Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st Test Day 1: Babar Azam's side take on Sri Lanka in opening Test at Rawa

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 214/3 (52.6 overs) 52.6: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, Pitched up now, on off, Taha plays a punchy drive down towards mid on. That will be Tea on Day 1..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 214/3 (52.5 overs) 52.5: Lahiru Kumara to Saud Shakeel, Honing in on the off stump, on a back of a length. Shakeel drops his bat down on the ball hurriedly and it squirts off the inner half to deep backward square leg for a run..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 213/3 (52.4 overs) 52.4: Lahiru Kumara to Saud Shakeel, Goes past the bat for the third ball in a row. Probing bowling from Kumara. On a nagging length, slanting in towards the off stump before nipping away off the surface. Saud plays the initial line of the ball and is beaten past the outside edge..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 213/3 (52.3 overs) 52.3: Lahiru Kumara to Saud Shakeel, Beaten again! Bowled by going wide on the crease, into the surface, a bit wide on off. Shakeel flashes but is beaten for pace..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 213/3 (52.2 overs) 52.2: Lahiru Kumara to Saud Shakeel, Beaten! Angled in, on the shorter side, on off. Shakeel looks to keep it out with an angled bat but it nips away to go past the outside edge. It dies down on its way to the keeper and just about carries to Kusal Mendis..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 213/3 (52.1 overs) 52.1: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, Full and speared in at the pads. Taha leans inside the line and helps it down to deep fine leg for a single..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 212/3 (51.6 overs) 51.6: Sonal Dinusha to Saud Shakeel, On a length, across off. Shakeel defends it out..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 212/3 (51.5 overs) 51.5: Sonal Dinusha to Saud Shakeel, Very full, on middle and leg. Shakeel sinks to a knee and goes for the sweep. It goes off the bottom edge and down to the left of deep fine leg for a couple of runs..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 210/3 (51.4 overs) 51.4: Sonal Dinusha to Mohammad Taha, Floated on the pads, Taha goes down on a knee and ramps this to short fine leg for one. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 209/3 (51.3 overs) 51.3: Sonal Dinusha to Saud Shakeel, Full and on the pads, Saud flicks this away to deep square leg for one. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (51.2 overs) 51.2: Sonal Dinusha to Saud Shakeel, Tossed up on the pads, Saud tucks this to silly mid on. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (51.1 overs) 51.1: Sonal Dinusha to Saud Shakeel, Full toss, on leg, Saud pushes this to the bowler again..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (50.6 overs) 50.6: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, Bouncer, on off, Taha ducks down. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (50.5 overs) 50.5: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, Good length, on off, Mohammad Taha dabs it to covers. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (50.4 overs) 50.4: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, Good length, around off, Taha pokes at it and gets it edged but the ball lands on the half-volley to the second slip fielder. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 208/3 (50.3 overs) 50.3: Lahiru Kumara to Saud Shakeel, 1 run, that is cut away through point for a single..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 207/3 (50.2 overs) 50.2: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, 1 run, the batter goes back in the crease and flicks it away through mid wicket for a single..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (50.1 overs) 50.1: Lahiru Kumara to Mohammad Taha, No run, played towards point..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.6 overs) 49.6: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, No run. Play and a miss! The batter wasn't quite sure how to play that one..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.5 overs) 49.5: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, That is a cracking pull off the back foot, but for no run..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.4 overs) 49.4: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Shakeel has just blocked this from the crease..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.3 overs) 49.3: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Slanting away, a bit too short, outside off. Saud is on the front foot early and then waits before dabbing it down on the off side..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.2 overs) 49.2: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Pulls the length back, over off. Shakeel walks forward and across the stumps. The ball moves back in but Shakeel makes the leave on length and it bounces over the off stump..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (49.1 overs) 49.1: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Lovely delivery. On the fuller side, around off. Shakeel is drawn forward and presents a straight bat for the block. It seams away to go past the outside edge..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (48.6 overs) 48.6: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Nibbling away a touch, on a back of a length, on off. Taha is slightly squared up in defence but manages to keep it out to the off side..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (48.5 overs) 48.5: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Out comes the bumper, angled in on middle. Taha sits under it..