Sri Lanka v Pakistan - Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka - 1st Test – 2nd Day's Update
Sri Lanka 472 v Pakistan 48/5 (24.0 ov) - Pakistan trail by 424 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 is not looking good as at stumps on the second day, the Men in Green, trail by 424 runs with only five wickets remaining in their first innings as they have scored only 48 runs in response to Sri Lanka’s first innings tally of 472 runs, at Galle International Stadium.
The day began with the Lankans resuming their first innings from an overnight tally of 300 runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 on 55.
Pakistan knew that they needed to get their tails up and avoid a bad day in the middle in order to come back in the match.
Spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, who took the only two wickets on the first day, was the first to make an impression this morning as he bagged the prized wicket of Jayawardene on 62 runs, at a time when Sri Lanka had added only 15 runs to their overnight tally.
However, with Sangakkara standing firm at the other end, the Lankans had the game under their control.
With 335 runs, the home side suffered the demise of their fourth wicket when Ajmal struck again by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Samaraweera-c2712, who lost his way after scoring only six runs.
On the next delivery, Ajmal caught and bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 for nil, which really stirred up things as the Pakistanis sensed an opportunity to end the Lankan innings.
While Sangakkara batted handsomely at his end, he was fast losing his partners as Pakistan had launched a bowling onslaught with Ajmal and stand-in skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 making things a lot difficult for the hosts.
Pakistan wrapped up Sri Lanka’s lower-order, which failed to put up a fight, on an enormous tally of 472 runs, leaving Sangakkara unbeaten on an astounding innings of 199 runs.
Ajmal finished with five wickets, while Hafeez nabbed three wickets to become the top two bowlers from Pakistan, as pacers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037 remained wicket less.
With a huge total to overcome, Pakistan needed a strong performance from the batting line-up, but the batsmen failed to make an impression as they kept throwing away their wickets.
Hafeez was the highest scorer of the day from Pakistan with an innings of 20 runs to his name as the rest of the batsmen crumbled like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457, leaving the tourists in the abyss of dismay and miseries.
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