Junaid Khan said his top five for Test cricket as Pakistan has the upper hand in the opening series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.
Junaid produced an inspired spell dead ground to restrict Sri Lanka to 197 all. In response, Pakistan has negotiated a half hour to reach the delicate leaves of the stem 27 without loss.
Sri Lanka, the side designated off - the game is played in the UAE due to security concerns in Pakistan - will be disappointed by their efforts on the first day, but they can take some solace in Angelo Mathews is determined 52 n is not out, without which their situation would have been irrevocably.
Mathews showed his teammates how to do after arriving at the crease during a collapse of the mid-command triggered by Junaid. After a morning torturously slow came the struggle to live after lunch that Pakistan has run through the line of Sri Lanka to bat in conditions blisteringly hot and humid.
There was no sign of things to come earlier than the wicket of Lahiru Thirimanne fell to the first interval, over Saeed Ajmal Khan a drummer Yunus delivery of ballots, as Sri Lanka reached 50 for one, only to crumble in recovery.
The turning point came when Kumar Sangakkara's experienced resolution was rejected by wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal's amazing, immersed in the time slip for the first time Aizaz Cheema had caused a border.
Opener Tharanga Paranavitana, a handful of Sri Lankan batsmen, departed for 37 after the cramped room, Umar Gul, before Tillakaratne Dilshan Ajmal returned to the contest to distinguish, with television replays to show the captain had received from the board.
That dismissal left Sri Lanka on 112 four to seven, and soon became 114 Junaid took a rapid-fire high maintaining the scalp and Mahel Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, and the first ball, Rangana Herath.
Suranga Lakmal saw a hat-trick and was transferred to distribute stand-54, after tea Mathews as Pakistan lost a bit '. Gul finally claimed the wicket Lakmal 18 before Junaid returned to clean the tail of five figures 14.1 38 overs.
Mohammad Hafeez (17 not out) and Taufeeq Omar (8No) saw Pakistan through the fence, no real alarms to put his side in control.
No comments:
Post a Comment