Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 1st Test at Galle, 18 Jun, 2015

Toss: Pakistan, who chose to bowl first
Sri Lanka 300/10 (109.3)  &  206/10 (77.1)
Pakistan 417/10 (113.1)  &  92/0 (11.2)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
Man of the Match: Sarfaraz Ahmed
  • Ahmed Shehzad 43 * (35)
  • Mohammad Hafeez 46 * (33)

  Over 1.0   

Hello and welocme to live coverage of 1st Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Galle..

Bad news folks, its raining at colombo.Toss will be delayed.

09:43 Local Time, 04:13 GMT, 09:43 IST: Some good news. The rain has stopped. But there is huge work to be done to get the ground ready.

10:18 Local Time, 04:48 GMT, 10:18 IST: The groundstaff are making their way to the middle.

10:56 Local Time, 05:26 GMT, 10:56 IST: No rain but still overcast. The groundstaff for the moment have decided not to remove the covers.

11:15 Local Time, 05:45 GMT, 11:15 IST: There will be an inspection at 2pm. So that will be early lunch

12:10 Local Time, 06:40 GMT, 12:10 IST: It has started raining now.

12:35 Local Time, 07:05 GMT, 12:35 IST: It has now turned into a thunderstorm.Raining hard at Galle. 

13:50 Local Time, 08:20 GMT, 13:50 IST:Play has been abandoned for the day.

Stumps - Day 1

Over 0.1Junaid Khan bowls good length delivery to Dimuth Karunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 0.2Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 0.3Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 0.4Junaid Khan bowls good length delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 0.5Junaid Khan bowls short of length delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 0.6Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Single

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1WahabRiaz bowls flighted delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Noball + No runs off the bat

Over 1.1WahabRiaz bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 1.2WahabRiaz bowls good length delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 1.3WahabRiaz bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.Noball + No runs off the bat

Over 1.3WahabRiaz bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 1.4WahabRiaz bowls good length delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 1.5WahabRiaz bowls short and wide to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 1.6WahabRiaz bowls short of length delivery to DimuthKarunaratne, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1Junaid Khan bowls good length delivery to JK Silva, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.No runs

Over 2.2Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to JK Silva, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 2.3Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to JK Silva, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.No runs

Over 2.4Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to JK Silva, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 2.5Junaid Khan bowls short and wide to JK Silva, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.No runs

Over 2.6Junaid Khan bowls pitched up delivery to JK Silva, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.No runs

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