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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka win the test series against Pakistan
by 2-0 chasing the target 171 with the loss of three wickets here on Tuesday.Lankan bowlers Rangana Herath and Nuwan Kulasekara ripped through the Pakistan order on the third afternoon instigating a dramatic collapse where nine wickets fell for just 35 runs.
scoreboard:
Pakistan first innings 90
Sri Lanka first innings 240 (K. Sangakkara 87)
Pakistan second innings (overnight 178-1)
K. Manzoor c Dilshan b Herath 38F. Alam c Warnapura b Herath 168Y. Khan c Dilshan b Paranavitana 82M. Yousuf lbw b Herath 6Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Kulasekara 3S. Malik b Herath 6K. Akmal lbw b Kulasekara 3A. Rauf lbw b Kulasekara 0U. Gul lbw b Herath 2M. Aamer not out 1S. Ajmal lbw b Kulasekara 0Extras: (8-b, 1-lb, 1-nb, 1-w) 11
Total: (all out, 96.4 overs) 320
Fall of wickets: 1-85 2-285 3-294 4-303 5-303 6-306 7-3128-316 9-319
Bowling: Kulasekara 19.4-6-37-4 (1w), Thushara 13-0-48-0,Mathews 6-0-20-0, Mendis 17-0-81-0 (1-nb), Herath 35-5-99-5,Paranavitana 6-0-26-1
Sri Lanka second inningsM. Warnapura c Akmal b Rauf 54T. Paranavitana b Ajmal 17K. Sangakkara c Misbah b Malik 46M. Jayawardene not out 37T. Samaraweera not out 6Extras (7-lb, 4-nb) 11
Total (three wickets, 31.5 overs) 171
Fall of wickets: 1-60 2-100 3-160
Bowling: Gul 6-0-38-0 (4nb), Aamer 6-0-33-0, Ajmal12-1-56-1, Rauf 4-1-13-1, Khan 2-0-11-0, Malik 1.5-0-13-1