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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2019 2nd Test Full Commentary

Result · Dec 19 2019, Thu - 10:30 AM (IST)
2nd Test, - National Stadium
PAKISTAN
191, 555/3 decl
SRI LANKA
271, 212
Pakistan won by 263 runs
CRR:3.37
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Match
  • 59.3

    OUT! Caught. Lasith Embuldeniya to Shaheen Afridi. Stock length ball, middle stump down the track driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off, by Mathews. The luck runs out next ball though as Shaheen charges down the track and launches one high into the air. Matthews takes a very good catch, running backward over his shoulder to end the innings. Sri Lanka will be delighted with their days work, after losing the toss they've worked hard and been rewarded. Pakistan will be disappointed with their effort though, 6 wickets lost to bowled/lbw dismissals and the last 6 wickets falling for just 24 runs.

  • 59.2

    FOUR! Lasith Embuldeniya to Shaheen Afridi. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Shaheen has decided there is no point hanging back in the quest for runs and launches a nice slog-sweep for four

  • 59.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Shaheen Afridi. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • End of Over 59
    Over 59. 4 runs. Bowler: Naseem Shah. Sri Lanka: 206/6 (rr 3.49)
  • 58.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Shaheen Afridi. Length ball, off stump no foot movement working, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 58.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Shaheen Afridi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 58.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Shaheen Afridi. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 58.3

    Lahiru Kumara to Shaheen Afridi. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to point for no runs, fielded by Perera.

  • 58.2

    Lahiru Kumara to Naseem Shah. Length ball, off stump no foot movement pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Chandimal.

  • 58.1

    OUT! Caught. Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, top edge in the air uncontrolled to fine leg, by Fernando. After a good innings Shafiq will be disappointed with his dismissal. Picked up off the hip he only gets a top edge down to fine leg where Vishwa takes a neat catch.

  • End of Over 58
    Over 58. 2 runs. Bowler: Haris Sohail. Sri Lanka: 202/6 (rr 3.48)
  • 57.6

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Shaheen Afridi. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid on for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 57.5

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock ball half volley, to leg on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Kumara.

  • 57.4

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 57.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 57.2

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 57.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • End of Over 57
    Over 57. 8 runs. Bowler: Naseem Shah. Sri Lanka: 200/5 (rr 3.51)
  • 56.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 56.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.

  • 56.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.

  • 56.3

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Kumara.

  • 56.2

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 56.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • End of Over 56
    Over 56. 5 runs. Bowler: Haris Sohail. Sri Lanka: 192/5 (rr 3.43)
  • 55.6

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Shaheen Afridi. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Mendis.

  • 55.5

    OUT! Caught. Lasith Embuldeniya to Mohammad Abbas. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, outside edge to first slip, by de Silva. Abbas never quite looked comfortable against the spin and he's decieved by the flight here, giving the edge to first slip. Pakistan falling away quickly since Tea

  • 55.4

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock ball full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 55.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Mendis.

  • 55.2

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • 55.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Asad Shafiq. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Embuldeniya.

  • End of Over 55
    Over 55. 1 run. Bowler: Mohammad Abbas. Sri Lanka: 187/5 (rr 3.40)
  • 54.6

    APPEAL! Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Abbas. Length ball, outside off stump no foot movement defending, hit pad to for no runs, appeal made for L.B.W.

  • 54.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Abbas. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.

  • 54.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Asad Shafiq. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to deep extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 85.5

    OUT! Bowled. Shaheen Afridi to Lahiru Kumara. Seaming away length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to. That will end the innings. Shaheen goes back to aiming at top of off stump and hits his target. Sri Lanka are all out for 271 but they have got a very handy lead of 80 runs. Dinesh Chandimal was the stand-out batsmen with 74 while Dilruwan Perera played a gem for his 48. With the new ball nipping around and the light slowly fading this will be a tricky period for the openers. A good start for Pakistan is crucial.

  • 85.4

    Shaheen Afridi to Lahiru Kumara. Length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to cover for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 85.3

    OUT! L.B.W. Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, to leg on the front foot working, hit pad to. On the money with the big booming in swinger. Pitched in line, beat the bat and thudded into the front pad. Review taken from the Sri Lankan but he isn't going to get it overturned. Clipping the top of the stumps.

  • 85.2

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, to extra cover for no runs, fielded by Azam.

  • 85.1

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 84.6

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shah.

  • 84.5

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Seaming in length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to fine leg for no runs, fielded by Afridi.

  • 84.4

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Shah.

