Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique achieved a large feat in the course of the first Check match towards Sri Lanka at Galle Worldwide Stadium, Galle. The younger opener slammed a century on Day 4 to place Pakistan within the driver’s seat. Shafique was 112 not out and main Pakistan at 223-3 in a 342-run chase.
The best-handed batter began his Check cricket on a excessive because the century on Tuesday helped him turn into the main run-scorer for Pakistan after 6 Checks.
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Shafique has scored 672* runs in 6 Checks as far as he pipped legendary Pakistan batter Javed Miandad on the tally of scoring most runs after 6 matches.
He’ll get an opportunity so as to add extra to the tally on Sunday. Miandad had scored 652 runs in 6 matches, whereas he ended his profession with 8832 runs in 124 video games at a mean of 52.57.
“He is among the greatest gamers, so he offered good assist whereas batting and guided me all alongside on learn how to play,” Shafique, who referred to as his ton a “particular one”, stated of captain Azam.
“So was a not a great factor when he acquired out however now the accountability lies on me.”
Pakistan want 120 runs to take lead within the collection, whereas Sri Lanka must take seven wickets to get their second straight win at a venue the place they beat Australia final week to finish that two-match collection stage at 1-1.
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Sri Lanka took the second new ball within the 81st over however the spinners stored up the assault within the tense last overs of the day.
Within the morning, Sri Lanka resumed the day on 329-9 of their second innings. Dinesh Chandimal was stranded on 94 after they had been all out for 337.
Pakistan started strongly with a 87-run partnership between Shafique and fellow opener Imam-ul-Haq, who made 35, however an alert stumping from wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella broke the stand.
It was Shafique’s second century in Check cricket because it was laced with 5 fours whereas he additionally hit his solely six towards Jayasuriya and stated issues went to plan.
“We have now only one plan in thoughts and that’s to go after Jayasuriya,” stated Shafique.
“He has achieved nicely within the first innings and if we determine him out nicely right here then we have now a reasonably good likelihood of batting nicely towards them,” he added.
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