Sri Lanka bags four wickets
NZPA-ReuterKandy, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, dismissed for a paltry 109, hit back with four Pakistani wickets before the glose of the first day of the first cricket test match yesterday. On a day which saw 14 wickets fall for 167 runs, the Pakistanis were themselves struggling at 58 for four off 27.2 overs when bad light ended play. The Sri Lankan skipper, Duleep Mepdis* decision to bat first rebounded, on him when the front-line batsmen threw away their wickets with an indisciplined performance.
After Imran Khan had made the early inroads with three quick wickets, the spinners, Abdul Qadir and Tauseef Ahmed, revelling on a turning pitch, chipped in with three wickets each to complete Sri Lanka’s destruction.
Asantha de Mel struck three fours in a top score of 23, to ensure that Sri Lanka passed its previous lowest test score of 93 against New Zealand In Wellington. It was a huge disappointment for the home crowd, hoping the side would avenge the series defeat in Pakistan late last year.
When Pakistan batted it ‘ was in trouble almost as quickly as Sri Lanka had > been, Mohsln Khan falling lbw to de Mel with the score ’ on one.
The other three Pakistan wickets to fall were all also / adjudged leg before. Qasim Omar joined Mudassar Naszar and the pair lifted ' the total to 28 before Qasim J was trapped by Rumesh Rat- • nayake for 11. Javed Miandad (4) and ; Rameez Raja (3) both went cheaply. Only the Opener Mudassar Nazar, unbeaten on 34, ” batted with confidence. .
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