Stumps, Day 4: Pakistan 191 (Shafiq 63, Babar 60; Kumara 4/49, Embuldeniya 4/71) and 555/3 decl. (Abid 174, Masood 135, Azhar 118, Babar 100*; Kumara 2/88) lead Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 71; Afridi 5/77, Abbas 4/55) and 212/7 (Oshada 102*, Dickwella 65; Naseem 3/31) by 263 runs.
Stumps, Day 3: Pakistan 191 (Asad 63, Babar 60; Kumara 4/49, Embuldeniya 4/71) and 395/2 (Abid 174, Masood 135; Kumara 2/88) lead Sri Lanka 271 (Chandimal 71; Afridi 5/77, Abbas 4/55) by 315 runs.
From an interesting scenario at the end of day 2 both teams will try to take advantage on day 3.
Day 2 will decide who wins the battle between Pakistan bowling and Sri Lanka batting.
Rain allowed only 167 overs of cricket in the first Test of the series. The decider will be played at Karachi..
Sri Lanka displaced New Zealand at third place, Pakistan jumped to sixth spot, and Australia inched closer towards India.
South Africa name fresh-faced Test squad, Kasun Rajitha injured, and Basil Butcher passes away.
New Zealand crumbled with the bat before the Australian batsmen made merry.
Stumps, Day 4: Sri Lanka 282/6 (Dhananjaya 87*, Karunaratne 59; Shaheen 2/58) vs Pakistan.
Stumps, Day 2: Australia 416 (Labuschagne 143, Head 56; Wagner 4/92, Southee 4/93) lead New Zealand 109/5 (Taylor 66*; Starc 4/31) by 307 runs.