Pak Vs SL 2nd Test ’19: Day 3- Abid & Masood’s Record Partnership; Gives Pak Upper Hand

Match Basics

ICC World Test Championship- Match 2: Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka
Date: 21 December 2019
Venue: National Cricket Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Joel Wilson (West Indies), Bruce Oxenford (Australia)
Toss: Pakistan, chose to bat first

Scorecard Summary

Pakistan 1st innings: 191/10, (59.3 Overs, RR: 3.21)
Sri Lanka 1st innings: 271/10, (85.5 Overs, RR: 3.15)
Pakistan 2nd innings: 359/2, (104 Overs, RR: 3.79)

Top Performers

Batting: Abid Ali 174 off 281 balls, Shaan Masood 135 off 198 balls
Bowling: Lahiru Kumara 2/88 in 22 overs

Highlights of the Day

Pakistan began batting on 57/0 on the third day of 2^nd test in Karachi aiming to have a strong opening partnership to build a solid lead over Sri Lanka

Pakistan openers erase first innings deficit with no loss of wicket#PAKvSL

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After bridging the first inning gap, openers Shan Masood and Abid Ali continued to pile up runs over runs in a consistent manner throughout the day.

Abid Ali and Shan Masood bring up 150 partnership

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The right-left duo made and broke several records during their 278 runs opening partnership, the second-highest for Pakistan.

200 partnership between Abid Ali and Shan Masood

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Abid Ali (174) became the first Pakistani and Eighth international batsman to score centuries in both opening tests. He had scored 109 against Sri Lanka in first test in Rawalpindi.

Abid Ali completes second hundred in his third Test innings#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/hJTFMBZCyR

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Shan Masood (135) too had an eventful day as he completed his 1000 test runs when he reached 46 but went on to score his first test century in 19 matches.

Shan Masood gives a fitting reply to his critics with a century#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/eWjkKZR06z

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Lahiru Kumara became the only wicket-taker for Sri Lanka when he broke the record opening partnership by dismissing Masood in 69^th over and then Abid in 91^st over.

Sri Lanka finally breaks 278-run stand as Shan Masood departs after a century#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/lCe9rOISqC

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Pakistan were 394/2 at the end of Day 3 in Karachi with a massive lead of 315 runs and skipper Azhar Ali (57*) along with star batsman Babar Azam (22*) ready to pile up more runs tomorrow.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka second Test match Stumps – Day 3#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/SRW6UlIUzY

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Teams

Pakistan: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (Captain), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan (Wicket Keeper), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah

Sri Lanka: BOP Fernando, FDM Karunaratne (Captain), BKG Mendis, AD Mathews, L Embuldeniya LD Chandimal, DM de Silva, N Dickwella (Wicket Keeper), MDK Perera, MVT Fernando, CBRLS Kumara

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