Pakistan level series with improbable win

Jan 20, 2014

Prasanna Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews added 56 runs together on the fifth morning and took Sri Lanka close to 200•AFP

Abdur Rehman struck twice off consecutive balls, getting rid of Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath•AFP

...he fell to Suranga Lakmal by getting caught at deep square leg•AFP

But Azhar Ali continued at the other end, keeping Pakistan in the hunt with a fifty off 79 balls•AFP

Azhar fell for 103, but Misbah guided the chase with a fifty which came off 59 balls•AFP

The stand was broken when Mathews was caught on the hook off Mohammad Talha•AFP

Rehman finished with four wickets and Saeed Ajmal took the last two wickets to finish with three, ending Sri Lanka's innings at 214•AFP

Lakmal struck again in his next over when he removed the other opener, having him caught behind•AFP

Sarfraz Ahmed gave him ample support with an attacking innings, scoring 48 off 46•AFP

He went on to hit the winning runs in the 58th over, levelling the series with a five-wicket win•AFP

Set a target of 302, Khurram Manzoor and Ahmed Shehzad started briskly for Pakistan, scoring 35 in 6.3 overs before...•AFP

Younis Khan and Azhar Ali steadied the innings with a stand of 49 before Mathews got the big wicket of Younis for 29•AFP

Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq rotated the strike and kept up with the asking rate. Azhar brought up his century in fading light as Pakistan got close•AFP