Pakistan fight back after Sri Lankan bowlers shine
KARACHI: Pakistan fought back after being dismissed relatively cheaply on Thursday as bowlers dominated the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Karachi.
Lahiru Kumara and Lasith Embuldeniya grabbed four wickets each to dismiss Pakistan for just 191 before the home team had the visitors at 64-3 at stumps at the National Stadium.
Pacer Kumara took 4-49 while leftarm spinner Embuldeniya finished with 4-71 after Pakistan won the toss.
But Pakistan staged a fightback with the wickets of Oshada Fernando (four), Dimuth Karunaratne (25) and Kusal Mendis (13) leaving Sri Lanka
Pakistan 1st innings Shan Masood b Fernando -------------------------5 Abid Ali lbw Kumara -------------------------------38 Azhar Ali b Fernando ---------------------------------0 Babar Azam st Dickwella b Embuldeniya 60 Asad Shafiq c Fernando b Kumara ----------63 Haris Sohail lbw Embuldeniya ------------------9 Mohammad Rizwan b Kumara ------------------4 Yasir Shah lbw Kumara ------------------------------0 Mohammad Abbas c de Silva b Embuldeniya -----------------------------------------0 Shaheen Shah Afridi c Mathews b Embuldeniya -----------------------------------------5 Naseem Shah not out -------------------------------1 Extras: (b 4, lb 2) --------------------------------------6 Total: (all out; 59.3 overs) -------------- 191 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-10, 3-65, 4-127, 5-167, 6-172, 7-172, 8-179, 9-185 Bowling: Fernando 13-3-31-2, Kumara 185-49-4, Karunaratne 1-0-11-0, Embuldeniya 20.3-3-71-4, Perera 7-0-23-0
Sri Lanka O Fernando c Rizwan b Shaheen ---------------4 D Karunaratne b Abbas ---------------------------25 K Mendis c Haris b Abbas ------------------------13 A Mathews not out ------------------------------------8 L Embuldeniya not out ------------------------------3 Extras: (lb 6, w5) ------------------------------------11 Total: (for three wkts; 19 overs) ------- 64 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-39, 3-61 Bowling: Shaheen 6-2-18-1, Abbas 8-3-212, Naseem 5-0-19-0 still 127 runs behind on the first innings. Lanky pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi had Fernando caught behind before Mohammad Abbas removed Karunaratne and Mendis.
At stumps, Angelo Mathews was eight not out and nightwatchman Embuldeniya unbeaten on three.
Pakistan were well set at 127-3 with Babar Azam (60) and Asad Shafiq (63) involved in a 62-run stand for the fourth wicket, but once Azam fell the home side lost their last six wickets for just 24 runs. Azam was shaping well after scoring his 13th half-century before Embuldeniya had him stumped off a well-disguised delivery.