Pakistan declare at 434-9 as Saud Shakeel falls short of century in first Sri Lanka Test
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Pakistan declared their first innings at 434 for nine on the second day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, with Saud Shakeel falling agonisingly short of a century and debutant Arafat Minhas adding a valuable half-century. Resuming the day on 281 for five, with Saud unbeaten on 57 and Ghazi Ghori on seven, Pakistan added 153 runs for the loss of four more wickets before declaring in the afternoon session. The hosts had ended the opening day in a position of relative strength after four batters, including two debutants, had registered…
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[Claude] Report 2 is an earlier in-progress update of the same Pakistan innings in the Rawalpindi Test (390-6 with Shakeel nearing a century), consistent with Report 1's final 434-9 declaration.
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