  • 84.3

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 84.2

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 84.2

    Wide Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for 1 run, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 84.1

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 83.6

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Shah.

  • 83.5

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 83.4

    FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, middle stump on the front foot driving, well timed past long on for 4 runs. What a shot. Perera was expecting to come back for the second run but the ball kept racing across the outfield. Definition of a perfect on-drive.

  • 83.3

    FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, inside edge past fine leg for 4 runs. Zips off the edge thanks to the extra pace and hardness of the ball. These are useful runs for Sri Lanka.

  • 83.2

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 83.1

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 82.6

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Seaming away length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, shoulders arms to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 82.5

    Mohammad Abbas to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.

  • 82.4

    Mohammad Abbas to Dilruwan Perera. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 82.3

    Mohammad Abbas to Dilruwan Perera. Seaming in length ball, outside off stump down the track defending, inside edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Shafiq.

  • 82.2

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep extra cover for 1 run, dropped catch by Ali. Tough diving catch for the captain moving to his left. Had to go with just one hand and couldn't drag it in.

  • 82.1

    Mohammad Abbas to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 81.6

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Azam.

  • 81.5

    Shaheen Afridi to Dilruwan Perera. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, Play and Miss (Leg Side) to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 81.4

    Shaheen Afridi to Vishwa Fernando. Out-swinging half volley, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to deep extra cover for 3 runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 81.3

    Shaheen Afridi to Vishwa Fernando. In-swinging length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, hit pad to point for no runs, fielded by Shah.

  • 81.2

    Shaheen Afridi to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 81.1

    Shaheen Afridi to Vishwa Fernando. In-swinging half volley, to leg on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 130.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Fernando. 16o runs in this session which has gone beyond Pakistan't wildest dreams. Hundreds for the top four and time for a nice spot of lunch. The declaration will come soon. How much fight do Sri Lanka have in them still? They will have a very flat batting surface to enjoy though.

  • 130.5

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs. Overpitched and Rizwan just leans on one. Beautiful shot.

  • 130.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Kumara.

  • 130.3

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Kumara.

  • 130.2

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to backward point for 1 run, direct hit by de Silva. Amazing scenes in Karachi. Only the second time the top four in the order have made hundreds in the same innings. Babar's felt pre-ordained from the moment he strolled to the crease last night. What a player. He's now turning his class into big test match runs.

  • 130.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Short, outside off stump on the back foot Fended, Gloved in the air uncontrolled to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 129.6

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, off stump down the track defending, hit pad to short leg for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 129.5

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Mohammad Rizwan. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Fernando.

  • 129.4

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot glancing, to leg gully for 1 run, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 129.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock ball short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • 129.2

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 129.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Mohammad Rizwan. Stock ball full toss, middle stump down the track driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Perera.

  • 128.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Back of a length, off stump on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 128.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Kumara.

  • 128.4

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 128.3

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Mendis.

  • 128.2

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Dickwella.

  • 128.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Rizwan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Karunaratne.

  • 127.6

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 127.5

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Mohammad Rizwan. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot slog sweeping, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Chandimal.

  • 127.4

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 127.3

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • 127.2

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 127.1

    Lasith Embuldeniya to Babar Azam. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for no runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • 126.6

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 126.5

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.

  • 126.4

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed past deep mid wicket for 4 runs. Short, tired and Babar just climbs into it. Sri Lanka are really suffering here as the declaration draws nearer.

  • 126.3

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, inside edge past fine leg for 4 runs. A stroke of luck with the inside edge flying past leg stump.

  • 126.2

    FOUR! Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Short, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs. Thumped through the covers off the front foot.

  • 126.1

    Lahiru Kumara to Babar Azam. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.

  • 62.5
    Vishwa Fernando lbw b Naseem Shah 0 (9)

    OUT! L.B.W. Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Half volley, off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad to. The morning has barely begun but Pakistan have already wrapped up the Test match. Three wickets in as many overs with two for Naseem Shah which takes him to five overall. The youngest player to ever take that many in a Test. Full and straight did the trick for him with Vishwa not wanting to get in line against the extreme pace.
    A brilliant victory for Pakistan back on home soil and they deserved it after fighting back from their below-par effort with the bat on day one. To come back from a first innings deficit and win by such a margin is outstanding. Credit has to go to their batsmen in the second innings and then the bowlers to wrap up the match in style. Sri Lanka will be hurting after not being able to make their lead count but the one shining light was a maiden ton for Oshada Fernando who looks like a good find for them.
    That is the series wrapped up and it has been a very enjoyable one. Hopefully Pakistan fans have a lot more opportunity to see cricket back home in the future.

