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Mammoth opening stand blows Sri Lankan chances apart

Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 2019 | 2nd Test – Day 3

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Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan 2019

Sri Lankan bowlers were sent on a leather hunt today at the Karachi National Stadium in the 3rd day of the 2nd Test against Pakistan as the hosts amassed 338 runs losing just 2 wickets, batting the whole 90 overs allotted for the day. They ended the day on 395/2 batting in their 2nd innings with a lead of 315.

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After an encouraging start to their 2nd innings last evening, Pakistan continued to pile up on their overnight score of 57/0 with in-form opener Abid Ali leading the charge. Despite the Karachi wicket gradually transforming into a batting-friendly surface, Vishwa Fernando managed to find some swing, which he didn’t have yesterday, and was able to beat the batsman on quite a few occasions.

Abid then broke the shackles for Pakistan taking on the spinner, Lasith Embuldeniya from the other end and started off the run fest. With the little swing Sri Lanka experienced early on disappearing, both Abid and his struggling partner Shan Masood got going swiftly and took on the Lankan bowlers with ease.

Experienced Dilruwan Perera was the least threatening with no spin at all. His lengths weren’t satisfying and more often let the batsmen work the ball on the backfoot.

Sri Lanka’s best bowler of the day by far, Lahiru Kumara was introduced a bit late after both batsmen settled and were going well. Despite some short probing spells he too couldn’t tame the free flowing duo. His new ball partner, Fernando had very little to offer with the ball getting old.

The pair went past Pakistan’s highest opening stand in Tests against Sri Lanka which was 156 by Shahid Afridi and Wajahatullah Wasthi in 1999 in Lahore before lunch and went on to reach more milestones after lunch.

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The first hour of the middle session saw both batsmen reaching their centuries. This is the 2nd Test ton for both batsmen and incidentally their respective maiden Test centuries have also been against Sri Lanka.

As records kept coming, Sri Lanka were also left clueless on the field paving the way for them to try out various tactics. They tried bowling Embuldeniya over the wicket attacking the leg-stump of right-handed Abid, Dilruwan doing the same with left-handed Masood and Kumara trying out various lengths.

The long-awaited wicket finally came just before Tea when Masood hit a short ball off Kumara straight to Oshada Fernando at the square boundary for 135. Kumara almost had skipper Azhar Ali soon after Tea for 11 runs when he forced him to drop one to Oshada at short-leg, who unfortunately spilled it.

Abid was finally trapped LBW in the last hour of the day almost like how he was dismissed in the 1st innings, again by Kumara for 174. Pakistan then batted on to see off the day with Captain Azhar Ali reaching his first Test half-century since his century in December 2018 against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi.

Result


Sri Lanka
271/10 (85.5) & 212/10 (62.5)

Pakistan
191/10 (59.3) & 555/3 (131)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Shan Masood b Vishwa Fernando 5 15 1 0 33.33
Abid Ali lbw b Lahiru Kumara 38 66 7 1 57.58
Azhar Ali b Vishwa Fernando 0 2 0 0 0.00
Babar Azam st Niroshan Dickwella b Lasith Embuldeniya 60 96 8 1 62.50
Asad Shafiq c Vishwa Fernando b Lahiru Kumara 63 126 6 0 50.00
Haris Sohail lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya 9 30 0 1 30.00
Mohammad Rizwan b Lahiru Kumara 4 2 1 0 200.00
Yasir Shah lbw b Lahiru Kumara 0 1 0 0 0.00
Mohammad Abbas c Dhananjaya de Silva b Lasith Embuldeniya 0 9 0 0 0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi c Angelo Mathews b Lasith Embuldeniya 5 9 1 0 55.56
Naseem Shah not out 1 1 0 0 100.00


