Herath to Misbah-ul-Haq, OUT, Misbah's positivity gets him, he was looking for runs right since he came in, Herath tosses it in full from wide of the crease, Misbah makes some room and leans out to push it down the ground from middle, but manages an edge that flies to slip, Herath is pumped, he's turned this game around with two huge wickets
**Misbah-ul-Haq c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath 5 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.50
72.4
Herath to Azhar Ali, 3 runs, there it is, and he yells out YESS as he charges down and pushes that past the extra cover fielder for a couple of runs, the players have all lined up in the dressing room to applaud his achievement, that's his fourth Test century
"Among Pakistan batsmen with 1500 Test runs, Azhar Ali has the second-best rate of innings per fifty-plus scores (2.58). Only Saeed Anwar has a rate better than Azhar's (2.52)."
90.2
Herath to Asad Shafiq, FOUR, he's played this stroke very well, skips out, the ball is angled in full, and he uses it to flick elegantly to the deep midwicket rope, brings up the 100 stand
Fernando to Azhar Ali, OUT, it is Dilhara who broke through in the morning, it is Dilhara who breaks through again, Azhar playing a slightly tired stroke, the lack of bounce doing him in as well, widish ball outside off, he goes for a cut, and edges it through low to the keeper, end of an outstanding innings, he came in at 16 for 1 last evening, Dilhara on 99 Test wickets
**Azhar Ali c †HAPW Jayawardene b Fernando 136 (284b 13x4 0x6) SR: 47.88 **
Fernando to Mohammad Sami, OUT, that is 100 Test wickets for Dilhara, he went for it, he went for the full delivery on the stumps after those short balls, Sami caught on the crease, misses the work on the leg side, hit in front of leg stump, and the angle looked to be taking the ball past it, umpire Davis did not think so though, oh yes, on replays,** it appears to be going clearly down leg **
**Mohammad Sami lbw b Fernando 3 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33 **
Herath to Umar Gul, OUT, that looked gone, and umpire Taufel gives it, Sri Lanka wrapping it up quickly now, angled in from wide of the crease, Gul pressed the front pad forward and across for the defensive push, playing for the straightening, it never happened, the ball carried in with the angle, and struck him in front of middle and off, no doubt about this one
**Umar Gul lbw b Herath 0 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00 **
95.5
Fernando to Saeed Ajmal, no run, Ajmal in trouble, he has taken a short ball right on the right thumb, and the physio is coming out, he was looking to duck initially, it did not get up much above waist height, and even as he crouched a bit, it thudded into the glove
*Pathan: "Pakistan have finally found the new Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf in tne shape of Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq. Both are destined for great careers. Now they need to find the new Misbah!"
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