Sri Lanka v Pakistan - Pakistan tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 - 1st Test – Day 4 – Live Score and Update
Sri Lanka 472 & 137/5d v Pakistan 100 & 300 (114.0 ov) - Sri Lanka won by 209 runs
As if the humiliation in the One Day International (ODI) series was not enough for the Pakistani contingent in general and coach Dev Whatmore in particular, the Men in Green bundled for 300 runs on the fourth day of the match, in their second innings, falling short of 209 runs needed to win the match at Galle International Stadium.
The first Test was a disaster for Pakistan even before the first ball was bowled, as they lost their regular skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 to a ban imposed for a slow over rate in the last one-day match, which was also won by the hosts.
Stand-in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 had to fill-in the shows of captaincy, but he certainly had a bitter experience, as after losing the toss, his side got bulldozed for a mammoth first innings tally of 472 runs, leaving Pakistan bowlers in utter disbelief and dejection.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 never actually recovered from this early beating and then the Lankans after pulverising Pakistan for a first innings total of 100 runs, added another 137 runs to the tally, to better their position, giving Pakistan 510 runs to chase in their second innings.
After losing three wickets for 36 runs, at stumps on the third day, Pakistan resumed their run chase on the fourth day with hopes on veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325.
However, after the addition of only two runs, they lost their first wicket of the day, when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 (night watchman) perished after scoring 12 runs.
Khan was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281, who faltered after hammering an 80-run knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 on the other end, who had been receiving intense criticism for poor form, regained momentum at the perfect time.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Ayub-c76805 then jabbed a fine innings, as he along with Khan, helped take the score to 212 runs, after which it were curtains for Younis, who was removed after playing a fantastic knock of 87 runs.
Pakistan, later could muster only 300 runs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042 unbeaten on an innings of 40 runs, as Pakistan lost the opening Test match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, who had hit an unbeaten innings of 199 runs in the first innings, was named as the Player of the Match.
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