Bad light ends day two of first Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test
Last updated on: 12 December,2019 03:55 pm
Bad light ends day two of first Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Bad light ended play on day two of first Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test after a rain interruption at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Dunya News reported on Thursday.
Sri Lanka had scored 263 runs for the loss of six wickets when the players were forced to leave the field owing to bad light. Stumps was called for the day in the 87th over.
Prior to that, intermittent rain had forced an early lunch with just 7.5 overs of play possible in the morning session after Sri Lanka, who resumed at 202-5, added 20 runs without further loss.
The visitors had resumed their innings at 222-5 when the play was started after the rain interruption. Shaheen Afridi dismissed Niroshan Dickwella (33) after lunch.
Dhananjaya de Silva was unbeaten on 72, his sixth Test half-century, while Dilruwan Perera was 2 not out.
The brief period of play in the first session saw wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan claim a catch to dismiss de Silva off the bowling of 16-year-old pace bowler Naseem Shah, but third umpire Richard Illingworth ruled the ball had bounced before being taken.
Next ball de Silva completed his half-century with two runs off Naseem, who with 2-65 was the pick of Pakistan s bowlers.
The Test is the first in Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus killed eight people in March 2009, suspending international cricket in the country as foreign teams refused to visit over security fears.
With inputs from AFP