RAWALPINDI (The Thursday Times) — Jumeraat ko pehle Test ke chauthe din ka khel pehle kharab roshni aur phir barish ke baais jald khatam ho gaya. Us waqt Pakistan ne doosri innings mein ek wicket par 57 runs banaye thay aur aakhri din se pehle use Sri Lanka par 45 runs ki bartari hasil hai.
Pakistan ki innings ke 21.2 overs ke baad maqami waqt ke mutabiq seh pehar 3 baj kar 5 minute par khel rok diya gaya. Azan Awais 22 runs par not out thay, jinhein 17 ke score par Sri Lanka ke captain Kusal Mendis ne wickets ke peechay drop kiya tha, jabke Mohammad Taha 55 gendon par 24 runs bana kar not out rahe.
Pakistan ke chaar debut karne wale khiladiyon mein shamil Taha ne pehli innings mein nisf century banayi thi. Yeh jori us waqt bani jab ek aur debut karne wale opener Tayyab Arif teesre over mein 11 runs par Asitha Fernando ki gend par LBW ho gaye. Arif ka review nakam raha.
Saqib ki subah
Mausam ki mudakhilat se pehle din bowlers ke naam raha. Debut karne wale Saqib Khan ne 34 overs mein 130 runs de kar saat wickets lein, aur 404 runs chaar wickets par dobara khel shuru karne wali Sri Lanka ki aakhri chhe wickets 42 runs ke izafe se gir gayin aur poori team 446 par out ho gayi.
Abr-aalood mausam mein aath overs ke spell mein un ki paanch wickets ne Dhananjaya de Silva (167) aur Mendis (119) ke darmiyan 249 runs ki shirakat tor di. Donon century banane walon ne teesre din Sri Lanka ko mazboot position mein pohancha diya tha.
Saqib Test debut par ek innings mein saat wickets lene wale sirf chauthe Pakistani ban gaye. Un se pehle Mohammad Nazir, Mohammad Zahid, aur Abrar Ahmed yeh karnama anjam de chuke hain. Wicketkeeper Ghazi Ghori ne chhe catch pakre.
Ek din baqi
Pakistan ne apni pehli innings 434 runs nau wickets par declare ki thi, aur Sri Lanka ki batting larkharane ke baad use 12 runs ki bartari mili thi. Doosri innings mein nau wickets baqi aur sirf ek din ka khel reh jane ke sath, donon teamon ki nazrein Jumma ko Rawalpindi ke mausam par hongi.
