Sri Lanka complete massive victory
Sri Lanka completed their third Test victory in five matches, and their largest win over Pakistan on the fourth day in Galle
22/06Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jun 22-25 2012
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
472 & 137/5d -
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
100 & 300 (114 ov)
Player of the Match
22/06Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Jun 22-25 2012
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
472 & 137/5d -
![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
100 & 300 (114 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 4
Hafeez wants DRS in all series
Mohammad Hafeez, after his maiden Test as Pakistan captain, has supported the ICC's recommendation that the Decision Review System should be used for all series
Welegedara ruled out of Test series
Sri Lanka fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series against Pakistan with a torn shoulder muscle
Stuck to our task in tough conditions - Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene has praised his bowlers for dismissing Pakistan in tough conditions, and said he did not enforce the follow-on because he wanted to give them a break
Sri Lanka's recent resurgence
A look at the numbers from Sri Lanka's largest Test victory over Pakistan
Kulasekara shows Test promise
The present Sri Lanka bowlers may not have the magic of Murali and Vaas, but the Galle Test showed they have it in them to run through teams
Day 3
Sri Lanka take big strides towards victory
Sri Lanka continued to maintain a vice-like grip on the Galle Test on the third day, but instead of pushing for the kill after bowling out Pakistan for 100, they inexplicably decided to bat again
Looked to tie the batsmen down - Randiv
Offspinner Suraj Randiv's four wickets in Pakistan's first innings in Galle have set the match up nicely for Sri Lanka; the plan, Randiv said, was to keep the Pakistan batsmen in check
Whatmore upset by DRS absence
The mounting umpiring errors, several of which hurt Pakistan, prompted their coach Dav Whatmore to question why the DRS was not in place for this series
The two sides of Adnan Akmal
Plays of the Day from the third day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Day 2
Sri Lanka take charge after wicket frenzy
Thirteen wickets went down on the second day, but that didn't change the overall match situation as Sri Lanka continued to dominate
'There are bigger things than getting out or not out on 199'
Kumar Sangakkara's nine-hour innings ended with him being stranded on 199. He was angry then, but cooled off soon enough
Pakistan's fielding gets a thumbs-up
Plays of the Day from the second day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan
We were better today - Ajmal
Offspinner Saeed Ajmal has said that Pakistan's bowlers had a lot of positives to take from the second day of the Galle Test
Day 1
Sri Lanka top order pummels Pakistan
Tillakaratne Dilshan made his first Test hundred in more than a year, Kumar Sangakkara drew level with Don Bradman on 29 centuries as Pakistan were made to toil
'We were unlucky'- Mohammad Hafeez
Pakistan's acting captain Mohammad Hafeez praised his bowlers for an "unlucky" bowling performance
Dilshan's sensible aggression wins the day
Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his first Test century in a year, negotiating testing spells of bowling and providing Sri Lanka with a positive start
Pain without much gain for Pakistan
Plays of the Day from the first day of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Others
DRS could have made big impact
We need technology to help the umpires, the ICC can step in and help certain cricket boards finance it
Don't ban captains for slow over-rate - Whatmore
Dav Whatmore, the Pakistan coach, has criticised the ICC's decision to ban the captain Misbah-ul-Haq from the Galle Test
Questions of form and rhythm for Pakistan
With their senior-most batsmen out of form, the premier spinner lacking bowling rhythm and no chance to warm-up, Pakistan have several challenges to overcome as the first Test begins in Galle
Pressure on Pakistan's brittle batting
Pakistan undoubtedly have the stronger bowling attack, but their tendency to self-destruct on the batting front provides Sri Lanka with a distinct advantage
We have gone one-up on their bowlers
We didn't handle Pakistan's strong bowling well during the series in the UAE, but are more confident after the victory in the one-dayers