Today is the third day of the first Test cricket match between the visiting Pakistan cricket team and the Sri Lankan team.
On the second day of the match, when the match was stopped yesterday (17) evening, the Sri Lankan team was leading by 40 runs by scoring 36 runs and losing one wicket for their second innings.
The Sri Lankan team managed to score 222 runs for the first innings while the Pakistani team scored only 218 runs for their first innings.
Dinesh Chandimal contributed with 76 runs, Maheesh Theekshana with 38 runs and Oshada Fernando with 35 runs for the Sri Lanka team's first innings of 222 runs.
Kusal Mendis could score only 21 runs.
None of the other players managed to cross the 20 points mark.
In bowling, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets and Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah took two wickets each for the Pakistani team.
Naseem Shah and Mohammad Nawaz took one wicket each.
Pakistan scored 218 runs for their first innings and Babar Azam (c) managed to add 119 runs, but none of the other players managed to cross the 20-run mark.
In bowling, Prabath Jayasuriya managed to take five wickets for the Sri Lankan team.
Maheesh Theekshana and Ramesh Mendis took two wickets each and Kasun Rajitha took one wicket.
The Sri Lankan team batting for the second innings had scored 36 runs per wicket at the end of the day yesterday (17).
Captain Dimuth Karunaratne (c) scored 16 runs while unbeaten Oshada Fernando scored 17 runs and Kasun Rajitha scored 3 runs.
Mohammad Nawaz managed to take the wicket for the Pakistani team while bowling.
The match is scheduled to start on the third day at the Galle International Cricket Stadium today (18) in the morning.