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 206/3 (48.4 overs) 48.4: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, Angled in at the hips. Shakeel brings his wrists into play and flicks it away to the left of deep square leg for a single..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 205/3 (48.3 overs) 48.3: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, Dug in short, over off. Not close enough to trouble the batter. Saud drops his hands and lets the ball go through to the keeper..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 205/3 (48.3 overs) 48.3: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, NO BALL, FOUR! Beautiful shot. Fernando tries to go full but ends up overpitching, on off. Shakeel springs onto the front foot and hangs low to drive it in the gap between cover and mid off for a four. Fernando has overstepped. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 200/3 (48.2 overs) 48.2: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Shorter in length, on off. Taha rides the bounce and angles it behind point for a single. The 200 is up for Pakistan..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 199/3 (48.1 overs) 48.1: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Delivers it full, on middle. Taha plays a punchy drive into the turf before it bounces off towards Fernando. Asitha shows a bit of aggression by faking the throw at the stumps at the opposite end..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 199/3 (47.6 overs) 47.6: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Dishes it out on a good length, attacking the stumps. Shakeel taps it down the strip..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 199/3 (47.5 overs) 47.5: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, FOUR! Easy pickings! Rathnayaka lands it on a good length, but this is down leg. Shakeel gets inside the line and glances it down to deep fine leg. The fielder in the deep sprints and dives to his left, but in vain..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 195/3 (47.4 overs) 47.4: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Oh, that could have gone anywhere. This jags back a bit and there is a bit of extra bounce. Shakeel shuffles across the stumps and shapes up to make the leave but can't sway his hands away from the line of the ball and gets hit on the forearm before it dribbles to the slip cordon..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 195/3 (47.3 overs) 47.3: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, Pushed across off, on a good length. Shakeel shoulders arms..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 195/3 (47.2 overs) 47.2: Milan Rathnayaka to Saud Shakeel, A good-length ball, nipping away off the deck, Shakeel walks into the shot but the ball leaves him to go past the blade..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 195/3 (47.1 overs) 47.1: Milan Rathnayaka to Mohammad Taha, Across the off stump, on a good length. Taha drops it with soft hands in front of cover and hurries to the other end..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 194/3 (46.6 overs) 46.6: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, After pushing the batter back with the short ball, this is a bit fuller, on off. Shakeel fiddles at the ball away from his body and is lucky not to nick this one behind..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 194/3 (46.5 overs) 46.5: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, This is banged in short, getting it high around the neck. Saud gets his hands high to fend it down. It hits the splice of the bat and drops in the vacant short leg region..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 194/3 (46.4 overs) 46.4: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, What happened there? This is full, on off. Shakeel plays it right under his eyes as he taps it back to the bowler. Fernando collects the ball and fires it back at the batting end as it whistles past the batter. A bit of frustration seems to be creeping in for Asitha..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 194/3 (46.3 overs) 46.3: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Hooping back in, on a good length, on middle. Taha glances it down to deep fine leg with the angle and gets to the other end..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 193/3 (46.2 overs) 46.2: Asitha Fernando to Mohammad Taha, Pushes the length up, on off. Taha firms the drive back towards the bowler. Fernando gets a hand on it and takes the sting out of the shot. It is parried behind towards mid off..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 193/3 (46.1 overs) 46.1: Asitha Fernando to Saud Shakeel, Slanting in towards the front pad, on a length. Shakeel leans inside the line and nurdles it behind square leg for a single..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 192/3 (45.6 overs) 45.6: Milan Rathnayaka to Mohammad Taha, Good length, on off, Taha keeps it out. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 192/3 (45.5 overs) 45.5: Milan Rathnayaka to Mohammad Taha, FOUR! Punched down the ground for four. Pitched-up delivery, on middle and off, Mohammad Taha gets on top of the bounce and presents a full face of his bat to drive this through the mid on region for a boundary. .Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 188/3 (45.4 overs) 45.4: Milan Rathnayaka to Mohammad Taha, Hard length, down the leg side, Taha leaves it..Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score : 188/3 (45.3 overs) 45.3: Milan Rathnayaka to Mohammad Taha, Milan bowls it on a good length, wide of off, Mohammad Taha shoulders his arms at it.