Pakistan tighten grip on first Test as Sri Lanka struggle at 114-3
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Pakistan strengthened their hold on the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, declaring their first innings at 434 for nine before reducing the visitors to 114 for three at the close of the second day at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka, who still trail by 320 runs, will resume their innings on the third day with Kamindu Mendis unbeaten on 40 and captain Dhananjaya de Silva on 22. Their resistance came after Pakistan’s pace attack made early inroads, although bad light brought an end to play after 27.1 overs. Resuming at 281 for five, Pakistan built on their overnight position…
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Also reported by lankanewspapers.com, geo.tv, pakobserver.net (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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1h agoPakistan tighten grip on first Test as Sri Lanka struggle at 114-3 Pakistan strengthened their hold on the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, declaring their first innings at 434 for nine before reducing the visitors to 114 for three at the close of the second day at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka, who still trail by 320 runs, will resume their innings on the third day with Kamindu Mendis unbeaten on 40 and captain Dhananjaya de Silva on 22. Their resistance came after Pakistan’s pace attack made early inroads, although bad light brought an end to play after 27.1 overs. Resuming at 281 for five, Pakistan built on their overnight position…
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