Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 3: Video Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Pakistan's efforts to save the second Test against Sri Lanka were carried by veteran duo Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq, with the pair seeing the side to stumps at 132-3 in their second innings in the second Test in Dubai.

Pakistan still trail Sri Lanka by 91 runs after bowling the tourists out for 388 earlier in the day. Mahela Jayawardene, who returned to form with a century, was finally dismissed for 129.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings	(Pak 164)
Total	all out	388	(134.0 ovs)
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
Karunaratne	lbw	b Junaid Khan	32	46	43
Silva	lbw	b Hafeez	95	325	221
Sangakkara	lbw	b Rahat Ali	26	41	36
Chandimal	c Rahat Ali	b Junaid Khan	12	24	23
M Jayawardene		b Ajmal	129	409	278
Mathews	c Sarfraz Ahmed	b Rahat Ali	42	122	88
P Jayawardene		b Junaid Khan	9	37	32
Herath	run out (Rahat Ali)		6	5	4
Eranga		b Bhatti	14	44	30
Lakmal	not out		10	41	27
Pradeep	lbw	b Ajmal	3	27	23
Extras	1nb 1w 1b 7lb	10
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Bowler
Junaid Khan	36.0	7	102	3	Junaid Khan
Rahat Ali	36.0	6	131	2	Rahat Ali
Ajmal	34.0	11	56	2	Ajmal
Bhatti	22.0	3	80	1	Bhatti
Hafeez	6.0	1	11	1	Hafeez

But it could have been far worse for Pakistan without Younis (62 not out) and Misbah (53 not out). They came together with Pakistan in disarray at 19-3 after Nuwan Pradeep and Rangana Herath had struck. Keeper Prasanna Jayawardene held on to all three catches.

With two days to play Sri Lanka are still the favourites to wrap up a victory—once the pair in the middle are out, Pakistan's batting has looked brittle all series long.

Pakistan 2nd Innings	1st Inns - 164	Sri Lanka 388
Total	for 3	132	(49.0 ovs)
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins	Balls
Manzoor	c P Jayawardene	b Pradeep	6	30	22
Shehzad	c P Jayawardene	b Herath	9	10	7
Hafeez	c P Jayawardene	b Pradeep	1	3	4
Y Khan	not out		62	208	142
Misbah-ul-Haq	not out		53	191	119
Extras	0nb 0w 0b 1lb	1
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Bowler
Lakmal	6.0	1	19	0	Lakmal
Pradeep	10.0	2	28	2	Pradeep
Herath	21.0	3	58	1	Herath
Eranga	12.0	3	26	0	Eranga

However, if Pakistan can fashion any kind of a lead, the tables could turn on Sri Lanka.

Pakistan cleaned up Sri Lanka's final six wickets for just 70 runs, and with three top-order wickets falling in quick succession, the pitch will be tricky to score on. Despite the resistance from Younis and Misbah, their stand owed everything to patience and discipline, rather than attack.

The three-Test series has swung one way and the other since it began in Abu Dhabi last week, and it would be rash to predict an outcome in the two days to come.