Pak V SL - First test

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SL won the toss and elected to bat.

**Pakistan XI: Shan Masood, Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali

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****Sri Lanka XI: Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep

This is a new era post Misbah and Younis.

Also the new rules come into effect.****

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Only one spinner on a spinning pitch?

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Herath gonna enjoy this wicket.

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Yasir’s 150 in quick time - ESPNcricinfo

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:yawn:

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first day for SL

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Slow batting but SLA have got the runs on the board

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Lagda wey raatee qawaliyan kardey rae ho.

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:nahi:

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I dont understand why in the world would PCB make such dead pitches disabling Pakistani bowling strength. It neither attracts any viewers nor serves any good to Cricket. Nowadays pretty much everywhere pitches are result-oriented but this doesnt look like one.

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The only good thing for Pak so far..

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SL 419 All out.
Ok 52 for 0 so far good going

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Pakistanis with 5000 or more runs in Tests:

YK
Javed Miandad
Inzamam
M Youusuf
Saleem Malik
Misbah-ul-Haq
Zaheer Abbas
Azhar Ali

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Not very attractive cricket but Pakistan’s first job should be to get as close to the Lankan total as possible. 4th innings batting is always very tricky.

This test appears to be heading for a dull draw unless Pakistan can take a big first innings lead.

Azhar is a solid performer, arguably the best test batsman in this side but he needs to up his scoring rate. SR of 40+ would have been ok in the 70s and 80s. Most good batsmen these days have a SR of 50+

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Very sluggish batting; just 202 runs in the whole day!

draw looms