LIVE – Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1st Test match – 15 overs update
Sri Lanka has piled up a sluggish total of 30 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on October 18, 2011.
The match toss was won by the Men in Green Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 took their mark against Sri Lanka’s opening batsmen, Tharanga
Paranavitana and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hettige-Don-Rumesh-Lahiru-Thirimanne-c63124.
The first session of the match kicked off after Gul charged in with a well delivered opening over, followed by Cheema’s share of the new ball, which gave away a minor 2.
On the other hand, though the Sri Lankan batters retained a sluggish performance towards the following overs, but showed signs of settling in, evident to which was Thirimanne’s fine stroke playing and Paranavitana’s back foot defence.
As for the Pakistani attack, Gul and Cheema duo retained their dominance over the batsmen which came with the occasional Leg before Wicket (LBW) appeals.
However, after the close of the 7th over, Skipper Misbah shuffled his opening bowlers, and brought in team’s off-break bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, who swiftly settled in with the ball, making an early LBW appeal but was called down by the umpire.
By the time Sri Lanka reached the 10 over mark, the side had scored a minor sum of 17 runs without losing a wicket.
More change came on the Pakistani bowling line-up after Misbah opted to replace Gul with the team’s young pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839.
Hafeez, who was now joined in by his bowling partner, Junaid, once against retained an imposing bowling performance, restricting Sri Lanka’s batters to hold on to a minor run rate of above 1 run per over.
However, by the time the match came at the close of the 15th over, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 had posted 30 runs on the scoreboard, with Paranavitana retaining his ground at 18 while partner Thirimanne at 12.
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