Chanaka Welegedara believes http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 can still win – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 may still have a chance to mark a win at the proceeding second
Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
“This partnership has lifted the morale of the team and has placed us in a good position,” Welegedara said at the closure of Day 3.
“We are now trailing by only 76 runs. If we can take a lead of 150 runs in the second innings then we can win the match. Our bowlers are capable of utilising such a wicket to win the match,” the speedster added.
Taking on Pakistan’s 164 runs lead on Day 3 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the Lankan opening batters, Paranavitana, coupled with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettige-Don-Rumesh-Lahiru-Thirimanne-c63124, stepped out to kick off their side’s second innings.
While for the Pakistani bowling response, the side came out with its usual new ball pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037.
Kicking off with a stable start, the Lankan duo retained a slow batting performance during the early overs of the innings, however, with Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 came out to replace Junaid
Khan.
With the pitch offering more turn on Day 3, Hafeez made well use of the setting, marking Thirimanne’s timber in the 14th over of the Lankan second innings.
The batter made his departure after scoring 8 runs for the team, leaving veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 to accompany Paranavitana.
Fortunately for the Lankan side, the newly formed pair took no time to settle in and retained their ground strong till the eventual closure of the day, reducing Sri Lanka’s trail with just 76 runs – with Sangakkara scoring 29 runs, while Paranavitana retaining
his impressive sum of 42.
As for the Pakistani hosts, the side believes that they can still dominate the Lions, after the team’s middle order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208, stated that he expects his team to be chasing nothing more than 100 runs in the second innings.
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