Chases and turns: 5 speakme points from sri lanka-pakistan collection

 Sri lanka's captain dimuth karunaratne (l) and pakistan's captain babar azam (r) pose with the check trophy after sri lanka received the second one cricket check match among sri lanka and pakistan at the galle international cricket stadium in galle on july 28, 2022. — afp

galle: sri lanka bounced back from a gap defeat to thrash pakistan within the 2d test by 246 runs and stop the series level at 1-1 on thursday. Afp recreation highlights five speaking points from the pakistan excursion:

azam stands tall

skipper babar azam extended his prolific run of shape to nearly single-handedly power the vacationers inside the -match collection. Azam's knocks of 119 and 55 powered the team to a gap win after they chased down a galle document of 342. Associated gadgets

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he hit eighty one in pakistan's mammoth chase of 508 in the 2nd check however it turned into a lone fight in opposition to an stimulated sri lankan spin attack. The 27-yr-vintage famous person batsman has averaged over sixty three in the last three hundred and sixty five days and is 1/3 within the test batting rankings, behind joe root and marnus labuschagne. He's number one in odi and t20 ratings. Rising pakistan talent

azam changed into far from the best superstar many of the vacationers, with opener abdullah shafique making it a sequence to remember after his healthy-prevailing one hundred sixty no longer out in the first check. Shafique, 22, batted with patience and commitment as the travelers chased down the galle document target and azam stated the batsman is headed for the top. Bowler naseem shah, 19, in the meantime rattled the sri lankan batsmen along with his explicit to say a healthy haul of five wickets inside the 2nd take a look at and add to pakistan's regular move of speedy-bowling expertise, led with the aid of shaheen shah afridi. Pitch and turn

galle hosted australia after which pakistan in 4 again-to-returned checks but the venue gave appreciably distinctive pitches in each contest — a great deal to the marvel of the teams. Sri lanka lost their australia opener on a vicious turner but then bounced back to conquer the vacationers on a pitch that became on day four. After pakistan chased down the galle report in the first healthy, sri lanka's spin teach piyal wijetunge stated the "wicket went flat" on days 4 and five. Inside the 2d suit, pakistan appeared confident of chasing down 508 earlier than their batting collapsed, but azam said there had been "no demons" on the pitch. Spin king jayasuriya

sri lanka has a new spin king in prabath jayasuriya, who took his fourth five-wicket haul in only his 1/3 check. The 30-yr-antique bamboozled the pakistan batsmen together with his left-arm spin to claim 17 wickets in the series, also getting out azam three times. Jayasuriya has 29 wickets in three assessments since making his debut against australia this month however credited bowling partnerships for the haul, after capable assistance from ramesh mendis. Spinner ramesh claimed nine wickets for the in shape.

'mentally strong' chandimal

dinesh chandimal extended his roaring shape with commanding knocks that left pakistan's bowlers looking for solutions. The former captain struck 76 and an unbeaten 94 within the misplaced-reason first take a look at, but his 80 in sri lanka's first innings set up their dominance and thursday's win. Chandimal, 32, has remained cool and calm despite being inside and out of the sri lanka team after being ousted as captain in 2017. He hit his maiden double century — 206 now not out — in the recent series in opposition to australia and said assist from friends and circle of relatives had made him "mentally robust".