Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera took three wickets to push Sri Lanka closer to an impressive win on the fourth day of the second and final day-night Test in Dubai on Monday. Perera dismissed Haris Sohail (ten), Shan Masood (21) and Babar Azam (nought) to leave Pakistan in tatters on 62-5 at dinner after they were set a tough target of 317 to win. At the interval Asad Shafiq (four) and Sarfraz Ahmed (seven) were at the crease as Pakistan, needing another 255 runs to win, face their first series defeat in United Arab Emirates since adopting it as their home venue in 2009. Pakistan were forced to play at neutral venue since 2009 terrorists' attacks on the Sri Lankan team suspended international cricket in their country.

Dilruwan Perera