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Sri Lanka vs Pakistan: Scoreboard, 2nd test, day 1 at stumps

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Pakistan seam bowlers Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz shared seven wickets as Pakistan came back strong on the opening day of the second test Thursday, holding Sri Lanka to 261-8 at stumps.  

sri lanka vs pakistan scoreboard 2nd test day 1 at stumps sri lanka vs pakistan scoreboard 2nd test day 1 at stumps
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Pakistan seam bowlers Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz shared seven wickets as Pakistan came back strong on the opening day of the second test Thursday, holding Sri Lanka to 261-8 at stumps.
  

Khan returned best figures 4-69 and Riaz supported him well with 3-66.
  
Riaz dismissed opener Upul Tharanga eight runs short of his second test century after adding the price wicket of in-form Kumar Sangakkara (22), who had made a double century in the first innings of the first test. He dismissed captain Angelo Mathews (39) caught behind in what became the last ball of the day.
  
After Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews chose to bat first Tharanga added 79 for the opening wicket with Kaushal Silva and 65 with Sangakkara to reach 162-2 at tea. In the final session they lost seven more wickets for 99 runs.


Scoreboard

Sri Lanka 1st innings


 Upul Tharanga  c Azhar Ali b Wahab Riaz
 92
 Kaushal Silva  c Sarfraz Ahmed b Junaid Khan
 41
 Kumar Sangakkara  b Wahab Riaz
 22
 Mahela Jayawardene  lbw b Saeed Ajmal
 4        
 Angello Matthews
 c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz  39            
 Lahiru Thirimanne
 c Sarfraz Ahmed b Junaid Khan  20
 Niroshan Dickwella
 lbw b Junaid Khan
 24
 Dilruwan Perera
 lbw b Junaid Khan
 0
 Dhammika Prasad
 not out
 4*
 Extras                          
 4b, 6lb, 5nb  15
 TOTAL                           
 for 8 wickets
 261
 Overs  stumps, Day 1
 85.1
 Fall of wickets  1-79, 2-144, 3-167, 4-177, 5-215, 6-249, 7-249, 8-261
 


Bowling

 Bowler  Overs  Maidens  Runs  Wickets
 Junaid Khan  21  5  69  4
 Wahab Riaz  16.1  2  66  3
 Abdur Rehman  19  4  49  0
 Saeed Ajmal  29  4  67  1


Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan.
  
Series: Sri Lanka leads two-match series 1-0.