- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR27.4 the flight does him in and Rehman has his first wicket! Lunges forward and looks to drive through the covers, but he does not reach the pitch. Younis Khan dives low to his left to pick up a sharp catch at first slip. The Lunch jinx is at it again 65/214.6 very, very late decision but umpire Kettleborough has given him. Silva nicks off and he has to walk back. Another excellent delivery from Talha as he pitches it just back of a length outside off stump. It straightens a touch even as Silva was pushing away from his body. The outside edge results and it's an easy pouch for the keeper 31/150.5 he's thrown it away! The softest of dismissals as he flicks an innocuous delivery straight to midwicket. Misbah has employed that man to good effect in strangling Sanga for runs and now he holds on to a neat catch around hip-high to get rid of him. Fullish ball angled in at his pads gets the wicket, who would have thought? 125/361.6 he's got his man! Extracts a bit of turn and bounce and as Mahela went back to tickle it around the corner, the inside edge is taken and lobs to short leg. He departs 13 short of 11000. Oops 159/465.2 and Ajmal has another! Hasn't read the doosra as he looks to hoick it over the leg side. The leading edge goes straight up and mid-on runs back to pick up a relatively easy catch. Ajmal is overjoyed. 166/5148.3 he's fallen in the 90s again! Soft dismissal as he slices it straight to deep point. It was full, it was wide and it reverse away as well. Mathews should not have played at that and he perishes 351/795.1 no need for DRS here as Prasanna holes out to long leg. Excellent bouncer, around head-high lures him to go for the hook despite the man being positioned there. And he pays for that error in judgment with his wicket as Junaid Khan picks up a smart catch above his chest 239/6169.3 he won't get a ton on debut! Hooks it to long leg and he has to walk off. Dug in short and Talha had cramped him for room. He is lured into the shot and gets a top edge that is swallowed by Junaid Khan. A very gritty innings reaches it's end but Perera will know, playing in his first Test, he's put his side firmly on top here 423/9148.4 finally a leg before for Pakistan and Junaid has two in two! Went around the wicket and the reverse swing tailing into him is enough to beat his defensive push from the crease. Was a little late on the shot as well. Herath goes for a review, but this time umpire's call benefits Pakistan 351/8Extras18 (b 5, lb 11, nb 2)TOTAL428/9d (172 Overs, RR: 2.48)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Kaushal Silva, 14.6 ov), 2-65 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 27.4 ov), 3-125 (Kumar Sangakkara, 50.5 ov), 4-159 (Mahela Jayawardene, 61.6 ov), 5-166 (Dinesh Chandimal, 65.2 ov), 6-239 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 95.1 ov), 7-351 (Angelo Mathews, 148.3 ov), 8-351 (Rangana Herath, 148.4 ov), 9-423 (Dilruwan Perera, 169.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Junaid Khan 32 5 81 3 2.53 0 0 Mohammad Talha 32 3 99 3 3.09 0 2 Saeed Ajmal 55 16 120 2 2.18 0 0 Abdur Rehman 50 14 101 1 2.02 0 0 Azhar Ali 3 0 11 0 3.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR48.3 he's tickled it down the leg side and straight into the keeper's gloves, but Manzoor confers with his partner and goes for the review. He thought it had gone off the pad but wasn't quite as sure as he should have been to go for a second opinion. And yep, there is a bit of inside edge and Manzoor has to depart. Still doesn't look too convinced though, although being strangled down the leg side is not the most flattering of dismissals, if such a thing exists 114/181.6 he's reverse swept it straight to his stumps! It was full and seeking the footmarks. He'd played the same shot to a very similar ball earlier in the over and got away with it. This time he gets a bottom edge and the ball dribbles onto the stumps. Shehzad is stunned. Holds his ground for a very long time as the umpires converse and finally give him out 245/457.6 there's his first Test wicket and Perera is chuffed! But Pakistan have other plans. Azhar Ali has gone for the review. It was very full and just outside off. Azhar was looking to drive through the covers but gets the edge straight trough to Mathews at slip. Just enough drift away to dupe the batsman.That's a wasted one and Pakistan have lost both their reviews 149/269.6 he's walked and another one bites the dust down the leg side. Sharp take by Prasanna behind the stumps as this was full and angled in at Younis. He was looking to tickle it away and pick up a few runs through fine leg, but doesn't quite get enough bat on it. So he won't go wicketless in his 50th Test. Good take from Prasanna as he stayed low and moved to his left 189/3107.1 Misbah tries the slog sweep again, this time not timed, gets it high on the bat, Chandimal at wide long on gets under that and ends a typical captains innings. A partnership of 25 comes to an end with the captain controlling it so well, Sri Lanka was very patient with him, waited for the mistake, and eventually got it 325/992.1 struck on the pads as this was ducking in after pitching. On the knee-roll as he was looking to flick across the line. Touch late on it too. He was standing outside the crease and there is no bat involved and HawkEye says the ball would