Pakistan v Sri Lanka – 3rd Test – 3rd Day’s Summary
Sri Lanka 413 v Pakistan 282/6 (110.0 ov) - Pakistan trail by 131 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the third Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka the Men in Green trail by 131 runs with four wickets in hand at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) on Saturday, November 05, 2011.
Pakistan began the third day’s proceedings after ending the second day by posting 35 runs for the loss of two wickets, aiming to give a resilient show against the Sri Lankan bowlers after having restricted the Lankans on 413 runs in their first innings.
With Azhar Ali and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 on the crease things looked bright for Pakistan as they had plenty of batting to come against the Sri Lankans on a batsmen friendly wicket.
Both batsmen exhibited tremendous form as they played stupendously well. On the other hand, Sri Lanka were hoping to make early inroads to create http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Dent-c41093 in the Pakistan batting line-up, however, to their utter disappointment the bowlers were left flabbergasted
by the Pakistan duo.
Both Ali and Younis posted a phenomenal partnership of 98 runs, taking the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 tally to 133 runs. A batting stand by Pakistan was the last things Sri Lanka wanted as a win in this Test is vital for the Lankans to level the series which Pakistan are
leading by 1-0.
The Lankans finally managed to grab the first wicket of the day in the 58th over when fast-bowler Kosala Kulasekara shattered the stumps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring an impressive knock of 53 runs.
With Ali gone http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 finally had a chance to climb back in the game as they knew that a couple of wickets more would put Pakistan under pressure.
However, it was time for Pakistan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 to come to bat with veteran Younis as the experienced duo subdued the opposition by tactfully neutralizing their opposition.
Khan and Haq posted 100 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership, which also saw a sensational innings by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/UWMBCA-Welegedara-c2735.
At the time of this wicket, Pakistan had managed to post 233 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets. Pakistan could have amassed more runs had Misbah played a bit faster in the middle, however, due to the tentative shot selection by the Pakistan
captain the side failed to score fast even with three wickets down.
Then after Younis it was time for youngster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 to take the field, however, the right-hand batsman failed to play a big innings as he lost his wicket to Welegedara after smashing just 16 runs.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 on the other end with
three runs to his name.
From Sri Lanka Welegedara was the most successful bowler with three wickets to his name, while left-arm spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 grabbed two wickets.
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