ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jun-2015It took Pakistan 15 minutes and 3.1 overs to wrap up Sri Lanka’s innings, Yasir Shah picking up Dushmantha Chameera’s wicket to finish with figures of 6 for 96. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 315 to finish with a first-innings lead of 177•AFPPakistan had a shaky start, losing Mohammad Hafeez in the fourth over. However, Ahmed Shehzad scored a patient half-century, his third in Test cricket, after weathering a testing spell from Chameera•AFPAzhar Ali was solid, too, and gave Shehzad good support at the other end•AFPThe pair carried on to bring the deficit under 50 as Pakistan went to tea on 129 for 1•AFPHowever, Shehzad misjudged the length of Dhammika Prasad first ball after the break, top-edging a pull behind with Dinesh Chandimal settling under it•AFPAzhar Ali, in the company of Younis Khan, brought up a half-century of his own…..•AFP… before bad light forced a premature end on the third day, with Pakistan trailing Sri Lanka by only six runs•AFP
Pakistan chip away at deficit
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