Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Day 1: Video Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Sri Lanka made turgid progress on Day 1 of the third and final Test against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

The tourists reached 220-5 at the close of the opening day, scoring at little more than two runs per over.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Karunaratne	c Y Khan	b Rehman	34	120	93
Silva	c Sarfraz Ahmed	b Talha	17	73	46
Sangakkara	c Manzoor	b Junaid Khan	52	138	103
M Jayawardene	c Azhar Ali	b Ajmal	47	137	108
Chandimal	c Shafiq	b Ajmal	11	59	42
Mathews	not out		24	114	90
P Jayawardene	not out		28	100	60
Extras		2nb 0w 0b 5lb	7
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Junaid Khan		17	3	44	1
Talha		20	2	64	1
Ajmal		29	7	62	2
Rehman		24	9	45	1

Sri Lanka, who won the toss and elected to bat, lead the three-match series 1-0.

Kaushal Silva was the first man to fall, shortly after drinks in the morning session, when he edged seamer Mohammad Talha to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed for 17.

Dimuth Karunaratne and Kumar Sangakkara progressed the score to 64-1 at lunch before the opener fell in the first over after the adjournment.

Karunaratne was on 34 when he attempted to drive slow left-armer Abdur Rehman but got an edge, and Younis Khan dived low to his left to pick up the catch at first slip.

Sangakkara and fellow stalwart Mahela Jayawardene put on 60 for the third wicket, before the former flicked Junaid Khan to Khurram Manzoor at mid-wicket.

Sangakkara had made his 44th Test half-century but fell for 52 and Sri Lanka were 133-3 at tea.

They then lost two wickets in the opening hour of the final session as Jayawardene departed for 47 via an inside edge off Saeed Ajmal that lobbed to Azhar Ali at short leg.

Ajmal then removed Dinesh Chandimal for just 11 as a leading edge was taken by Asad Shafiq at mid-on.

However, captain Angelo Mathews (24*) and Prasanna Jayawardene (28*) took the visitors through to stumps without further loss but at a painstakingly slow scoring rate.