Highlights from 1st Test Day 3 of the Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
Match Details
SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN
Venue: Galle International Stadium, Galle
Toss Winner: Sri Lanka won the toss and opt to bat first.
Series: Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2022
Date of the Match: Monday, 18 July, 2022
Time: 10:00 PM (IST)
Season: 2022
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL), Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Third Umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
Match Review
On Monday, July 18, at the Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have play in the 1st Test, Day 3 match of the Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2022.
Sri Lanka had a wonderful day. The main players for the day's first and second halves were Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal, respectively. As partners were lost, they tightly gripped one end. Yasir Shah led Pakistan's impressive recovery, which included 5 wickets taken in the post-lunch session.
In Test matches, Mohammad Nawaz took five wickets, a first for him. However, Pakistan was once more unable to eliminate the lowest classes. For the final two wickets, Sri Lanka has so far accumulated 94 runs.
Additionally contributing with useful knocks where they swiftly scored were DDS and Ramesh Mendis. Yasir was unplayable at times, and one such delivery that will be discussed alongside the century ball bowled Mendis. Sri Lanka retaliated.
Brief Score
Sri Lanka have scored 222 for 10 in 66.1 overs (Oshada Fernando 35, Dimuth Karunaratne 1, Kusal Mendis 21, Angelo Mathews 0, Dhananjaya de Silva 14, Dinesh Chandimal 76, Niroshan Dickwella 4, Ramesh Mendis 11, Maheesh Theekshana 38, Prabath Jayasuriya 3, Kasun Rajitha 12, Extras 7)
Sri Lanka have scored 329/9 in 96 overs in the 2nd innings. (Oshada Fernando 64, Dimuth Karunaratne 16, Kusal Mendis 76, Angelo Mathews 9, Dhananjaya de Silva 20, Dinesh Chandimal 86 (batting), Niroshan Dickwella 12, Ramesh Mendis 22, Maheesh Theekshana 11, Prabath Jayasuriya 4 (batting), Kasun Rajitha 7, Extras 2)
Pakistan have scored 104 for 7 in 46.1 overs (Abdullah Shafique 13, Imam-ul-Haq 2, Azhar Ali 3, Babar Azam 34, Agha Salman 5, Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 19, Mohammad Nawaz 5, Yasir Shah 12, Shaheen Afridi 0, Extras 11)
Who is the Winner?
Sri Lanka lead by 333 runs.