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They pick up a single. Pakistan one hit away from a win. Prasanna spots Malik using his feet and bowls it full on middle.
Ahmed is nimble on his feet, takes it on the full and wrists it to wide mid on. Pakistan replaced paceman Rumman and Faheem Ashraf with Imad Wasim and Usman Shinwari. Karunaratne met tired after facing 405 balls and hitting 19 boundaries and a six. The island-nation require 220 runs to win from 50 overs to level the five match series. The centurion of the last game departs early. Pakistan need 38 more runs to win. Zaman caballeros for the expansive drive only to get beaten. Hawk Eye shows that the ball would have gone on to miss the stumps. This wicket perhaps tilts the game in favour of Sri Lanka. It will be played on the 16th of October in Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 1100 GMT 0300 social. Stifled shout for an LBW turned down.
A morale-boosting victory for the visitors after their complete whitewash against India at home. Amir is playing his first international match at his home ground. Pakistan only 34 away from a victory.
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PREVIEW: Pakistan will step into a new Test era without retired batting greats Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq when they take on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Abu Dhabi from Thursday. Playing without Younis and Misbah is unaccustomed territory for Pakistan, who haven't had a Test featuring neither of the talismanic, prolific pair in seven years. It comes as they prepare to welcome the return of full international cricket to their home country next month, when Sri Lanka visit for a Twenty20 game in Lahore. Together, Younis and Misbah have appeared in 193 Tests, accumulating 15,331 runs, 44 centuries and 15 century stands between them, briefly lifting the team to the top of the Test rankings in August last year. They have dominated the batting at Pakistan's venues in United Arab Emirates UAE , where they have been forced to play home games since a deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009. The pair made Pakistan so invincible that they have not lost any of the nine series they have played in UAE, with new captain Sarfraz Ahmed vowing to implement what they learnt from the two greats. Commentary Pakistan innings That brings us to the close of a thrilling encounter! Sri Lanka defended their lowest total successfully in Tests while Pakistan failed to go past their lowest target. A morale-boosting victory for the visitors after their complete whitewash against India at home. On the other hand, the hosts didn't perform badly but their scoring rate is a concern. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Goodbye and take care! Sri Lankan skipper, Dinesh Chandimal, says that they are over the moon and waited for this win. Credits the players, team management and selectors for the hard work. Admits that it was difficult to stay in middle in the given conditions and opines that biding time is important in such conditions. Lauds Niroshan Dickwella and Dimuth Karunaratne. Opines that the former was instrumental in getting them to the 140-run mark, as they believed that that was a defendable score. Lauds his bowlers for their efforts in defending the total. Pakistan skipper, Sarfraz Ahmed, says winning and losing is a part of the game. Admits he is disappointed. Further adds there are issues which they will have to look into and resolve. Reckons it was just a matter of one partnership and they would have won the match. Mentions the new ball was seaming and there was also bite from the wicket which troubled both the teams. Credits Haris Sohail for his performance on debut. Ends by saying they will try and comeback in the next game. Man of the Match, Rangana Herath, says he has played more against Pakistan than others, hence he has got more wickets against them. He feels happy to get to 400 wickets and he credits his family, team, support staff and everybody who backed him. About pressure he reckons that there isn't much pressure on him and it's just about turning out and playing the game. Ends saying that the surface was helpful on the last two days which helped him. As expected, the final day was a really eventful one. Sri Lanka collapsed on a crumbling wicket and it was Yasir Shah who took a fifer. Niroshan Dickwella was the only one who played street smart cricket to set a challenging target for the home side. It was not going to be an easy task and the tourists were absolutely brilliant. Facing Herath proved to be a nightmare for Pakistan. The experienced campaigner ran through the opposition's batting line-up, taking his 9th 10-fer in Tests on route to his team's memorable victory. Stay tuned for the presentation... Earlier, Sri Lanka posted a huge 419 on the board courtesy a terrific century from Chandimal and also vital contributions from Karunaratne and Dickwella. In reply, Pakistan responded confidently. The top order flourished. The foundation had been set. Sohail, the debutant cashed in, scoring a half century. He shepherded the lower order to perfection thereby giving his side a 3-run lead. What a cracker of a game! Sri Lanka have held their nerves to come out on top. How fitting it is that the wily old customer, Rangana Herath is at