08 October,2017 08:34 AM IST | Dubai | AFP
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored a career best 196 to guide Sri Lanka to an imposing 482 in their first innings of the second and final day-night Test against Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored a career best 196 to guide Sri Lanka to an imposing 482 in their first innings of the second and final day-night Test against Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday. Karunaratne missed his double hundred by four runs in a marathon nine hour stay at the crease on the second day of the Test before he unluckily played onto leg-spinner Yasir Shah just before dinner. Shah took 6-184 in a marathon 55.5 overs of hard work and toil on a flat Dubai stadium pitch.
Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka leave the field after being dismissed by Wahab Riaz of Pakistan during the second day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on October 7, 2017. Pic/AFP
Pakistan trail by 1-0 in the series after they lost the first Test by 21 runs in Abu Dhabi. Karunaratne added 146 with skipper Dinesh Chandimal (62) for the fourth wicket. He hit 19 boundaries and a six, improving on his previous best Test score of 186 made against the West Indies at Galle two years ago. When on 143 he brought up his 3,000th run in his 44th Test.
