Pakistan piles up 563 runs on third day of Test
Saud Shakeel set a world record of making runs in Test matches.
COLOMBO: On the third day of Colombo test against Sri Lanka, Pakistan in their first innings were 563 for five at stumps today.
Pakistan is leading by 397 runs.
Earlier, Sri-Lanka were all out for 166 runs in their first innings. Pakistan lead the two-match series one-nil.
Batter Saud Shakeel set a world record in the second Test against Sri Lanka by becoming the first player in Test history to score 50+ runs in each of his first seven matches.
Before Shakeel, India’s Sunil Gavaskar, Pakistan’s Saeed Ahmed, West Indies’ Basil Butcher and New Zealand’s Bert Sutcliffe scored half-centuries in each of the first six Tests of their career.
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