the thick of it. Defending 135 deserves a lot of credit, even though the track was offering substantial turn and bounce. The spin bowling of Herath and Perera did the trick for the visitors. The Pakistani batsmen were left hapless and kept on falling like a pack of cards. Apart from the gritty 42-run stand between Haris Sohail and Sarfraz Ahmed, the hosts surrendered rather meekly. And the celebrations resume in the Sri Lankan dressing room. Herath fires in an arm ball around off, Abbas looks to cut it but is a tad late on that shot. Ends up missing the ball and he gets rapped on the back pad right in front of the stumps. Herath begins his celebration and umpire Nigel Llong upholds that by raising the dreaded finger. Abbas opts to take it upstairs. Replays confirm that there's no bat involved. Hawk Eye returns three reds. Thus the on-field call stays! The wily old fox aptly shuts off the game with his 11th scalp in the game. It looks plumb to the naked eye yet he opts for the review. Maybe he does so as these are the final moments of the game. A stifled appeal follows, only to be turned down. Anything can happen from here. The crowd is behind the home side. Perera does everything right apart from overstepping. A heartbreaking moment for the whole of Sri Lanka. Floated on middle, drifting towards the pads. Shah looks to keep it out but gets it off the inner half of the bat towards Mendis at short leg. The youngster dives full length to his right and takes a stunner. He runs in joy and poses for the camera. The replays show that he has overstepped. The Lankans have to cut short their celebrations and have to resume with their bowling! The shoulders droop for the visitors. How costly will this be? The umpires are checking for the front foot and Perera seems to have overstepped. What a moment, what a time to do so! Sri Lanka's joy seems to be short-lived. Stifled shout for an LBW turned down. Quick on middle and turns away sharply. Abbas looks to defend it but is beaten all ends up. The first slip fielder takes it and appeals but the umpire shakes his head. The replays show that the noise was of the bat hitting the pad. He has turned the match upside down. Tosses this one nicely outside off and gets it to spin in substantially out of the rough. Amir prods forward, feels he has it covered but the judgement is not good. He has left a big gap between his bat and pad and the ball goes through that to knock the stumps over. Karunaratne hares after it and keeps it down to a couple. Shah tries to work it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads. Tossed up outside off, Amir uses his feet and hits it over the mid off fielder to find the fence. A very crucial boundary this. The hosts need 27 more to win with two wickets in hand. The batsmen have run through for a single. However, sanity prevails and listens to the call of his partner who shouts no. Gets back in time. There is no glove or bat involved and Sri Lanka lose both their reviews! Down the leg side, Shah looks to tickle it past the keeper but seems to have missed it. Dickwella collects it well and appeals vociferously. Herath is confident too. However, the umpire stays put. Chandimal after a chat with his bowler and keeper decides to take the review. Time for the replays. It came off the thigh pad actually. A review in desperation. Dickwella is looking very confident. Is there some glove or bat? The crowd is cheering for every run. He looks to defend but gets it off the inner half to mid-wicket. Does he have it in him to take his side home? The veteran is up and running! A really loose shot actually and it brings about the downfall of Hasan Ali. Herath darts this one outside leg on a fuller length. Ali kneels and goes for the slog sweep but misses the line completely to get his stumps shattered. The reaction of Mickey Arthur says it all, he has his eyes closed. This match is really heading down to the wire. Ends up getting a leading edge to covers. Stifled appeal for an LBW but not given. It pitched outside leg. Going down with the arm, Amir looks to defend it but misses to get rapped on the pads. Dickwella is confident but the umpire shakes his head. The Lankans think for a long time about reviewing the decision but decide not to. Replays show that it would have missed the leg stump. Pakistan are within sniffing distance from the target and a useful knock from this guy would help. The on-field call stays! This wicket perhaps tilts the game in favour of Sri Lanka. Perera from around the wicket tosses it up nicely on middle and gets it to straighten after pitching. Sohail comes forward tentatively and looks to keep it out but misses, to get pinged on the back pad. The visitors roar in appeal and up goes Richard Kettleborough's finger. Haris however, opts to take a review as it is such a crucial moment in the game. Time for the replays. The Snicko shows no inside edge. The Hawk Eye rolls in. The impact is in line and it is clipping the top of off. The hero of the first innings departs but the hosts do not lose a review. Looks very, very close to the naked eye. Big moment in the game. It takes guts to play such a kind of a stroke in a pressure situation. Tossed up around off, Ali skips down the track and lifts it over long off for a maximum. He is carrying on from where he left off in the previous innings. Pakistan