Sri Lanka-Pakistan 1st Test: Day 4
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Nuwan Kulasekara and Suraj Randiv combined to vanquish Pakistan as Sri Lanka won the first Test by a massive 209 runs on Monday, their biggest win over their Asian rivals. The tourists, set a near impossible victory target of 510, were bowled out for 300 just before stumps on the fourth day despite defiant batting from Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq. The pair kept the Sri Lankan attack at bay for three hours to add 151 for the fifth wicket, Younis making 87 and Shafiq 80, before both fell on either side of the tea interval. Off-spinner Randiv and seamer Kulasekara grabbed three wickets each to ensure Sri Lanka ended the match with a day to spare after Pakistan appeared to be taking the fight into the final day.
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Jun 25, 2012 05:44pm
Nobody can win test if they have 10 umpiring decision goes against them.I don't understand the logic of not having Umar Akmal not in team when Ayub cannot score more than 20 in each inning.Hafeez and Taufiq Umar need to justify their places at Number 1 and 2.Both players seemed have no idea what they were doing during the Test match.Without Misbah,Younis,Asad Shafiq Pakistan batting looks falling apart.
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Jun 25, 2012 05:24pm
Pakistan team in mentally not strong enough to chase the score of 300+. Be it ODI, T20 or test. People might try to pull events from archives to prove Pakistani talent but the thing there is no nurture of talent. Down the line all you end up with are few players with very few sporadic best performances and then total chaos
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