#NaseemShah ‘s double-strike leaves #SriLanka four down in first session
COLOMBO (MNP) – Pakistani bowlers showed a brilliant performance and Sri Lanka were 79 for four against Pakistan at lunch break in second and final Test of the two-match Test series at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Monday.
Naseem Shah took wickets while Shaheen Shah Afridi grabbed one and one batter was run out.
Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. The Team Green eyes clean sweep as it leads the series 1-0 after spending victory in the first Test at Galle International Stadium. Babar Azam said victory in first match had boosted the team’s moral, adding: “We will try to dismiss Sri Lanka early”. He said there was no change in squad for the second Test.
Last week, Pakistan got off to a winning start in the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship after beating Sri Lanka by four wickets on day five of the first Test.
Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 48 for three with 83 runs to win, Babar struck two boundaries in the first over of the morning to make his intentions clear. He went on to score two more boundaries before getting adjudged leg-before wicket to Prabath Jayasuriya for 24 off 28 balls, hitting five fours.
At 79 for four, opening batter Imam-ul-Haq was joined by Saud Shakeel, the double centurion from the first innings, and the pair knitted a 43-run partnership for the fifth wicket before Saud (30, 38b, 6x4s) fell to Ramesh Mendis in the 30th over of the innings.