have just clipped leg stump so he has to go. Better review, just bad luck for Pakistan 274/595.3 he's nicked it to the keeper! Gets a bit of turn this time as he pitches this full and a bit outside off stump. Sarfraz lunges forward and gets a thick outside edge and Prasanna, who has been so good behind the stumps this series, picks up another catch. And that is stumps 291/696.3 gets one angled across the left hander, holds its line, reman gets forward, pushes at that, gets the edge and an easy catch to the keeper 294/798.6 gets the one angled into the pads, gets forward, swing beats the bat, into the pad, huge appeal as his bat gets stuck behind the pad, the dreaded finger goes up as that was hitting the leg stump 300/8109.1 swings hard from a ball bowled over the wicket, no clean contact but well taken at deep midwicket by a diving Chandimal. That's another five-wicket haul for the tireless Herath 341/10Extras11 (b 3, lb 6, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL341 all out (109.1 Overs, RR: 3.12)Fall of wickets: 1-114 (Khurram Manzoor, 48.3 ov), 2-149 (Azhar Ali, 57.6 ov), 3-189 (Younis Khan, 69.6 ov), 4-245 (Ahmed Shehzad, 81.6 ov), 5-274 (Asad Shafiq, 92.1 ov), 6-291 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 95.3 ov), 7-294 (Abdur Rehman, 96.3 ov), 8-300 (Mohammad Talha, 98.6 ov), 9-325 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 107.1 ov), 10-341 (Junaid Khan, 109.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HMRKB Herath 38.1 8 125 5 3.27 1 0 RAS Lakmal 23 4 61 0 2.65 0 0 MDK Perera 17 1 71 1 4.17 0 0 RMS Eranga 24 5 60 4 2.50 0 1 AD Mathews 7 3 15 0 2.14 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.1 bowled him! Short ball, goes on the pull from just outside off but it was a touch too quick. Gets the bottom edge which deflects onto the stumps. Ball seemed to hurry onto him, did not get up as high as expected, bat at an angle and the edge does the rest 13/127.6 unplayable! Misbah got on in the last Test and Rehman returns the favour on behalf of his captain. Flighted and angled in on middle but it jags away rather alarmingly to beat the outside edge and crash into off stump. Silva's defensive technique is usually quite solid, but that time he just has to accept that was too good 66/317.3 caught! gets forward, sweeps out of the rough, gets a top edge and skies to Manzoor at backward square leg. Excellent bowling by Rehman to the left-hander, kept on throwing it into the rough outside the off, Sangakkara tried the drive a few times, then the sweep, and now the changeroom 37/267.6 he's outta here! Azhar Ali picks up a terrific catch low to his right at short leg. Ajmal lures the inside edge onto pad with a lovely flighted ball on off stump. It's deflected off the front pad and that allows short leg to get his hands under it. 127/538.4 cleaned him up! Beats him all ends up with a big incutter. Gap between bat and pad as he was looking to drive on the up. More than enough for the reverse swinging ball to sneak through and shatter the stumps. Poor defensive technique and was actually a little late on the shot 89/483.4 Manzoor gets redemption as Mathews, the same batsman he dropped yesterday, holes out at deep square leg. It was another bouncer and Mathews gets another top-edge while trying to hook. Looks like Sri Lanka are going for 2-0 as drinks come on the field. 189/695.3 he's gone now! Flight, turn and the inside edge bounces off the straight to Azhar Ali under the helmet at short leg. One of the more easier ones he'll pouch in his career 209/990.1 magic! Not from the bowler, but from the man under the helmet at short leg! Perera lunged forward to defend and gets a thick inside edge onto pad and looked set to beat Azhar Ali. But he had stayed down and propelled himself to his left to grab the ball by the very tips of his fingers. 203/790.2 and he's gone first ball! Edged to slip. Dabs at it with half a bat and the ball almost slides off the face straight to Younis Khan who is one of the safer slippers going around 203/8101.4 mercifully, it ends. Eranga goes for a wild hoick over the leg side as he sees this flighted outside off. Gets a leading edge straight to point. 214/10Extras10 (b 2, lb 4, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL214 all out (101.4 Overs, RR: 2.1)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 5.1 ov), 2-37 (Kumar Sangakkara, 17.3 ov), 3-66 (Kaushal Silva, 27.6 ov), 4-89 (Dinesh Chandimal, 38.4 ov), 5-127 (Mahela Jayawardene, 67.6 ov), 6-189 (Angelo Mathews, 83.4 ov), 7-203 (Dilruwan Perera, 90.1 ov), 8-203 (Rangana Herath, 90.2 ov), 9-209 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 95.3 ov), 10-214 (Shaminda Eranga, 101.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Junaid Khan 20 6 34 0 1.70 1 0 Mohammad Talha 23 2 65 3 2.82 1 2 Abdur Rehman 33 10 56 4 1.69 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 25.4 7 53 3 2.06 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.6 called it and he's walking. Bouncer in line with the leg stump and he gloves it to the keeper. Considering the mood he was in, it might have been hard to duck or evade the line of this one that rose above shoulder-height. 