Test drawn in Colombo

Sri Lanka and Pakistan shared a draw in the rain-affected second Test in Colombo with a victory target of 261 proving beyond the hosts on the final day.

Thursday, July 05, 2012

Sri Lanka and Pakistan shared a draw in the rain-affected second Test in Colombo with a victory target of 261 proving beyond the hosts on the final day.Pakistan had set their opponents the task of reaching the target in the final session, declaring their second innings on 100 for two, but Sri Lanka were on 86 for two when the captains shook hands. There had been faint hopes the tourists might triumph as Sri Lanka needed 74 more runs to avoid the follow-on, but Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews steered Sri Lanka to 391 all out.Despite Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan both registering centuries, Pakistan took four quick wickets to raise hopes of making the hosts follow on, but Sangakkara and Mathews put on 92 for the sixth wicket before the latter feathered Junaid Khan behind to depart for 47 - which was the start of a sequence that saw Sri Lanka lose their last five wickets for 21 runs.Sangakkara’s wicket came in amongst the collapse as he fell for 192 after coming down the pitch and flicking Rehman to Taufeeq Umar at square leg.That dismissal came after he also missed out on a double century in the last Test match in Galle when he was left stranded on 199 not out.