Sri Lanka concede lead after Thushara's five

Jul 21, 2009

Thilan Thushara snared Kamran Akmal with the second delivery of the second over•AFP

Sri Lanka lost both openers early, with Younis Khan bowling Tharanga Paranavitana •AFP

Ajmal then bowled Thilan Samaraweera for 16 to give Pakistan some lift•AFP

...and added 71 with Angelo Mathews to help Sri Lanka recover from the loss of early wickets•AFP

Tillakaratne Dilshan made the bulk of those runs, but suffered an injury off a top edge•AFP

He completed a maiden five-wicket haul as Pakistan were skittled out within 17 minutes of play•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara, who was reprieved twice, took just 56 balls for his 45•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene steadied Sri Lanka after the interval•AFP

However, Danish Kaneria triggered a lower-order collapse•Associated Press

The ball struck his forehead but he resumed his innings •AFP

Saeed Ajmal got Sangakkara just before lunch, leaving Sri Lanka at 63 for 3•AFP

He got to his half-century in 106 balls...•AFP

After he bowled Jayawardene for 79, Sri Lanka's last three wickets added 59•AFP

Kaneria celebrated his return with 5 for 62 to bowl out Sri Lanka for 233•Associated Press