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

Sri Lanka made strong inroads into the Pakistan batting on day three of the first Test in Galle, Sri Lanka.

In reply to the hosts’ first innings total of 300, Pakistan finished on 118 for five at the Galle International Stadium.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Hafeez	c Karunaratne	b Prasad	2	4	6	0	0
Shehzad	lbw	b Prasad	9	12	10	2	0
Azhar Ali	lbw	b Herath	8	39	19	0	0
Younus Khan		b D Perera	47	99	79	6	1
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Sangakkara	b Pradeep	20	98	60	1	1
Shafiq	not out		14	59	59	0	0
Sarfraz Ahmed	not out		15	30	20	2	0
Extras		3nb 0w 0b 0lb	3
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Prasad			9	2	24	2
Pradeep			9	1	36	1
Herath			12.4	3	33	1
D Perera			9	2	23	1
Mathews			2	1	2	0

Earlier, Kaushal Silva completed his second Test century, but Sri Lanka, who resumed on 178 for three, could only add 122 to their overnight score.

Silva brought up his ton off 261 balls, but the hosts lost captain Angelo Mathews (19), who became a third victim for Wahab Riaz, Dinesh Chandimal (23) and Kithuruwan Vithanage (18) in the morning session.

Sri Lanka went to lunch on 273 for six, but wickets continued to fall. Silva was the ninth man out as Zulfiqar Babar claimed his third dismissal.

Silva hit 16 boundaries in making 125, but his seven-hour, 25-minute vigil ended when Sarfraz Ahmed took an attempted sweep off the slow left-armer behind the stumps.

However, Pakistan were soon in trouble and stuttered to 38 for three at tea with Dhammika Prasad removing openers Mohammad Hafeez (2) and Ahmed Shehzad (9) with his first 10 deliveries.

Azhar Ali (8) was also back in the pavilion, trapped lbw by Rangana Herath, at the adjournment.

Veterans Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq steadied the ship, but the former came down the track to Dilruwan Perera and was beaten in the flight, clean bowled for 47.

Only 10 further runs had been added when captain Misbah (20) departed after Kumar Sangakkara took a fine catch at first slip off the bowling of Nuwan Pradeep.

Sarfraz (15) and Asad Shafiq (14) saw Pakistan through to the close without further loss, but after the opening day washout, they need 151 to avoid the follow-on.