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On the fifth and final day of the second test, in Galle, Sri Lanka’s spinners Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis combined for nine wickets, helping the hosts defeats Pakistan by 246 runs and tie the series.
Left-arm spinner Jayasuriya, who last month took 12 wickets against Australia on his test debut to lead Sri Lanka to another series-tying victory at the same location, recorded his fourth five-wicket haul in just his third test.
As the visiting team was bowled out for 261 in their second innings during the second session, off-spinner Mendis, who had taken five wickets in Pakistan’s first innings, gave helpful support by taking another four.defeats
Jayasuriya, who took 17 wickets from two games and was named player of the series, said, “I worked hard and I was patient.”
Although the pitch wasn’t easy to bowl on, we did well to bowl in partnerships, which resulted in wickets.
Set a record target of 508, Pakistan, who won the first test at Galle by four wickets, got off to a bad start in their attempt to save the match when Imam-ul-Haq fell to Mendis for 49 in the third over of the day after they had resumed on 89-1.defeats
But with a third-wicket stand of 79 runs, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan increased their chances of a draw. Azam, who top-scored for Pakistan with a determined knock of 81, and Rizwan increased their chances of a draw.
When Rizwan misjudged a straight delivery and was bowled out for 37 without playing a shot, Jayasuriya cleaned him up to start a collapse that ultimately turned the match in Sri Lanka’s favour.
Fawad Alam was out soon after due to a misunderstanding with Babar, and Agha Salman was caught by Kusal Mendis off the bowling of Jayasuriya for a stunning catch at short leg.
After the lunch break, the visiting team, which had started out at 176-2, was down to 205-7 when Babar and Mohammad Nawaz were quickly eliminated, leaving Sri Lanka’s spinners to finish off the Pakistan batting order.
“For us, it was a difficult game. The batting wasn’t up to par “added Babar.