48/26.3 he came out with the sword and dies by it. Had a little chip down the track and lofts the length ball right down deep square leg's throat. He knew it straight away as he swung his bat in disgust, but he just had to go for it. But one has to wonder how that wicket will impact Pakistan's strategy 35/156.3 he's out and Azhar Ali is running off to the pavilion to try and ensure not too much time is wasted. Nicks off to the keeper while he was looking to clear the straight boundary. Lakmal's persistence with a length ball on the stumps. It had hit the stumps too, but the bails were not dislodged 295/521.5 chainsaw from Angelo as he pulls this straight to midwicket. Wanted to go over the top of Sanga as this was short and asking to be pulled. Younis got the shot right, but the placement all wrong. Soft dismissal and he knows it 97/336.4 short again and Sarfraz was looking to work it down to long leg. The keeper takes it and Sri Lankans are convinced he's out and they go for the review. The third umpire is looking at loads of replays and it seems to have taken the glove. Sarfraz is gone after a very enterprising little innings that has set Pakistan up here 186/4Extras11 (b 6, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL302/5 (57.3 Overs, RR: 5.25)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Ahmed Shehzad, 6.3 ov), 2-48 (Khurram Manzoor, 8.6 ov), 3-97 (Younis Khan, 21.5 ov), 4-186 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 36.4 ov), 5-295 (Azhar Ali, 56.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 12 0 79 3 6.58 0 0 RMS Eranga 15.3 0 68 1 4.38 1 1 HMRKB Herath 19 0 100 0 5.26 2 0 AD Mathews 11 0 48 1 4.36 0 0
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- Thu, 16 Jan - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 220/5 (AD Mathews 24*, HAPW Jayawardene 28*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 17 Jan - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 19/0 (Khurram Manzoor 14*, Ahmed Shehzad 5*, 6 ov)
- Sat, 18 Jan - day 3 - Pakistan 1st innings 291/6 (Misbah-ul-Haq 36*, 95.3 ov)
- Sun, 19 Jan - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 133/5 (AD Mathews 14*, HAPW Jayawardene 6*, 71 ov)
- Mon, 20 Jan - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 302/5 (57.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 74.1 overs (446 balls), Extras 3
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 171/5 after 80.4 overs (AD Mathews 22, HAPW Jayawardene 35)
- Over 72.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - AD Mathews (Struck down)
- Reviews used before 80th over: Sri Lanka 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); Pakistan 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (AD Mathews 8, HAPW Jayawardene 39, Ex 3)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 189/6 in 83.4 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 39)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 86.4 overs (522 balls), Extras 9
- Over 98.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - RAS Lakmal (Struck down)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 214/10 in 101.4 overs (RAS Lakmal 2)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 57/2 in 13.0 overs (Azhar Ali 9, Younis Khan 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.6 overs (138 balls), Extras 0
- Tea: Pakistan - 107/3 in 24.0 overs (Azhar Ali 29, Sarfraz Ahmed 7)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (Azhar Ali 12, Sarfraz Ahmed 38, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 30.5 overs (185 balls), Extras 1
- Over 31.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - Sarfraz Ahmed (Struck down)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 79 balls (3 x 4)
- Over 36.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - Sarfraz Ahmed (Upheld)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 39.2 overs (237 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Pakistan - 224/4 in 44.0 overs (Azhar Ali 72, Misbah-ul-Haq 23)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (Azhar Ali 19, Misbah-ul-Haq 30, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 49.5 overs (300 balls), Extras 10
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 59 balls (3 x 4)
- Azhar Ali: 100 off 133 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 111 balls (Azhar Ali 44, Misbah-ul-Haq 55, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 57.1 overs (344 balls), Extras 10
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 98.5 overs (594 balls), Extras 8
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 86 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 331/9 after 107.3 overs (Saeed Ajmal 0, Junaid Khan 6)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 341/10 in 109.1 overs (Saeed Ajmal 0)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 19/1 in 8.0 overs (JK Silva 6, KC Sangakkara 5)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 46/2 in 23.0 overs (JK Silva 26, DPMD Jayawardene 4)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 23.6 overs (144 balls), Extras 0
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 88/3 in 38.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 23, LD Chandimal 13)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 45.5 overs (275 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 110/4 in 55.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 37, AD Mathews 8)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 133/5 in 71.0 overs (AD Mathews 14, HAPW Jayawardene 6)
