Sri Lanka torpedoes Pakistan
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Sri Lanka produced a professional performance to register its biggest victory over Pakistan by nine wickets in the second Test in Dubai yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Paceman Suranga Lakmal took all three wickets to fall on the fifth morning to finish with a career-best 4-78 to wrap up Pakistan’s second innings for 359 before Sri Lanka knocked off the meager 137-run target for one wicket.
In achieving the victory, Sri Lanka also defied the cloudy weather in Dubai and rain forecast for later yesterday.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne (62 not out) hit the winning runs after putting on 124 for the first wicket with Kaushal Silva who fell after scoring 58.
Kumar Sangakkara remained unbeaten on nine.
Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews praised his bowlers. “The bowlers did really well and the batsmen came to the party to set up this win,” said Mathews. “That’s the beauty of Test cricket, we have to keep fighting despite the situation.”
In Melbourne, a superb century from opener Aaron Finch helped Australia to a comprehensive six-wicket win over England in the first one-day international yesterday.
Finch and David Warner put on 163 for the opening wicket but not without some controversy. Warner was given a reprieve by the television umpire when he was on 22 despite the Australian opener accepting that a low catch claimed by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler had carried.
Warner, who had walked to the boundary, was recalled to the middle and went on to make 65.
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