  • 62.4

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 62.3

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 62.2

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 62.1

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Back of a length, off stump on the back foot defending, hit pad to gully for no runs, fielded by Khan.

  • End of Over 62
    Over 62. no runs. Bowler: Yasir Shah. Sri Lanka: 212/9 (rr 3.42)
  • 61.6

    Yasir Shah to Lahiru Kumara. Leg spinner length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 61.5
    Oshada Fernando c Asad Shafiq b Yasir Shah 102 (180)

    OUT! Caught. Yasir Shah to Oshada Fernando. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot Steer, mis-timed to first slip, by Shafiq. That is almost catching practice for Shafiq at slip. Came off the face of the bat as Oshada tried it run it for the single but the extra bounce meant he couldn't control the shot. Sri Lanka have crumbled this morning.

  • 61.4

    Yasir Shah to Oshada Fernando. Leg spinner length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Shah.

  • 61.3

    Yasir Shah to Oshada Fernando. Leg spinner length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 61.2

    Yasir Shah to Oshada Fernando. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for no runs, fielded by Abbas.

  • 61.1

    Yasir Shah to Oshada Fernando. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • End of Over 61
    Over 61. no runs. Bowler: Naseem Shah. Sri Lanka: 212/8 (rr 3.48)
  • 60.6

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 60.5

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 60.4

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 60.3

    Naseem Shah to Vishwa Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, inside edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 60.2
    Lasith Embuldeniya c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah 0 (1)

    OUT! Caught. Naseem Shah to Lasith Embuldeniya. Short, down leg side ducked Fended, Gloved to wicketkeeper, by Rizwan.

    It's day 5 and it is likely that there is going to only be one result. Pakistan have taken full control of this match in the last couple of days and with only three more wickets remaining they are well on their way to a historic Test win. Most of the work yesterday was done by the impressive Naseem Shah and he will eyeing up a maiden Test five-wicket haul. For Sri Lanka they have to hope Oshada Fernando can continue his fantastic performance and hopefully pull off something magical.
    The dream start. No looseners from Naseem as he is right on the money with a sharp bouncer. Embuldeniya gets himself into an awful tangle and feathers a glove to the keeper. It needed the review but Pakistan got the result they wanted. Hat-trick ball coming up.

  • 60.1
    Dilruwan Perera c Mohammad Rizwan b Naseem Shah 5 (8)

    OUT! Caught. Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, outside edge to wicketkeeper, by Rizwan. Pakistan are just able to sneak in another over before stumps and one ball was all they needed. Perera drawn into feeling at a ball he could easily have left. Naseem Shah's extra pace will do that to a lot of batsmen over the years. Oshada Fernando remains unbeaten on 102 and Sri Lanka need another 264 runs to win. Pakistan are closing in on a very emotional series victory in their first series on home soil since 2009. Join us tomorrow.

  • End of Over 60
    Over 60. 6 runs. Bowler: Shaheen Afridi. Sri Lanka: 212/6 (rr 3.53)
  • 59.6

    Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 59.5

    Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, shoulders arms to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 59.4

    Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot glancing, to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Abbas.

  • 59.3

    FOUR! Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, to leg on the front foot Steer, outside edge past third man for 4 runs. Third man to reach a hundred today and this one has shown real character to go through to his maiden test ton with his team in real strife.

  • 59.2

    Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Afridi.

  • 59.1

    Shaheen Afridi to Oshada Fernando. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, shoulders arms to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • End of Over 59
    Over 59. 4 runs. Bowler: Naseem Shah. Sri Lanka: 206/6 (rr 3.49)
  • 58.6

    Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Short, middle stump ducked Leave, Left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.

  • 58.5

    Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Yorker, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, shoulders arms to point for no runs, fielded by Khan.

  • 58.4

    Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Short, outside off stump on the back foot Fended, Gloved in the air uncontrolled to gully for no runs, fielded by Azam. Perera flaps at that and it takes the glove. The ball looped up agonisingly near to Babar at gully.

  • 58.3

    Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • 58.2

    FOUR! Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Half volley, outside off stump on the back foot defending, thick edge past third man for 4 runs. Back when he should have been forward. Any edge off Naseem though and the ball races away.

  • 58.1

    Naseem Shah to Dilruwan Perera. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Ali.

  • End of Over 58
    Over 58. 2 runs. Bowler: Haris Sohail. Sri Lanka: 202/6 (rr 3.48)
  • 57.6

    Haris Sohail to Oshada Fernando. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Late Cut, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.