Another solid day for Sri Lanka so far. Dimuth karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva batted out the crucial first hour of the morning, both bringing up their fifties in the process. Dimuth used the sweep to good effect, while Dhanajaya employed the late-cut to pick up runs. Dimuth was brilliantly caught at short-leg shortly after passing his fifty, but Dhananajaya carried on. He had brief support from Dunith Wellalage as Sri Lanka crossed hundred runs for the morning in the first session and the lead crossed 400. Sri Lanka came back after lunch in search of some quick runs and to allow Dhananjaya to reach his 9th Test hundred. He did so in the 86th over with another back-cut, a productive shot for him throughout his innings. Ramesh Mendis, too, got into the act and played some attractive shots, particularly a whip through midwicket. The duo added 82 for the 8th wicket as Sri Lanka's lead crossed 500. Sri Lanka finally declared with a lead of 507. Question is, have they left it too late? We'll find out as Pakistan come out for the chase shortly.

91.6
W
Naseem Shah to RTM Mendis, 1 no ball, OUT, direct hit and Dhananjaya is run-out. It was full on middle, Mendis pushed it to midwicket, Dhananjaya took off for the single after Mendis called him for the run before sending him back, and the fielder threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end to find Dhananjaya stranded in the middle. And with that, Sri Lanka have declared

DM de Silva run out 109 (242m 171b 16x4 0x6) SR: 63.74

91.5
1
Naseem Shah to de Silva, 1 run, full outside off, driven to mid-off

Pakistan have taken the second new ball, by the way

91.4
1
Naseem Shah to RTM Mendis, 1 run, length on middle, squares him up a touch as he defends
91.3
0
Naseem Shah to RTM Mendis, no run, length on middle, swings across the line again but misses and is struck on the back thigh. The appeal for lbw is turned down and Pakistan review this belatedly. Height is the thing is question. There's no bat involved, but it's only umpire's call on hitting the wickets so the decision stands
91.2
4
Naseem Shah to RTM Mendis, FOUR, full outside off, swings across the line, the bat turns in his hand but he gets enough on it to beat midwicket and pick up another four
91.1
1
Naseem Shah to de Silva, 1 run,

END OF OVER:
91 | 12 Runs | SL: 352/7

  • Ramesh Mendis40 (50b)
  • Dhananjaya de Silva107 (169b)
  • Hasan Ali10-0-44-0
  • Yasir Shah21-2-80-1
90.6
0
Hasan Ali to RTM Mendis, no run, length on middle, defended to midwicket

Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st42Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd55Babar AzamImam-ul-Haq
3rd79Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
4th5Fawad AlamBabar Azam
5th7Babar AzamAgha Salman
6th17Babar AzamMohammad Nawaz (3)
7th0Yasir ShahMohammad Nawaz (3)
8th38Yasir ShahHasan Ali
9th0Nauman AliHasan Ali
10th18Nauman AliNaseem Shah