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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2015, Live Cricket Score: 3rd Test at Pallekele, Day 5

Sri Lanka and Pakistan face off on the fifth day of the third and final Test at Pallekele on Tuesday. Pakistan reached a score of 230 for two at the end of the fourth day, needing another 147 runs to complete a 2-1 series victory. Live Updates: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test, Pallekele, Day 5… Continue reading Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 2015, Live Cricket Score: 3rd Test at Pallekele, Day 5

Angelo Mathews was dismissed for 122 © AFP
Angelo Mathews was dismissed for 122 © AFP

Sri Lanka and Pakistan face off on the fifth day of the third and final Test at Pallekele on Tuesday. Pakistan reached a score of 230 for two at the end of the fourth day, needing another 147 runs to complete a 2-1 series victory. Live Updates: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, 3rd Test, Pallekele, Day 5

Shan Masood and Younis Khan compiled unbeaten centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt for a landmark victory. Masood, the five-Test old left-hander, was unbeaten on 114, having reached his maiden century by lofting off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal for a six over long-on towards the end of play.

Younis, who made his 100th Test appearance in the second match of the series, got to his 30th century in the day’s last over. The pair put on 217 so far for the third wicket with Younis on 101. If Pakistan win, it will be the first time a visiting team will have scored more than 300 runs in the fourth innings to win a Test on Sri Lankan soil. Live scorecard: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 3rd Test, Day 5

Pakistan’s highest successful chase is 314 runs they made against Australia to win the Karachi Test way back in 1994.

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka 278  (Dimuth Karunaratne 130, Upul Tharanga 46;  Rahat Ali 3 for 74, Yasir Shah 5 for 78) & 313 (Angelo Mathews 122, Dinesh Chandimal 67; Imran Khan 5 for 58, Yasir Shah 2 for 80)  lead Pakistan 213 ( Azhar Ali 52, Sarfraz Ahmed 78*; Dhammika Prasad 3 for 78, Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 29, Tharindu Kaushal 3 for 37) & 230 for 2 (Shan Masood 114*, Younis Khan 101*; Dhammika Prasad 1 for 42, Suranga Lakmal 1 for 31) by 146 runs.

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