1st day evenly balanced at Sri Lanka fight back

At the end of day1 Pakistan are 15/2.That’s Stumps on day one. An interesting day where 12 wickets were lost. Pakistan sent Sri Lanka in and bowled them out for 292, with the debutant Aamer taking 3 wickets. Paranavitana was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 72. With a little 7 over session for Pakistan to see off they started badly losing both the openers for 15 runs, with both Thushara and Kulasekara bagging a wicket each. Join us again tomorrow for a thrilling day. Until then it’s good bye from all of us here

Test Debuts : Pakistan – Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal
Sri Lanka – AD Mathews

Sri Lanka 1st innings

SL lost 1st wicket in 2nd over – 1-3 (Warnapura, 1.6 ov)

SL lost 2nd wicket in 6th over – 2-21 (Sangakkara, 5.1 ov)

Drinks: Sri Lanka – 43/2 in 12.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 25, DPMD Jayawardene 5)

Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (NT Paranavitana 28, DPMD Jayawardene 21, Ex 2)

NT Paranavitana: 50 off 67 balls (8 x 4)
SL lost 3rd wicket in 22nd over – 3-96 (Jayawardene, 21.6 ov)

Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 22.1 overs (134 balls), Extras 3)
Lunch: Sri Lanka – 104/3 in 24.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 57, TT
Samaraweera 3)

Drinks: Sri Lanka – 139/3 in 39.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 72, TT Samaraweera 21)

SL lost 4th wicket in 40 th over – 4-139 (Paranavitana, 39.4 ov)

Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 42.4 overs (257 balls), Extras 5

SL lost 5th wicket in 46th over – 5-160 (Samaraweera, 45.2 ov)

Tea: Sri Lanka – 194/5 in 54.0 overs (TM Dilshan 28, AD Mathews 17)

SL lost 6th wicket in 55th over – 6-194 (Dilshan, 54.1 ov)

Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 55.5 overs (336 balls), Extras 5
SL lost 7th wicket in 65th over – 7-241 (Mathews, 64.2 ov)
Drinks: Sri Lanka – 247/7 in 67.0 overs (KMDN Kulasekara 23, HMRKB Herath 5)

Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 67.2 overs (405 balls), Extras 5

SL lost 8th wicket in 76th over – 8-271 (Kulasekara, 75.3 ov)

SL lost 9th wicket in 79th over – 9-282 (Thushara, 78.5 ov)

SL lost 10th wicket in 81st over – 10-292 (Mendis, 80.2 ov)

Innings Break: Sri Lanka – 292/10 in 81.0 overs (HMRKB Herath 20)
Sri Lanka Innings: 81st over – 2 balls; (Saeed Ajmal, called by Umpire IJ Gould)

Pakistan 1st innings

Pakistan lost 1st wicket in 1st over – 1-1 (Salman Butt, 0.2 ov)

Pakistan lost 2nd wicket in 4th over – 2-5 (Khurram Manzoor, 3.5 ov)

End Of Day: Pakistan – 15/2 in 7.0 overs (Younis Khan 7, Abdur Rauf 0)

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