http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 – 3rd Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 steadied the Pakistani innings after adding a useful partnership of 94 runs in the first session, further helping their team to erase the Sri Lankan first innings deficit on the fourth day of the third and final Test at the
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, July 11, 2012.
The day started with the visitors trailing by 84 runs, having nine wickets in hand, and while it rained heavily overnight, the proceedings started as normal. The pitch was again on the slower side but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KMDN-Kulasekara-c1802 did trouble the overnight Pakistani
duo during in the initial overs.
The Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CRD-Fernando-c1292. Hafeez and Ali steadily chipped away by adding useful runs as the former raised his fifty in the
process.
The healthy 111-run lead was erased in due process and just when it seemed that the visitors would go in for lunch untroubled, Fernando struck to remove Hafeez. The Lankan bowler bowled a full and wide delivery, slightly angled away, which enticed the opener
to lunge forward to drive, only to end up edging it to the first slip fielder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NT-Paranavitana-c2132.
The resulting dismissal brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 to the crease and the veteran added 2 before the umpires made the call for lunch. Azhar Ali left the field just two runs adrift of another half-century.
The Men in Green had reached 119 for 2, adding a total of 92 runs for the loss of Hafeez’s wicket.
The post lunch session was key for the visitors as they now looked to build a healthy lead and enforce a result. The start was bright as both men collected 38 however, the Islanders managed to squeeze the run rate which ultimately led to quick wickets.
In the 53rd over, with the score on 158, the tourists lost Younis (19), who stepped out to play a defensive shot off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HMRKB-Herath-c1559 but failed to reach to the pitch of the ball and handed another catch to Paranavitana at silly point.
Captain Misbah ul Haq came to the crease, hoping to get some quick runs but soon became Herath’s second victim, falling to a fullish delivery with skipper Jayawardene doing the easy work at first slip – leaving the visitors in a precarious position at 176
for 4.
At tea, Pakistan was 210 for 4, leading the hosts by just 90 runs, with the last recognized pair of Azhar (97) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 (16) still on the crease. The second session saw the Green Shirts score 91 runs, but lost 2 key scalps. They will be relying on
the young duo to guide their team to a respectable total.
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