Sri Lanka, replying to Pakistan’s first innings score of 226, were 142-3 at lunch on the third day of the third and final Test in Pallekele on Tuesday.
Published: Jul 10, 2012, 12:41 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 10, 2012, 12:41 PM (IST)
Opening batsman Tharanga Paranavitana remained unbeaten on 52 © AFP
Pallekele: Jul 10, 2012
Sri Lanka, replying to Pakistan’s first innings score of 226, were 142-3 at lunch on the third day of the third and final Test in Pallekele on Tuesday.
Tharanga Paranavitana was unbeaten on 52 and Thilan Samaraweera was on 45, with Sri Lanka 84 runs behind with seven wickets in hand. The entire second day’s play had been washed out on Monday.
Sri Lanka lead the series 1-0, having won the first Test in Galle by 209 runs. The second Test in Colombo was drawn.
Earlier on the second day, bad weather washed out the entire day’s play.
The entire field at the Pallekele International Stadium was covered as incessant rain since early morning, the heaviest in the region in the last two months, kept the players indoors.
Umpires Steve Davis and Simon Taufel waited till 3:00 pm (0930 GMT) before they abandoned play for the day when the weather showed no signs of clearing.
Light rain has been forecast for the remaining three days.
Brief Scores: Pakistan 226 (Asad Shafiq 75, Misbah-ul-Haq 40; Thisara Perera 4 for 63, Nuwan Kulasekara 2 for 44) lead Sri Lanka 142 for 3 (Tharanga Paranavitana 52*, Thilan Samaraweera 45*, Mahela Jayawardene 12; Junaid Khan 2 for 15) by 84 runs
