Sri Lanka to resume on 64 for 3 on Test Day 2

Sri Lanka, currently at 64 for 3 to continue trail Pakistan 191 (all out) on second  day of test match in National Stadium Karachi.

According to the details, Pakistan first nosedived to 191 all out, losing their last six for 24 runs, before Sri Lanka limped their way to 64 for 3 at the close.

It was Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara who touched 150kph at times in the morning of day 1.

He kept his pace up all day, sending down hostile bouncers in stretches, and teasing the outside edge at other times.

Lasith Embuldeniya, the left-arm spinnner, was the perfect foil, recovering from a wayward first session to settle into an alluring rhythm later on.

He had excellent drift from the outset, but once he’d settled into his work after lunch, he had flight, dip, bounce and spin at his command as well.

He took the vital wicket of Babar Azam early in the second session, getting one to spit past the face of his bat as he ran down the pitch at him, Niroshan Dickwella completing an easy stumping.

Just before that middle session finished, Embuldeniya also trapped Haris Sohail in front of the stumps with another sharply-turning delivery. Taking two tail-end wickets as well, he finished with 4 for 71.

Pakistan had seemed to be building a decent score, at 167 for 4, when Haris was nailed in front by Embuldeniya.

Shafiq (63) was day one’s top scorer, only other half-centurion after Babar had lit up the morning with 60 off 96 balls.