Pakistan v Sri Lanka – 2nd Test – 4th Day’s Summary
Sri Lanka 239/257 v Pakistan 403/94 - Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Pakistan won the second Test against Sri Lanka by successfully chasing a target of 94 runs on the fourth day of the match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
With this victory the Men on Green have taken a lead of 1-0 in the three-Test series and would now be hoping to win the third encounter of the tournament to seal the series.
Earlier in the day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 coming out to bat in a bid to forge a resilient stand
against the rampant Pakistan bowlers.
However, Sangakkara after adding just one run to his overnight score of 29 lost his wicket in the 49th over to Pakistan spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691, who trapped the bowler right in front of stumps. Sangakkara found his way back to the pavilion when the
team had managed to post 95 runs on the board.
With Sangakkara gone, it was time for another veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 to walk in the field, but the batsman failed to leave many impressed as he lost his wicket after playing a meagre knock of five runs before getting his stumps shattered by Pakistan’s
ace spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859. By this time, Sri Lanka had managed to post 113 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037.
With wickets falling like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457, Paranavitana desperately sought the support of his batsmen to stay on the crease long enough for his sake.
It was then the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 bowling for a little while as they exhibited stupendous nerve of steel while facing the opposition.
The two batsmen took the score to 141 runs as they added 25 runs together before Pakistan hit jackpot by grabbing the wicket of Paranavitana in the 80th over as the batsman was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 off the bowling of Ajmal after scoring a resilient
knock of 72 runs.
After the mighty effort form the Sri Lankan opener, Mathews then took it upon himself to take the responsibility of carrying his side’s batting line-up as he showed great character while selecting his shots.
The batsman played an unbeaten knock of 52 runs as Sri Lanka fell after bolstering only 257 runs due to Ajmal’s destructive bowling which prevented them from posting a tougher total.
Needing just 94 runs to win the match, Pakistan batting exceptionally well with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 who smashed 29 runs as Pakistan reached the required tally for the loss of only one wicket.
Spinner Ajmal was named as the Player of the Match for taking eight wickets in the match.
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