LIVE – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755: 2nd Test – Tharanga Paranavitana departs after lunch – Match Update
Sri Lanka’s opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
The left-handed batsman offered quite a lot of resistance before finally getting out after a solid knock of 72 runs with the help of four boundaries. He had faced 239 balls and would have been well set in the middle.
However, Paranavitana was unable to convert his knock into three figures. He edged one sharp turning delivery form http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, who made no mistake in catching the ball.
The fall of wicket brought debutant wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HAPW-Jayawardene-c1529 in this match.
Silva joined all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 in the middle and the pair is probably the last hope for Sri Lanka. They will need to score a solid partnership and give their side a lead of at least 150 runs.
The pair will need to keep the scoreboard ticking in order to pressurise the opposition. The tourists played negative cricket during the first session, scoring just 37 runs in 27 overs. If they continue like this, Pakistan will eventually win the match easily.
Earlier, the Men in Green had an extremely good first session in the morning today, taking three big wickets.
Veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 was the first man to be dismissed in the day after scoring 30 runs. He was unfortunate to be given out leg-before-wicket, as the replays suggested that the ball would have missed the stumps.
However, things like these can happen in professional cricket, as there is a lot of pressure on the umpires.
Soon after the wicket of Sangakkara, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 was also sent back to the pavilion. He managed only five runs in his short stay at the wicket and was cleaned up by Ajmal.
Sri Lanka’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 was ruled out leg-before-wicket for three, leaving the team under immense pressure.
Pakistan are in a very good position to finish this match today, but will need to be patient and take all their catches.
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