Sri Lanka scores 242 runs for six wickets in first Test at Galle
Dhananjaya de Silva hit an unbeaten 94 as Sri Lanka recovered from an early collapse.
GALLE: In the first cricket test of two match series against Pakistan at Galle, Sri Lanka were 242 for 6 at stumps today. Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.
Dhananjaya de Silva hit an unbeaten 94 as Sri Lanka recovered from an early collapse to reach 242-6 at stumps on a rain-hit day one of the first Test against Pakistan in the city of Galle on Sunday.
The fifth-wicket pair of de Silva and Angelo Mathews (64) put on 131 after Sri Lanka had slipped to 54-4 in the opening session, with Shaheen Shah Afridi taking three wickets on his Test return.
De Silva stood firm in an extended final session in Galle despite losing his partner Sadeera Samarawickrama, who made 36, after a 57-run stand.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Samarawickrama fell to Agha Salman’s spin and play, which had witnessed two rain interruptions at a cost of 24.2 overs lost, was called off for the day.
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