need 38 more runs to win. Can't afford to do that in such a tight situation. Outside off, Sohail opts to pad it away. Perera appeals loudly but the umpire stays put. It was not spinning in enough. Around leg stump, Ali goes for a sweep but is hit on the pads. The umpire is not interested in the appeal. It was pitching outside leg. The batsmen have run through for a single. A stifled appeal for an LBW is turned down as the impact was outside off. Quicker one, spinning in sharply. Sohail looks to play it across but seems to have missed it as the ball lobs off something to Mendis at short leg. He takes it and appeals but the umpire stays unmoved. Kusal in excitement hurls in a fast throw towards Nigel Llong at the non-striker's end who has to get away to evade it and almost falls down. The batsmen take two overthrows in the process. The replays show that there was no bat involved. The Snicko shows there was an inside edge. Haris is a lucky man. He tucks it off the inner half to fine leg. The fielder from short fine leg chases it and saves a run for his side. He has been promoted up the order. He played a quickfire cameo in the first innings. A big, big breakthrough for Sri Lanka! The energy in the side shows how much this wicket means to them. Herath spots Ahmed using his feet and fires it around his boots. Ahmed goes through with his clip shot but is beaten by the fullish length to get rapped on the pads. The ball then deflects towards Dickwella and strikes him on the pad. He is alert and takes it well in the second attempt. Flicks the bails off in a flash. Sarfraz is way short of his crease. Pakistan need 58 to win while Sri Lanka need four wickets. Pitches around off and turns away prodigiously. Sohail shapes for the cut but bails out of it. Dickwella fails to collect it and it goes to slip fielder. He is such a busy player, keeps on rotating the strike. He is ideal for Pakistan at this moment. Sohail stays back and buries it into the track. Ahmed is nimble on his feet, takes it on the full and wrists it to wide mid on. Straightaway calls for a run and takes on Sandakan. Makes his crease in time. Defended with an open bat face to backward point. Short and room on offer, Sohail rocks back and throws his bat at it. Ends up getting a thick outside edge through short third man to find the fence. Every run is important. Sohail camps back and defends it solidly. He doesn't allow the bowlers to settle down. Good running between the wickets allows the batsmen to come back for a couple. A slip and short leg in place. Sohail prods forward to defend but gets it off the inner half to backward square leg. There is a shy at the bowler's end but he beats the throw easily. The silly mid on fielder rushes across to his right but fails to stop it. Everybody is set for the climax. HARIS SOHAIL and SARFRAZ AHMED walk out with the bat one last time in this Test. RANGANA HERATH will begin with the ball. A slip and a short leg in place. DAY 5, SESSION 3! Sri Lanka have regularly chipped in at the wickets and are still in the game. The Pakistan top order caved in early to the spin of Herath and Perera. Ali got a beauty of a delivery from Lakmal. The skipper, Ahmed, isn't someone who'd let this go without a fight. He has an able support in Haris Sohail. The hosts are just 69 runs away from the total. The Lankans would look to get past this pair as quickly as possible. Do join in us a short while for the final session in the game. That's TEA, DAY 5! Could be interesting if he can get among the wickets soon. He went wicketless in the first outing. Sohail clips it to mid-wicket and looks for a run but is sent back. Pakistan won't mind such runs as long as they keep coming! And one brings two - stands true even for a boundary! Pradeep steams in from round the wicket and bowls it full outside off. Sohail plays away from the body as he goes for the drive. Ends up getting a thick outside edge that flies through the gap between wide slip and gully. The ball races away to the fence. He gets three runs as the substitute fielder gets there to field that. The boundary followed by this treble is greeted with huge cheers! The first boundary on the innings! Perera fires it around middle and leg, Sohail flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away to the fence. He gets into the delivery stride and aborts. Ahmed does well to defend it from the crease. NUWAN PRADEEP is introduced into the attack. Perera tosses this up outside off, Ahmed looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. The players appeal but the umpire stays unmoved. Chandimal decides to review this. The inside edge is ruled out. Hawk Eye shows that the impact would have been umpire's call, although the ball would have gone on to hit the middle of the middle stump. Sri Lanka retain their review, but would feel that this was as narrow as it gets. Chandimal opts to review that. The impact could be an issue. Looks to be very close. The fielder hurls a throw at the bowler's end but misses. Sohail would have made it in though. Perera tosses it outside off, Sohail lunges forward in defense. But the ball spins away to whiz past the edge of the bat. Brings up the 50 for Pakistan! Small steps these are, but vital too! The sub fielder, Samarawickrama puts in the dive to his right and prevents any run. Loopy ball outside off, Sohail