Lahore: Dinesh Chandimal helped Sri Lanka earn a handy first-innings lead against Pakistan, whose strong reply left the second and final Test evenly poised in Karachi on Friday.
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Chandimal scored 74 and forged half-century partnerships with Dhananjaya de Silva and Dilruwan Perera to help Sri Lanka post 271 all out, a lead of 80, on the second day at Karachi’s National Stadium.
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Pakistan, bundled out for 191 in the first innings, cruised to 57 for no loss with openers Abid Ali (32) and Shan Masood (21) looking unperturbed against the Sri Lankan attack.
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Earlier, Shaheen Afridi claimed his maiden five-wicket haul and Mohammad Abbas returned 4-55 to restrict Sri Lanka to a sub-300 total and keep the hosts alive in the contest.
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Resuming on 64-3, Sri Lanka lost both overnight batsmen cheaply.
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Abbas fired two bouncers at Lasith Embuldeniya before dismissing the nightwatchman with a slower delivery and Afridi accounted for Angelo Mathews who was caught behind for 13.
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Chandimal added 67 runs with de Silva, who made 32 before fluffing his pull shot against Afridi.
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Chandimal hit a four off Abbas to bring up his fifty and put Sri Lanka ahead but a century eluded him.
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The right-hander, who hit 10 boundaries, perished at backward point trying to play a cut shot off spinner Haris Sohail.
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Perera, who was hit on the helmet grill by an Afridi delivery, made a defiant 48 before falling to the quick who claimed the last two Sri Lankan wickets in three deliveries.
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The two-match series, part of the World Test Championship, marks Pakistan’s first Tests on home soil since the 2009 militant attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore.
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The weather-hit opening Test at Rawalpindi ended in a draw.
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Scoreboard
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Pakistan 1st innings 191 all out
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Sri Lanka 1st innings (Overnight 64-3)
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A. Mathews c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 13
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L. Embuldeniya c Asad Shafiq b Mohammad Abbas 13
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D. Chandimal c Shan Masood b Haris Sohail 74
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D. De Silva c Mohammad Abbas b Shaheen Afridi 32
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N. Dickwella b Mohammad Abbas 21
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D. Perera lbw Shaheen Afridi 48
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V. Fernando Not Out 5
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L. Kumara b Shaheen Afridi 0
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Extras: (4b 10lb 3nb 6w) 23
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Total: (all out, 85.5 overs) 271
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Fall of Wickets: 1-28 Fernando, 2-39 Karunaratne, 3-61 Mendis, 4-78 Embuldeniya, 5-80 Mathews, 6-147 de Silva, 7-184 Dickwella, 8-235 Chandimal, 9-271 Perera, 10-271 Kumara
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Bowling: Afridi 26.5-5-77-5, Abbas 27-9-55-4, N. Shah 16-1-71-0, Y. Shah 13-0-43-0, Sohail 3-0-11-1
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Pakistan 2nd innings
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S. Masood Not Out 21
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A. Ali Not Out 32
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Extras: (4lb) 4
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Total: (0 wkts, 14.0 overs) 57
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Bowling: Fernando 5-1-14-0, Kumara 3-0-20-0, Embuldeniya 5-0-17-0, Perera 1-0-2-0
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