Extras 6 (b 4 , lb 2 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 191/10 (59.3 Overs, RR: 3.21)
Fall of Wickets 1-10 (6.1) Shan Masood, 2-10 (6.3) Azhar Ali, 3-65 (20.3) Abid Ali, 4-127 (39.5) Babar Azam, 5-167 (51.5) Haris Sohail, 6-172 (52.2) Mohammad Rizwan, 7-172 (52.3) Yasir Shah, 8-179 (55.5) Mohammad Abbas, 9-185 (58.1) Asad Shafiq, 10-191 (59.3) Shaheen Shah Afridi,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Vishwa Fernando 13 3 31 2 2.38
Lahiru Kumara 18 5 49 4 2.72
Dimuth Karunaratne 1 0 11 0 11.00
Lasith Embuldeniya 20.3 3 71 4 3.50
Dilruwan Perera 7 0 23 0 3.29
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Oshada Fernando c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 19 0 0 21.05
Dimuth Karunaratne b Mohammad Abbas 25 42 4 0 59.52
Kusal Mendis c Haris Sohail b Mohammad Abbas 13 27 1 0 48.15
Angelo Mathews c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 13 44 1 0 29.55
Lasith Embuldeniya c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Abbas 13 34 1 0 38.24
Dinesh Chandimal c Shan Masood b Haris Sohail 74 143 10 0 51.75
Dhananjaya de Silva c Mohammad Abbas b Shaheen Shah Afridi 32 56 2 1 57.14
Niroshan Dickwella b Mohammad Abbas 21 35 3 0 60.00
Dilruwan Perera lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi 48 84 6 1 57.14
Vishwa Fernando not out 5 32 0 0 15.62
Lahiru Kumara b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 2 0 0 0.00


Extras 23 (b 4 , lb 10 , nb 3, w 6, pen 0)
Total 271/10 (85.5 Overs, RR: 3.16)
Fall of Wickets 1-28 (6.2) Oshada Fernando, 2-39 (12.2) Dimuth Karunaratne, 3-61 (16.2) Kusal Mendis, 4-78 (26.3) Lasith Embuldeniya, 5-80 (29.1) Angelo Mathews, 6-147 (47.3) Dhananjaya de Silva, 7-184 (58.6) Niroshan Dickwella, 8-235 (72.5) Dinesh Chandimal, 9-271 (85.3) Dilruwan Perera, 10-271 (85.5) Lahiru Kumara,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi 26.5 5 77 5 2.91
Mohammad Abbas 27 9 55 4 2.04
Naseem Shah 16 1 71 0 4.44
Yasir Shah 13 0 43 0 3.31
Haris Sohail 3 0 11 1 3.67
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Shan Masood c Oshada Fernando b Lahiru Kumara 135 198 7 3 68.18
Abid Ali lbw b Lahiru Kumara 174 281 21 1 61.92
Azhar Ali st Niroshan Dickwella b Lasith Embuldeniya 118 157 13 0 75.16
Babar Azam not out 100 131 8 1 76.34
Mohammad Rizwan not out 21 19 2 0 110.53


Extras 7 (b 0 , lb 5 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0)
Total 555/3 (131 Overs, RR: 4.24)
Fall of Wickets 1-278 (68.3) Shan Masood, 2-355 (90.1) Abid Ali, 3-503 (123.1) Azhar Ali,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Vishwa Fernando 24 2 105 0 4.38
Lahiru Kumara 29 5 139 2 4.79
Lasith Embuldeniya 50 4 193 1 3.86
Dilruwan Perera 21 1 94 0 4.48
Dhananjaya de Silva 7 0 19 0 2.71


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Dimuth Karunaratne c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Abbas 16 28 2 0 57.14
Oshada Fernando c Asad Shafiq b Yasir Shah 102 180 13 0 56.67
Kusal Mendis c Babar Azam b Naseem Shah 0 4 0 0 0.00
Angelo Mathews c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 19 33 1 0 57.58
Dinesh Chandimal lbw b Naseem Shah 2 29 0 0 6.90
Dhananjaya de Silva b Yasir Shah 0 8 0 0 0.00
Niroshan Dickwella b Haris Sohail 65 76 11 0 85.53
Dilruwan Perera c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah 5 8 1 0 62.50
Lasith Embuldeniya c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah 0 1 0 0 0.00
Vishwa Fernando b Naseem Shah 0 9 0 0 0.00
Lahiru Kumara not out 0 1 0 0 0.00


Extras 3 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 212/10 (62.5 Overs, RR: 3.37)
Fall of Wickets 1-39 (9.4) Dimuth Karunaratne, 2-40 (10.3) Kusal Mendis, 3-70 (20.4) Angelo Mathews, 4-96 (30.1) Dinesh Chandimal, 5-97 (31.5) Dhananjaya de Silva, 6-201 (57.3) Niroshan Dickwella, 7-212 (60.1) Dilruwan Perera, 8-212 (60.2) Lasith Embuldeniya, 9-212 (61.5) Oshada Fernando, 10-212 (62.5) Vishwa Fernando,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi 14 3 51 1 3.64
Mohammad Abbas 12 2 33 1 2.75
Naseem Shah 12.5 4 31 5 2.48
Yasir Shah 20 3 84 2 4.20
Haris Sohail 4 0 10 1 2.50



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