Pakistan v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 – 3rd Test – Match Update - Younis reaches 50
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890. The final Test match is currently being played at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, November
5, 2011.
Both players are unbeaten at the moment, taking the total to 126 for 2 before the umpires made the call for lunch. After the early setbacks from the previous day, which saw the Men In Green losing both their openers, Khan and Azhar started tentatively but
blossomed after the first half hour.
Three maidens were bowled on the trot, before finally Azhar let loose to a ball from Kosala Kulasekara, hitting to the cover boundary. Khan then got into the act, guiding left-armer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/UWMBCA-Welegedara-c2735 uppishly through the gully region, which also helped
the team total to cross 50.
That really than set the tone for the players, who then gained in confidence with Welegedara again on the receiving end for two crisp boundaries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 hoping to get the much needed breakthrough.
However, both men stood tall with Khan first smashing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 to the square leg boundary before dispatching off-spinner, Suraj Randiv to the cover region.
The veteran now started to play his shots and smashed a length ball off Dilshan to bring the 100 for the team. He took most of the strike while the youngster was happy to deal in singles.
The lunch break was approaching with the Lankans now desperate to get a wicket. That did not happen as Azhar smashed two boundaries two reach closer for his fifty. However, it was his partner, who managed to complete his half-century of the final ball before
the lunch break, playing his favourite sweep shot off Randiv to end a satisfactory session on a high.
The Lankans will be hoping to claw back in to the game after a disappointing bowling performance in the first quarter.
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