Sri Lanka v Pakistan - Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka - 2nd Test - Day 5 – Live Score and Update
Pakistan 551/6d & 100/2d v Sri Lanka 391 & 86/2 (22.0 ov) - Match drawn
On Wednesday, July 04, the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka ended in a draw as Sri Lanka ended their second innings with 86 runs on the board for the loss of two wickets, at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo.
Having stalled Sri Lanka on 278 runs for five, Pakistan needed to bowl-out the hosts twice on the final day to win the match, after they had amassed an amazing tally of 551 runs, in their first innings.
However, with Sangakkara still in the middle, Sri Lanka had a mighty chance of saving the match, as the batsman looked phenomenal on the fourth day, and a repeat of the same performance would have taken the Lankans in the safe zone.
Sangakkara with an overnight tally of 144, was joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 and the two exhibited impressive performance against their opponents, taking the total to 370 runs, after which left-arm pacer Junaid Khan struck to nab the wicket of Mathews, who faltered after scoring a knock of 47 runs.
Then with 378 runs, Sangakkara was picked up by Abdur Rehman, after the batsman had amassed a gigantic innings of 192 runs.
Pakistan then did not take much time in wrapping up the Sri Lankan innings, as the hosts crumbled on a tally of 391 runs.
Youngster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 took four Sri Lankan scalps.
Pakistan then scored 100 runs in their second innings for the loss of two wickets, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 belting an unbeaten innings of 42 runs, as Pakistan gave the Lankans a target of 261 runs to win the match.
With nearly 22 overs remaining in the day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 just needed to stay on the wicket to draw the match.
On the other hand, Pakistan bowlers tried desperately to bowl-out the opposition, however, the Lankans prevailed as they posted 86 runs for the loss of two wickets, saving the game and preventing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 from levelling the series.
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