RAWALPINDI: Dhananjaya de Silva remained unbeaten after completing his half-century as Sri Lanka reached 263 for six on the weather-hit second day of the opening test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Only 18.2 overs were possible on a dark, wet day two at Rawalpindi. During the 82 minutes of play split across the morning and afternoon sessions,
Dhanajaya de Silva moved to 72 not out, Sri Lanka added 61 to their day one score and lost just the wicket of Niroshan Dickwella to paceman Shaheen Afridi after resuming on 202 for five.
De Silva hit 11 fours to remain unbeaten on 72 with Dilruwan Perera not out on two when the umpires called off play for the day.
De Silva, who added 67 for the sixth wicket with Dickwella, survived a scare on 48 when Mohammad Rizwan leapt forward to claim a catch off Naseem Shah but replays confirmed the ball had bounced before reaching the wicketkeeper.
The right-hander brought up his fifty on the next delivery when he clipped Naseem for two runs to the leg side.
Drizzle forced an interruption of almost three-and-a-half hours after only 40 minutes of actual play. Only 12 further deliveries were possible after Dickwella’s dismissal, before the umpires took the teams off for bad light,
The two-match series marks Pakistan’s first tests on home soil since the attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore a decade ago.
Stumps Day Two:
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Scorecard: https://t.co/DT67QDtD80 #PAKvSLhttps://t.co/ncpwRcF1O8 pic.twitter.com/fRNUNqjbIe
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 12, 2019
