Day 4 Overnight score: Sri Lanka 300 all out and 63-2 , Pakistan 417 all out

By PakPassion staff (21st June, 2015)

Day 4 Overnight score: Sri Lanka 300 all out and 63-2 , Pakistan 417 all out

Pakistan began Day 5 knowing that if they get Sri Lanka out quickly they would be in with a chance to win the match. Yasir Shah didn't waste any time and picked up the night watchman Perera in the first over. Thirimanne and Karuratne then formed a strong partnership and threatened to take the game away from Pakistan but Wahab Riaz had other plans when he got Thirimanne caught at first slip for 44. Sri Lanka lost 2 wickets in the first session and were set at 144-4.

Pakistan or I should say Yasir Shah dismissed skipper Mathews who popped one up to Azhar Ali at short leg. Karunaratne soon followed after scoring 79 as he was brilliantly stumped by Sarfraz. Vithanage didn't last long either and was out after scoring just 1 to give Yasir Shah his 5th wicket in the innings. Dinesh Chandimal was the only hope Sri Lanka had now. Zulfiqar later picked up the wicket of Prasad who danced down the track and was stumped. Rangana Herath followed as he tried to hit one out of the ground of Yasir Shah to be caught at deep mid wicket and gave Yasir his 6th wicket. Sri Lanka were in deep deep trouble at 203-9 at this stage. Chandimal in an attempt to get some runs came down the track and was also stumped to give Yasir Shah exceptional figures of 7-76 and Sri Lanka were all out or 206. Pakistan required 90 runs to win the first Test Match a Galle.

The Pakistan openers Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez made the target of 90 runs look ease as they worked the field around, picked up the boundaries and rotated the strike with ease. The target was achieved in 11.2 overs with Hafeez and Shehzad remaining not out on 46* and 43* respectively.

Sri Lanka (1st innings) Fall of Wickets:

Karunaratne 30-1 (12.2 overs)
Sangakkara 142-2 (49.3 overs)
Thirimanne 154-3 (55.5 overs)
Mathews 189-4 (68.3 overs)
Chandimal 226-5 (84.5 overs)
Vithanage 261-6 (91.2 overs)
D Parera 277-7 (95.2 overs)
Prasad 288-8 (102.6 overs)
Silva 291-9 (104.3 overs)
Pradeep 300-10 (109.3 overs)

Pakistan Fall of Wickets:

Hafeez 2-1 (0.6 overs)
Shehzad 11-2 (2.4 overs)
Azhar Ali 35-3 (9.1 overs)
Younis Khan 86-4 (27.4 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 96-5 (34. overs)
Sarfraz 235-6 (65.5 overs)
Wahab Riaz 273-7 (79.3 overs)
Yasir Shah 302-8 (86.4)
Zulfiqar 403-9 (105.6 overs)
Shafiq 417-10 (113.1 overs)

Sri Lanka (2nd innings) Fall of Wickets:

Kaushal 18-1 (8.4 overs)
Sangakkara 63-2 (19.1 overs)
Perera 63-3 (21.1 overs)
Thirimanne 132-4 (48.1 overs)
Mathews 144-5 (53.2 overs)
Karunaratne 167-6 (61.3 overs)
Vithanage 175-7 (65.3 overs)
Prasad 200-8 (72.5 overs)
Herath 203-9 (73.4 overs)
Chandimal 206-10 (77.1 overs)

Result: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to go 1-0 up in the 3 match series.

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