Jayal: "This Joydeepsingh guy is good. He predicted Pakistan will fold for 233 this morning. Can you tell us how long the Sri Lankan economic crisis will last?"
11.28pm Sri Lanka then do the business on this third morning, taking the last three wickets for the addition of 40 runs. The first hour was certainly frustrating, with Hasan and Yasir pushing along the scoring rate, but once that 32-run stand was ended, the final two wickets came quickly. And so Sri Lanka now have a healthy lead of 147, though they will likely have to extend it without the services of their skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who was off the field for the entirety of the Pakistan innings and is almost certainly not going to come out to bat. Ramesh Mendis was the pick of the bowlers, picking up figures of 5 for 47, while Prabath Jayasuriya was excellent once again taking 3 for 80 - his fifth consecutive three-for.
Yasir Shah lbw b RTM Mendis 26 (173m 97b 0x4 1x6) SR: 26.80
Ahmad : "How's Sangakkara not at the top with most dismissals for Sri Lanka as a keeper? Quite strange." Sangakkara didn't keep as much in Tests for most of his career.
END OF OVER:88 | 5 Runs | PAK: 231/9
- Naseem Shah4 (10b)
- Yasir Shah26 (96b)
- Prabath Jayasuriya37-10-80-3
- Ramesh Mendis21-6-47-4