- Over 25.2: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 42/0 in 20.0 overs (Khurram Manzoor 21, Ahmed Shehzad 21)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 23.3 overs (141 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 141 balls (Khurram Manzoor 26, Ahmed Shehzad 23, Ex 1)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 85/0 in 35.0 overs (Khurram Manzoor 41, Ahmed Shehzad 42)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 43.3 overs (261 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 261 balls (Khurram Manzoor 48, Ahmed Shehzad 49, Ex 3)
- Ahmed Shehzad: 50 off 150 balls (5 x 4)
- Khurram Manzoor: 50 off 120 balls (4 x 4)
- Over 48.3: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - Khurram Manzoor (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 123/1 in 51.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 61, Azhar Ali 5)
- Over 57.6: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 59.1 overs (355 balls), Extras 5
- Over 59.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - Ahmed Shehzad (Struck down)
- Tea: Pakistan - 169/2 in 64.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 94, Younis Khan 8)
- Ahmed Shehzad: 100 off 230 balls (7 x 4)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 73.4 overs (443 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Pakistan - 229/3 in 78.0 overs (Ahmed Shehzad 138, Misbah-ul-Haq 6)
- Reviews used before 80th over: Pakistan 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful); Sri Lanka 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (Ahmed Shehzad 39, Misbah-ul-Haq 11, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 84.1 overs (506 balls), Extras 8
- Over 92.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - Asad Shafiq (Struck down)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 291/6 in 95.3 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 36)
- Over 94.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - AD Mathews (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 104.2 overs (628 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 257/6 in 107.0 overs (AD Mathews 40, MDK Perera 11)
- AD Mathews: 50 off 157 balls (3 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 144 balls (AD Mathews 23, MDK Perera 26, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 124.2 overs (748 balls), Extras 10
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 302/6 in 125.0 overs (AD Mathews 67, MDK Perera 29)
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 258 balls (AD Mathews 52, MDK Perera 43, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 339/6 in 140.0 overs (AD Mathews 86, MDK Perera 43)
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 146.3 overs (881 balls), Extras 16
- Over 148.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - HMRKB Herath (Struck down)
- MDK Perera: 50 off 176 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 359/8 in 154.0 overs (MDK Perera 54, RMS Eranga 2)
- Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 161.3 overs (971 balls), Extras 16
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (MDK Perera 33, RMS Eranga 17, Ex 0)
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 411/8 at 167.1 overs (MDK Perera 89, RMS Eranga 17)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 416/8 in 168.0 overs (MDK Perera 90, RMS Eranga 21)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 428/9 in 172.0 overs (RMS Eranga 25, RAS Lakmal 3)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 19/0 in 6.0 overs (Khurram Manzoor 14, Ahmed Shehzad 5)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 31/0 in 13.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 14, JK Silva 17)
- Over 13.1: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 64/1 in 27.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 34, KC Sangakkara 12)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 37.5 overs (229 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 103/2 in 42.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 35, DPMD Jayawardene 14)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 129 balls (KC Sangakkara 30, DPMD Jayawardene 18, Ex 2)
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 101 balls (5 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 133/3 in 57.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 25, LD Chandimal 0)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 58.6 overs (356 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 185/5 in 71.0 overs (AD Mathews 5, HAPW Jayawardene 12)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 78.6 overs (476 balls), Extras 7
- Reviews used before 80th Over: Sri Lanka 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); Pakistan 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
- Over 81.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - S Ravi, Batsman - HAPW Jayawardene (Upheld)
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 206/5 at 87.1 overs (AD Mathews 16, HAPW Jayawardene 22)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 137 balls (AD Mathews 24, HAPW Jayawardene 26, Ex 2)
- Over 88.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batsman - AD Mathews (Struck down)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 220/5 in 90.0 overs (AD Mathews 24, HAPW Jayawardene 28)
Match Coverage
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