14
Total (all out; 42.5 overs; 223 mins) 138 (3.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.1 ov), 2-51 (Azhar Ali, 15.1 ov), 3-74 (Younis Khan, 23.6 ov), 4-89 (Mohammad Hafeez, 28.3 ov), 5-95 (Asad Shafiq, 30.3 ov), 6-96 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 30.5 ov), 7-113 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 38.4 ov), 8-117 (Wahab Riaz, 40.2 ov), 9-124 (Zulfiqar Babar, 41.4 ov), 10-138 (Yasir Shah, 42.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
KTGD Prasad 13 2 43 3 3.30 58 3 0 (1w)
AD Mathews 9 4 16 0 1.77 47 3 0
PVD Chameera 10 0 33 1 3.30 46 3 0 (5nb)
PHT Kaushal 10.5 0 42 5 3.87 43 3 1 (2nb)
Sri Lanka 1st innings R B 4s 6s SR
FDM Karunaratne c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Junaid Khan 28 67 3 0 41.79
JK Silva not out 21 90 3 0 23.33
KC Sangakkara not out 18 36 1 0 50.00
Extras (b 2, nb 1) 3
Total (1 wicket; 32 overs) 70 (2.18 runs per over)

To batHDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal†, KDK Vithanage, KTGD Prasad, PHT Kaushal, PVD Chameera, HMRKB Herath


Fall of wickets 1-47 (Karunaratne, 22.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s
Wahab Riaz 9 2 19 0 2.11 44 2 0 (1nb)
Junaid Khan 10 3 26 1 2.60 48 3 0
Zulfiqar Babar 7 4 9 0 1.28 36 1 0
Yasir Shah 6 0 14 0 2.33 28 1 0

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