strides forward to block but the straighter delivery meant that he ended up getting beaten. A tad shortish outside off, Ahmed goes back and cuts it to the left of backward point. Sarfraz slips while running yet completes three runs easily. They pick up a single. The ball lobs up in the air, Herath rushes there, but Silva gets there from covers and claims the catch. The umpire turns it down. It goes on a couple of bounces to Karunaratne. The skipper gets going. Needs to play a captain's knock here. Herath gets one more now! Further proof of how potent spin attack the Lankans possess. Herath tosses it up around off, Shafiq goes back to cut. The extra bounce on that makes him abort his shot, which means that the ball catches the edge of the bat and goes to Karunaratne at first slip. He really does well to hold onto that in front of his face as the ball was played off almost the keeper's gloves. Pakistan continue to slide further. But the ball scoots off the surface and hits the boot of the keeper. It rolls towards fine leg and a bye is taken. The debutant played a very good knock in the first innings and his side would want a similar knock from him. It was a slider outside off, Azam looks to push at that. Ends up nicking it and Dickwella takes that without any mistake. Azam looked fidgety for most of his stay at the crease and now he has to depart. It's joy in the Sri Lankan camp. Pakistan still 104 runs adrift! They pick up a single. The throw from the deep hits the stumps at the non-striker's end and deflects away towards mid on, resulting in one more run. A tough chance though! Perera lands it around off, Azam looks to block that but ends up getting a thick outside edge. The ball hits Dickwella's pads and falls down. The ball flew quickly to the keeper after the deflection and hence he failed to hold on to that. Had he taken that, it would have been a sensational catch! Azam misses the flick but the ball rolls towards fine leg. Two leg byes stolen. Shafiq stays on while Sri Lanka waste a review. Herath bowls it flat around middle and leg, Shafiq strides forward to block but ends up wearing it on the pads. The Lankans appeal but the umpire stays put. They decide to go upstairs. Hawk Eye shows that the ball would have gone on to miss the stumps. Good decision by the umpire in the end. Sri Lankans appeal for LBW against Shafiq. The umpire turns it down. Chandimal decides to take it upstairs. Sandakan chases that down and keeps the batsmen down to two. Dilruwan takes the ball and hurls a wild throw to the keeper. End of a tasting maiden over! Dilruwan floats it around off, Azam gets a thick edge past the slip fielder for three runs. He gets off the mark. Perera lands it in line of the stumps, Azam looks to block but gets an inside edge that falls just short of Mendis at short leg. He has a nice opportunity to play a vital knock to bail his side out from a spot of bother. Now Masood departs, Perera joins the party! Perera tosses this up outside off, Masood takes a couple of steps down and looks to block. The ball hits his pad, takes the bat and lobs towards covers, where Silva takes a diving catch. The umpire goes upstairs to check for the front foot no ball, but Perera seems very fine there. Both the openers are back in the hut now and Pakistan are in trouble here. DILRUWAN PERERA to have a bowl now. Herath bowls it around off, Shan crouches low and blocks that carefully. Herath loops it up outside off, Masood plays for the non-existent turn. The ball passes the edge of the bat to the keeper. He wants a run but is rightly sent back. Tossed up ball outside off, Shafiq plays it with soft hands. Gets an outside edge that goes on the bounce to the slip fielder. Now Azhar Ali walks back! Pakistan are already doing a Pakistan here! Lakmal spears it on a length around off, the ball nips away after pitching. Ali had to play at that but he gets stuck in the crease and ends up getting a thick edge which is delightfully pouched up by the gloveman Dickwella. The Lankans had to appeal though, to get the umpire's nod. Top class delivery from Lakmal there. Ali looked to push it away from his body in front, which ended up being his undoing. The tourists are absolutely ecstatic. The hosts are still 129 runs adrift! Excellent running between the wickets gets them three runs. He wouldn't have wanted to be amid the dust bowl so early in the piece. You can't keep Herath quiet on such tracks! He's struck immediately with the new ball. He tosses this around off, Aslam lunges forward and looks to block. But the ball takes the edge of the bat and flies quickly to Karunaratne at first slip, who gobbles it up safely. The Lankans are delighted and why not! Pakistan lose one quickly. They need 132 more. Serves a loopy ball wide of off, Masood strides forward to defend but finds the ball go pass the edge of the bat. Aslam looks to play it through backward point where Perera makes a diving stop again. He's looking good so far with these. Seems to be watching the ball well. On a length around middle and off, turned through mid-wicket for a run. Hurled on a length outside off, Aslam stays in the crease and looks to guide it towards third man. Dilruwan, at gully, leaps and dives full-stretched to his left to prevent any run. Masood flicks it through mid-wicket for a run to get off the mark straightaway.