GALLE: On day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka, Pakistan was bowled out for 218 after captain Babar Azam scored a resolute 119.
Azam led the tourists to within four runs of Sri Lanka’s 222 as he and Naseem Shah, who scored five not out from 52 balls in Galle, put on a 70-run tenth-wicket stand.
Prabath Jayasuriya, a left-arm spinner, claimed his third consecutive haul of five or more wickets to frighten the opposition batting, which fell to 85-7 before lunch and 148-9 in the second session.
With a four and a single-off mystery spinner Mahesh Theekshana, Azam reached his seventh Test century. The final Pakistan innings was ended by the star batsman being trapped lbw.
Yasir Shah (18), Hasan Ali (17), and Naseem, three batsmen in the lower order, contributed to Pakistan’s 133 runs for the final three wickets thanks to Azam.
Azam protected Naseem at number 11 by batting defiantly and facing the majority of the balls.
fast bowler
He hit fast bowler Kasun Rajitha for three consecutive boundaries and later Theekshana and Jayasuriya for a six and a four.
After rallying from 133-8 on Saturday, when Pakistan’s left-arm quick Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed four wickets, Sri Lanka got a taste of their own medicine.
Pakistan resumed the day on 24 for two when play started 30 minutes late because of rain and Azhar Ali could only survive three balls before he was trapped lbw by Jayasuriya.
Salman Ali Agha, making his debut, was out leg before after only 15 balls after scoring five runs on another sliding delivery from Jayasuriya.
Before Yasir survived the hat-trick ball, Jayasuriya, 30, struck on consecutive deliveries to dismiss Mohammad Nawaz and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Galle Test
The Galle Test, which begins this Saturday, will feature the Babar Azam-led Pakistan team playing Dimuth Karunaratne’s Sri Lanka.
Skipper Babar is nonetheless prepared to perform to the task.
The 27-year-old posted pictures of himself hitting shots during the three-day warm-up match against Sri Lanka Cricket XI on Twitter with the caption “Gearing up for Galle.”
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Colts Cricket Club Ground
At the Colts Cricket Club Ground in the game that resulted in a draw, Babar scored 88 runs off 113 with the help of eight fours and four sixes.
The team’s home series against Australia in March, which they ultimately lost 1-0, featured Babar, who has been in excellent form with the bat. Babar recently hit 196 against Australia.
Sri Lanka enters the Pakistan series after two contrasting performances in Galle, where they initially lost to Australia on a brutal turner before regaining their composure to thrash the tourists on Monday.
The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship Cycle will govern the Test series.
The first Test will start at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, and the second game will be played at the Colombo stadium from July 24 through 28.
Sri Lanka enters the Pakistan series after two contrasting performances in Galle, where they initially lost to Australia on a brutal turner before regaining their composure to thrash the tourists on Monday.
The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship Cycle will govern the Test series.
The first Test will start at the Galle International Cricket Stadium, and the second game will be played at the Colombo stadium from July 24 through 28.
The team encountered trouble soon after arriving in the island nation last Thursday when one of the team’s player support staff members tested positive for COVID-19 and was ordered to spend five days in isolation.
But now that things have calmed down in Colombo, the players will proceed with their tour as planned.
People in Sri Lanka have been protesting the country’s worst economic crisis and calling for the president to step down because he is to blame.
After tens of thousands of protesters surrounded both men’s official residences on Monday, the prime minister’s office announced that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he would be stepping down.
Crowds would continue to occupy the president’s and prime minister’s Colombo residences, according to protest movement leaders, until they resigned from their positions.
On Monday, hundreds of people strolled into the president’s secretariat and residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital city, and took tours of the colonial-era structures. No one was attempted to be stopped by police.
