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Chandimal nears century as Sri Lanka look to bat Pakistan out of the Test

Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2022

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Dinesh Chandimal was unbeaten on 86 as early Stumps were called on day 3 of the 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle.

The platform was set earlier in the day however, as overnight batter Oshada Fernando and Kusal Mendis both hit half centuries in a partnership of 91 for the 3rd wicket.

Both were beaten outside the off-stump on multiple occasions but continued to bat with authority, using their feet well to counter the Pakistani spinners Mohammed Nawaz, Agha Salman and Yasir Shah.

Fernando was the first of 5 Sri Lankan wickets to fall in the post-lunch session, but the hosts shifted momentum completely in their favour during that middle session, where they scored 128 runs at 4.5 runs an over.

Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva’s partnership of 40 off 35 paved the way for the quick scoring before de Silva fell victim to Yasir Shah. Chandimal once again found able support from the lower order, putting on 32 alongside Ramesh Mendis, 41 alongside Maheesh Theekshana and an unbeaten 21 with No. 11 Prabath Jayasuriya.

Chandimal looked primed to go for the landmark with a couple of big shots as he had against Australia last Monday, but bad light saw umpires call an early stumps at 4.59pm, with 6 overs left in the day.

For Pakistan’s part, the bowlers were guilty of erring in length regularly, thus they were unable to put the hosts under any kind of pressure over prolonged periods of time, particularly in the 1st session of the day.

With 333 runs already in the bank and 2 full days of cricket (weather permitting) remaining, Sri Lanka will be banking on their spinners to get the job done on Day 4, like they did against Australia exactly a week ago.

Result


Sri Lanka
222/10 (66.1) & 337/10 (100)

Pakistan
218/10 (90.5) & 344/6 (127.2)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Oshada Fernando c Mohammad Rizwan b Hasan Ali 35 49 5 0 71.43
Dimuth Karunaratne b Shaheen Shah Afridi 1 7 0 0 14.29
Kusal Mendis c Mohammad Rizwan b Yasir Shah 21 35 3 0 60.00
Angelo Mathews c Naseem Shah b Yasir Shah 0 15 0 0 0.00
Dinesh Chandimal c Yasir Shah b Hasan Ali 76 115 10 1 66.09
Dhananjaya de Silva b Shaheen Shah Afridi 14 28 2 0 50.00
Niroshan Dickwella c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 4 1 0 100.00
Ramesh Mendis c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah 11 41 1 0 26.83
Prabath Jayasuriya lbw b Mohammad Nawaz 3 9 0 0 33.33
Maheesh Theekshana c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 38 65 4 1 58.46
Kasun Rajitha not out 12 32 1 0 37.50


Extras 7 (b 1 , lb 3 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0)
Total 222/10 (66.1 Overs, RR: 3.36)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi 14.1 3 58 4 4.11
Hasan Ali 12 2 23 2 1.92
Naseem Shah 13 0 53 1 4.08
Yasir Shah 21 4 66 2 3.14
Mohammad Nawaz 6 2 18 1 3.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Abdullah Shafique lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 13 47 2 0 27.66
Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Kasun Rajitha 2 16 0 0 12.50
Azhar Ali lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 3 41 0 0 7.32
Babar Azam lbw b Maheesh Theekshana 119 244 11 2 48.77
Mohammad Rizwan c Niroshan Dickwella b Ramesh Mendis 19 35 3 0 54.29
Agha Salman lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 5 15 1 0 33.33
Mohammad Nawaz c Nuwanidu Fernando b Prabath Jayasuriya 5 18 0 0 27.78
Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 0 1 0 0 0.00
Yasir Shah c Dhananjaya de Silva b Maheesh Theekshana 18 56 1 0 32.14
Hasan Ali c Dinesh Chandimal b Ramesh Mendis 17 21 0 0 80.95
Naseem Shah not out 5 52 1 0 9.62


Extras 12 (b 5 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 5, pen 0)
Total 218/10 (90.5 Overs, RR: 2.4)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Kasun Rajitha 11 2 42 1 3.82
Maheesh Theekshana 25.5 6 68 2 2.67
Prabath Jayasuriya 39 10 82 5 2.10
Ramesh Mendis 13 2 18 2 1.38
Dhananjaya de Silva 2 0 2 0 1.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Oshada Fernando c Babar Azam b Yasir Shah 64 125 6 1 51.20
Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Mohammad Nawaz 16 29 2 0 55.17
Kasun Rajitha lbw b Mohammad Nawaz 7 12 1 0 58.33
Kusal Mendis b Yasir Shah 76 126 9 0 60.32
Angelo Mathews c Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz 9 25 1 0 36.00
Dinesh Chandimal not out 94 139 5 2 67.63
Dhananjaya de Silva b Yasir Shah 20 20 2 1 100.00
Niroshan Dickwella b Mohammad Nawaz 12 11 2 0 109.09
Ramesh Mendis b Mohammad Nawaz 22 32 2 0 68.75
Maheesh Theekshana c Mohammad Rizwan b Mohammad Hasnain 11 57 0 0 19.30
Prabath Jayasuriya b Naseem Shah 4 25 1 0 16.00


Extras 2 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 337/10 (100 Overs, RR: 3.37)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi 7 2 21 0 3.00
Mohammad Nawaz 28 2 88 5 3.14
Agha Salman 16 1 53 0 3.31
Yasir Shah 29 2 122 3 4.21
Hasan Ali 12 3 19 1 1.58
Babar Azam 1 0 9 0 9.00
Naseem Shah 7 0 24 1 3.43


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Abdullah Shafique not out 160 408 7 1 39.22
Imam-ul-Haq st Niroshan Dickwella b Ramesh Mendis 35 73 3 0 47.95
Azhar Ali c Dhananjaya de Silva b Prabath Jayasuriya 6 32 0 0 18.75
Babar Azam b Prabath Jayasuriya 55 104 4 1 52.88
Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Prabath Jayasuriya 40 74 2 0 54.05
Agha Salman c Niroshan Dickwella b Prabath Jayasuriya 12 35 1 0 34.29
Hasan Ali c Maheesh Theekshana b Dhananjaya de Silva 5 4 1 0 125.00
Mohammad Nawaz not out 19 34 1 0 55.88


Extras 12 (b 5 , lb 7 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 344/6 (127.2 Overs, RR: 2.7)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Kasun Rajitha 9 2 18 0 2.00
Prabath Jayasuriya 56.2 10 133 4 2.37
Ramesh Mendis 33 0 102 1 3.09
Maheesh Theekshana 14 2 44 0 3.14
Dhananjaya de Silva 15 1 33 1 2.20



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