Prabath Jayasuriya to Abdullah Shafique, Flatter, slower through the air and tailing down the leg side. Shafique misses his flick.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, On middle, blocked out solidly.
Ramesh Mendis to Abdullah Shafique, Slower, full and angling outside off, eased to long on for a run. That also brings up the fifty for Abdullah Shafique! He has given a perfect start to this chase. He will hope to continue and look for a triple-digit score.
Ramesh Mendis to Abdullah Shafique, On middle, drilled straight to mid on.
Ramesh Mendis to Abdullah Shafique, Edged! A loopy ball, full and outside off. Shafique leans to push with soft hands but gets an outside edge, past first slip and to third man for a brace.
Sri Lanka will be a bit disappointed with their bowling. Prabath Jayasuriya in particular will not be happy with himself. He could have been a lot better with his line and length but was a bit off in this session. Sri Lanka are betting on him to get the breakthrough and will hope he does so after the break. Sri Lanka need to be more patient with the ball as they are leaking too many runs in search of a wicket. It was a much-needed break for the hosts as they will look to rectify and execute their plans better after the Lunch break. Sri Lanka will be positive and will know that they are still in this game. As we witnessed in the Test match against Australia, Day 4 was full of surprises. In the first session in that Test match, 68 runs were scored and 2 wickets fell and the following session 107 runs were scored with 3 wickets falling. However, the final session was game-changing as 9 wickets were taken for 99 runs. Despite the fact that 76 runs have been scored in this session and just one wicket has been taken, Pakistan still need 274 more runs to win and Sri Lanka will know that they have ample to bowl at. Join us back after a bit for the post-Lunch session.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, Flighted and sliding down the leg side. Imam-ul-Haq nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Ramesh Mendis to Abdullah Shafique, Angling on the pads, it is flicked to deep square leg for a single.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Imam-ul-Haq, Touch shorter and outside off. Imam-ul-Haq again uses his feet and blocks it out.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Abdullah Shafique, This is full and outside off. Shafique skips down and pushes it softly to covers for a run.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Abdullah Shafique, Slants a full ball on off. Shafique lunges to keep it out.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Imam-ul-Haq, Flatter and on middle. Imam-ul-Haq waits on the back foot and tucks it to square leg for a run.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Imam-ul-Haq, Slower, fuller and around off. Imam-ul-Haq comes down the track and blocks it out.
Prabath Jayasuriya to Imam-ul-Haq, Tossed up, outside off. Imam-ul-Haq defends it out.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, This one is quicker outside off, Imam-ul-Haq dabs this through backward point for a single.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, Ramesh Mendis goes full on middle and off, Imam-ul-Haq defends this solidly back down the pitch.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, Full once again outside off, Imam-ul-Haq plays on his back foot and taps the ball towards cover-point.
Ramesh Mendis to Imam-ul-Haq, This is tossed up full outside off, Imam-ul-Haq leaves this one alone.
Ramesh Mendis to Abdullah Shafique, Ramesh Mendis goes full outside off, Abdullah Shafique plays for the spin but the ball goes on straight. Gets an outside edge towards third man and the batters complete three runs.
Ramesh Mendis (6-0-15-0) to bowl from the other end.