Sports News | Jayasuriya Takes 4 Wickets to Put Sri Lanka in Winning Position in the Only Test Against Afghanistan
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took four wickets to put Sri Lanka in a winning position in the only Test against Afghanistan as the tourists crumbled from their strong start to reach 252 for seven at lunch on the fourth day Monday.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Feb 5 (AP) Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took four wickets to put Sri Lanka in a winning position in the only Test against Afghanistan as the tourists crumbled from their strong start to reach 252 for seven at lunch on the fourth day Monday.
Afghanistan started the day on 199 for one but lost six wickets for 53 runs in the second session at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
The visitors are now leading Sri Lanka by just seven runs in the second innings with three wickets in hand. Afghanistan made 198 in its first innings and bowled Sri Lanka out for 439, conceding a 241-run first-innings lead.
Afghanistan started the day with only 42 runs to cover the deficit and hoping to build a fighting score after Ibrahim Zadran and Noor Ali Zadran (47) had shared a century stand, their highest for the first wicket. After Noor Ali's departure, Ibrahim had put on an unbeaten 93 runs for the second wicket with Rahmat Shah.
But, their inexperience meant that they failed to build on that momentum.
Fast bowler Kasun Rajitha, who was called up as a concussion substitute for Chamika Gunasekara, had the first breakthrough after Sri Lanka took the second new ball.
He had Shah caught behind by Sadeera Samarawickrama for 54 runs. It was Shah's second half-century of the match having top-scored with 91 runs in the first innings.
Naseer Jamal was batting on seven with tailender Naveed Zadran without scoring.
Jayasuriya finished the session with four for 83.
This is the first Test match between the two countries after Afghanistan was admitted as a Test-playing nation in 2018. (AP)
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