PALLEKELE, July 4 (AFP): Pakistan�s brittle top-order undid the good work of leg-spinner Yasir Shah as Sri Lanka seized control of the series-deciding third and final Test here today.
Having been bowled out for 278 in the first innings, Sri Lanka hit back to reduce Pakistan to 209-9 by stumps on the second day that saw 11 wickets fall on the evenly-paced pitch.
Nuwan Pradeep grabbed 3-26 in 14 steady overs and fellow seamer Dhammika Prasad chipped in another three wickets to cause a dramatic Pakistani collapse.
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Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 272-8): Karunaratne st Sarfraz b Azhar 130, Silva c Sarfraz b Rahat 9, Tharanga c Younis b Yasir 46, Thirimanne c sub (Azam) b Yasir 11, Mathews c sub (Azam) b Yasir 3, Mubarak st Sarfraz b Yasir 25, Chandimal lbw b Rahat 24, Prasad c Yasir b Azhar 0, Kaushal lbw b Rahat 18, Lakmal not out 6, Pradeep lbw b Yasir 0. Extras: (lb3, w3) 6. Total: (all out, 89.5 overs) 278. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-106, 3-133, 4-137, 5-204, 6-248, 7-248, 8-264, 9-277, 10-278. Bowling: Rahat 21-4-74-3, Ehsan 14-3-37-0, Imran 16-3-51-0, Yasir 31.5-4-78-5, Azhar 7-0-35-2.
Pakistan 1st innings: Masood lbw b Prasad 13, Shehzad c Chandimal b Pradeep 21, Azhar c Karunaratne b Pradeep 52, Younis run out 3, Shafiq lbw b Prasad 15, Sarfraz not out 72, Misbah lbw b Pradeep 6, Adil lbw b Kaushal 0, Yasir c Chandimal b Prasad 18, Rahat lbw b Kaushal 2, Imran not out 0. Extras: (lb4, w1, nb2) 7. Total: (for nine wickets, 64 overs) 209. Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-40, 3-45, 4-91, 5-135, 6-151, 7-152, 8-197, 9-202. Bowling: Prasad 19-1-78-3, Lakmal 14-1-64-0, Pradeep 14-5-26-3, Mathews 4-1-3-0, Kaushal 13-1-34-2.
