06/10Result
2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka
06/10Result
2nd Test (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates and Pakistan at Dubai, Oct 6-10 2017
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
Player of the Match
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dimuth KarunaratneSri Lanka

8.15pm Sri Lanka have not enforced the follow-on, which is probably the right thing to do, considering the conditions and the time left in the game. Sri Lanka, therefore, have a tough period to negotiate at the end of this third day: they'll have 15 overs to play out. Sri Lanka's seamers and spinners have been terrific in good batting conditions, and have put them in command of this Test.

90.3
W
Lakmal to Yasir Shah, OUT, cleaned 'im up this time. A slower ball down leg, Yasir stays low and tries to smash that through square leg but just plain misses. Leg stump is clattered. Pakistan do not avoid the follow-on

Yasir Shah b Lakmal 24 (48m 23b 1x4 2x6) SR: 104.34

90.2
0
Lakmal to Yasir Shah, no run, ouch. On a length on leg, Yasir winds up but inside-edges the ball into his body.
90.1
6
Lakmal to Yasir Shah, SIX, waaaaaay into the stands. Digs this in on middle does Lakmal, Yasir clears his front leg again and goes boom, nailed his pull over deep square leg. Long boundaries these

END OF OVER:
90 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 256/9

  • Mohammad Abbas1 (2b)
  • Yasir Shah18 (20b)
  • Lahiru Gamage15-2-38-2
  • Suranga Lakmal17-5-35-1
89.6
0
Gamage to Mohammad Abbas, no run, full and straight, 128 kph, Abbas inside-halves a flick to deep square leg, but Yasir refuses the run
89.5
1
Gamage to Yasir Shah, 1 run, a slower ball down leg, completely does Yasir in, a thick leading edge towards point
89.4
4
Gamage to Yasir Shah, FOUR, Yasir clears his front leg, gets a shortish ball and smashes a pull towards deep square leg. Somehow got over the bounce to keep it down. Karunaratne gets across to his left, gets there but allows the ball to go through
89.3
1
Gamage to Mohammad Abbas, 1 run, short down leg, 132 kph, attacking the ribs, off the inside edge past short leg. Fended awkwardly
89.2
W
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, OUT, he's bounced him or has he? Wahab was uncomfortable as this short ball was slipped in towards his rib cage. Wahab, initially looking to take evasive action, is caught by surprise by the speed at it which veers into him. He's on the hop as he tries to avoid this but gets some glove on the way onto the thigh pad as it lobs to short leg. Overturned on review by Sri Lanka.

Wahab Riaz c Samarawickrama b Gamage 16 (32m 29b 1x4 0x6) SR: 55.17

Asim: "Not the best of captaincy from either skipper through the series. Its just that Srilanka has somehow been able to field a more potent attack plus the obvious advantage of the toss."

Short leg being positioned now. There's leg slip, slip and gully too

89.1
1
Gamage to Yasir Shah, 1 run, works this with the angle over midwicket
89.1
1nb
Gamage to Yasir Shah, 1 no ball, oversteps this time. Lands this at length outside off, Yasir plays inside the line and lets the ball go

Ashley De Silva: "Pleasing to see the improvements. Long way to go, but they've taken steps for the better."

END OF OVER:
89 | 4 Runs | PAK: 248/8

  • Wahab Riaz16 (28b)
  • Yasir Shah12 (16b)
  • Suranga Lakmal17-5-35-1
  • Lahiru Gamage14-2-30-1

Time for drinks. Nikhil will take you through till the end

88.6
0
Lakmal to Wahab Riaz, no run, excellent work by Dickwella, instinctively moving down leg to stop that tickle
88.5
2
Lakmal to Wahab Riaz, 2 runs, wrong line, sliding into middle and leg, worked into the gap at fine leg, easy runs
88.4
0
Lakmal to Wahab Riaz, no run, pokes at an away-swinger, beaten. Played with an angled bat
88.3
1
Lakmal to Yasir Shah, 1 run, opens the face of the bat and steers this down to deep point. Not sure why there's a man at the rope there
88.2
0
Lakmal to Yasir Shah, no run, good stride in, driven to cover
88.1
1
Lakmal to Wahab Riaz, 1 run, angles a back of length delivery on middle and leg, bunted down to mid-on for a quick single

END OF OVER:
88 | 1 Run | PAK: 244/8

  • Wahab Riaz13 (24b)
  • Yasir Shah11 (14b)
  • Lahiru Gamage14-2-30-1
  • Suranga Lakmal16-5-31-1
87.6
1
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, 1 run, defended into the gap at cover point
87.5
0
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, no run, drifts in a leg side length ball, which brushes past Wahab's trouser as he looks to tickle this fine
87.4
0
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, no run, slashes and misses. This was there to be hit, lucky to get away with a short ball. Played too early
87.3
0
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, no run, digs in a short ball outside off, Wahab sways out of the way without much trouble. 135kph
87.2
0
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, no run, slaps this length delivery outside off to the cover fielder
87.1
0
Gamage to Wahab Riaz, no run, back of length on off stump, bunted into the off side

Match Coverage

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End of an era

0

No. of Test series lost by Pakistan in the UAE since they started playing their home games there in 2010, before this. They had won five and drew four of the nine series.

Strong comeback

17.20

Asad Shafiq's average in 10 Test innings this year, before this century in the fourth innings. His highest score in those innings was only 39.

Biggest turnaround?

243

Most runs added by the last 5 wickets in a successful chase, by Australia against Pakistan in Hobart in 1999-00. If Pakistan wins this Test, they would have added 265 runs for the last 5 wkts and will be a record.

Big difference

386

Difference in Sri Lanka's totals in this match - 482 & 96 - their highest ever in a Test. Previous highest was 383 v Australia at SSC in 1992.

Contrasting innings

34

Score at which Sri Lanka lost their 5th wicket in the second innings. They were at 370 when the fifth wicket fell in the first innings.

Yasir's hot streak

5

No. of consecutive Tests in which Yasir Shah has picked at least one five-wicket haul. He's the first spinner to do so.

Going on and on

4

No. of times in last 3 years Karunaratne has played innings of 300+ balls in Tests - most among all openers. Cook and Azhar Ali have batted 3 such innings.

Only the third

3000+

Runs for Karunaratne as opener in Tests. He's only the third Sri Lanka opener to do so after Jayasuriya (5932) and Atapattu (5317).

Karunratne-Chandimal show

2

No. of 100+ partnerships for the fourth-wicket for Sri Lanka in this series, both between Karunaratne and Chandimal. In the home series against India they could add only a total of 77 runs from six fourth-wicket stands.

Openers' high

2012

Last time a Sri Lanka openers scored 3 or more Test 100s in a year, before Karunaratne this time. Dilshan had hit 3 in 2012. Only Elgar (5) has scored more 100s than Karunaratne in 2017.

Bumper year

6

No. of 50+ scores by Dimuth Karunaratne in Tests this year - the most among all Sri Lanka players. Among all players, only Elgar, Rahul, Pujara and Root have more such scores.

Strong start

81.20

Samarawickrama's strike rate in his first-class career, before making his Test debut in this match. He's striking at over 100 in his debut innings. He averaged 63.63 in 2016-17 season with 4 centuries in 21 innings.

Day/Night debut

1

Sri Lanka are playing their maiden Day/Night Test while Pakistan are playing their third.